Film AppreciationEvery time someone points out the problem in glorifying villainy, many appear to think it is an argument against negative characters. It is really not.CrisQuestions were raised soon after the film Kurup was announced and Dulquer Salmaan, one of the younger stars in Malayalam, came on board to play the titular character. The film is based on the real life story of Sukumara Kurup, a fugitive on the run since 1984, portrayed by Dulquer. If a star like Dulquer played Kurup, will it make a murderer’s story look cool, worried some, family of the murder victim Chacko among them. Defenders were quick to make the usual argument – can one not portray negative characters in movies? One can. Putting a negative character into the thick of things was never the issue. But glorification of said negative character is. When the movie finally came out in November, the murmurs died down,...
- 11/27/2021
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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