Sarpatta

Express News Service In an unexpected development, the makers of Sarpatta Parambarai on Monday announced that the film's sequel is on the cards. It is titled Sarpatta Round 2.  Directed by Pa Ranjith, Sarpatta…

The ‘Neeye Oli’ rapper has spoken out about the controversy regarding the recent magazine cover that he was a part of, and the motive behind the feature Canadian Tamil rapper Shan Vincent de Paul, of Neeye Oli fame from Pa. Ranjith’s…

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…

Pa. Ranjith has shown that real political history can provide a rich canvas for an entertaining film Sarpatta Parambarai (The Sarpatta Clan), touted as one of the most intense sports dramas to emerge from India, is Director Pa.…

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…

Pa Ranjith’s Sarpatta Parambarai is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. The film, centered on boxing, depicts the tale of two famous boxing clans from North Madras in the 70s, who compete and fight against one another in a clash of power,…

The actor and theatre practitioner on how his character in Pa. Ranjith’s latest film was inspired from UK-based boxer Naseem Hameed It is 16-odd mins into Sarpatta Parambarai that we see Dancing Rose for the first time. A man with a…

Pa Ranjith’s Sarpatta Parambarai, unlike his recent movies, doesn’t openly discuss things like oppression and caste discrimination which had branded him as an anti-caste filmmaker. Breaking away from the image trap, Ranjith’s film is a…

With the Arya-starrer, director Pa. Ranjith brings to life the vibrant boxing culture in ‘70s North Madras There’s an inherent problem with the arc of sports-based films: its predictable nature. The protagonist shows a keen interest in…