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AnalysisWith the ‘save farmers’ trope coming back to mainstream discussion after the jallikattu protests in 2017, movies once again began connecting Tamil identity to agriculture. Any threat to agriculture was seen as a threat to Tamil identity itself.In Tamil popular culture, a film that claims to be based on the ‘plight of farmers’ is immediately looked down upon. One could say that the Tamil audience is tired of how filmmakers abused the trope of ‘save agriculture, save farmers’ in numerous films over the last few years. After the massive protests against the ban of jallikattu in 2017, movies on farmers were a hot commodity in Kollywood. Kavan (2017), Kadaikutty Singam (2018), Kana (2018), Seema Raja (2018), and Bhoomi (2021) are some of the movies that hopped on the bandwagon of the ‘save farmers’ trope. However, romanticising agriculture and making movies on the struggles of farmers is not new to Tamil cinema. Mgr’s Vivasayi (1967) and Sivaji Ganesan...

KollywoodDhanush is currently shooting for Mari Selvaraj's 'Karnan' in Tirunelveli.Digital NativeDhanush is one of the very few actors in Kollywood who can successfully juggle commercial films and content-oriented films. Last seen in Pattas which is an action entertainer that is written and directed by Rs Durai Senthilkumar and produced by Sendhil Thyagarajan and Arjun Thyagarajan, the latest report is that Dhanush will be doing a film once again with Sathya Jyothi Films and he is in talks with Ayogya director Venkat Mohan. If everything goes as planned this film will mark Dhanush’s fourth collaboration with the production house after Thodari, Pattas and the untitled upcoming film with Ratsasan fame Ram Kumar. Dhanush is currently shooting for Mari Selvaraj's film titled, 'Karnan' in Tirunelveli. Bankrolled by Kalaipuli S Thanu. Malayalam actor Lal who was last seen in Seema Raja starring Sivakarthikeyan in Tamil has...