Sarpatta

Express News Service It has been close to 20 days since the release of Pa Ranjith’s Sarpatta Parambarai, a film there’s so much to like about. But this column isn’t about that. Ever since its premiere on Amazon Prime…

Express News Service National Award-winning Hindi director Neeraj Ghaywan, while waxing lyrical about Sarpatta Parambarai, took time out to appreciate the film’s art director T Ramalingam. In an industry where his job…

Director Pa Ranjith’s Sarpatta Parambarai takes us deep inside 1970s north Madras (now Chennai) and its throbbing, vibrant culture of boxing. Like all of the director’s films, this one is also heavy on symbolism as it…

By PTI MUMBAI: South actor Arya says working on acclaimed director Pa Ranjith's 1970s-set boxing drama "Sarpatta Parambarai" was like fulfilling a long-cherished dream of starring in a sports movie. The…

Express News Service Thursday, July 22, is a big day for Dushara; this is when her “dream” Sarpatta Parambarai will begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The Pa Ranjith directorial is a sports drama tracing the…

Express News Service By now, surely, we have been trained enough to spot the Dalit politics-related imagery in Pa Ranjith’s films: the Ambedkar photographs, the Buddha figures, the beef references… It’s all there in…

Sarpatta ParambaraiDirector: Pa RanjithCast: Arya, Pasupathy, John Vijay, Shabeer Kallarakkal, Dushara Vijayan, Shabeer KallarakkalA perennial problem with sports films is predictability. It never seems to go away, and we watch this in…