Friday, September 09, 2016

Madras. Pa Ranjith. 2014. The architecture of the state built...





















Madras. Pa Ranjith. 2014.

The architecture of the state built housing scheme where the lower caste lives is the possible stepping stone towards the erasure of caste, but it is also the object of a turf war between warring factions when a wall of a building is fought over as a statement of identity. The housing project with its terraces, staircase landings, cramped rooms painted pink but with the Dalit blue peeking from underneath are the locations for gang wars, b-boys, football, love and friendship until the unnecessary single hero beats up everyone climax. A way out of caste can only exist through education and by turning away from politics- or so it seems, especially at the end when Kaali wears a blue shirt and teaches kids under a portrait of Ambedkar.



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