Asuran, which is currently playing in theatres, was eagerly awaited after the widely-acclaimed Vada Chennai. The theatre manager said that the absence of subtitles couldn’t be helped owing to a technical glitch. I later realised that suffering and oppression (which are at the core of the film) are not constrained by narrow considerations of language. Could mere words ever compensate or capture the visual intensity of a Andrei Tarkovsky or Mani Kaul or Yasujiro Ozu? At the end of the film, Sivasami advises his son to fight injustice through education.

Source: Indian Express October 21, 2019 23:15 UTC