Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’, a timeless classic from a master filmmaker

A middle-aged man rises from coils of celluloid, while Ilaiyaraaja sings ‘Kadha Kelu’ and urges the audience to listen to “a delightful, entertaining story.” The man, the forever-young Singeetham Srinivasa…

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’, a timeless classic from a master filmmaker

A middle-aged man rises from coils of celluloid, while Ilaiyaraaja sings ‘Kadha Kelu’ and urges the audience to listen to “a delightful, entertaining story.” The man, the forever-young Singeetham Srinivasa…

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’, a timeless classic from a master filmmaker

A middle-aged man rises from coils of celluloid, while Ilaiyaraaja sings ‘Kadha Kelu’ and urges the audience to listen to “a delightful, entertaining story.” The man, the forever-young Singeetham Srinivasa…

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’, a timeless classic from a master filmmaker

A middle-aged man rises from coils of celluloid, while Ilaiyaraaja sings ‘Kadha Kelu’ and urges the audience to listen to “a delightful, entertaining story.” The man, the forever-young Singeetham Srinivasa…

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’, a timeless classic from a master filmmaker

A middle-aged man rises from coils of celluloid, while Ilaiyaraaja sings ‘Kadha Kelu’ and urges the audience to listen to “a delightful, entertaining story.” The man, the forever-young Singeetham Srinivasa…

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s ‘Michael Madana Kama Rajan’, a timeless classic from a master filmmaker

A middle-aged man rises from coils of celluloid, while Ilaiyaraaja sings ‘Kadha Kelu’ and urges the audience to listen to “a delightful, entertaining story.” The man, the forever-young Singeetham Srinivasa…

Remembering Singeetham Srinivasa Rao: Cinema’s eternal experimenter at 94

‘A fruit cuts the knife’, the title of my new film. Director-producer Nag Ashwin shared a screenshot of this single-line message he had received from veteran filmmaker Singeetham Srinivasa Rao…