In 1952 the Tamil film Parasakthi, which was Sivaji Ganesan’s debut on the silver screen, kicked up a storm. Now 73 years later, an 1,120-page monumental book titled Parasakthi Thadai: Achil Varatha Arasanga Ragaisya Avanangal (Parasakthi Ban: Secret Government Documents That Never Went to Print) traces the film’s journey, the obstacles it encountered, the controversies it stirred, and the great success it ultimately achieved.
Even before the emergence of the French New Wave — a film movement in France that rejected earlier film-making — Dravidian cinema had taken root in Tamil Nadu.
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