A young Rajinikanth is in a white vest, in half the way through an expressive reprimand – perhaps some explains. Behind him, a huge lotus is Mid-Samok, a terrible bottleneck on his face is a ruthless serial killer. Is emerging from the middle of the layer 16 Vayadinile And Se Dilip Sigappu rosakkalSome women are in hand at hand, on their daily evening for their daily evening walks at Thiruvanamiyar Mer travelers. This scene is as cute, the more bizarre, a cross-section of the city and the capital of the cinema which is Chennai.

Today, it is not only juggars, small skaters, and weird has overwork the IT employee who makes Choper. The moment of theft from the golden age of Tamil cinema, 50 of them from 1977 to 1982, experienced still by photographer T Laxmikantan to spread this public place, for the joy of very unnatural passers -by. Title Maasaru Kaachiyavarku – This unseen collection of Laxmikantan is one of the main shows of Chennai Photo Bienle which is in its third stage.

The 180-film negative dug from the negative, cursor, by translator Nirmal Rajagopalan, a huge work was done in limited times.

Laxikthan is now 83 years old and his vision is wandering. This performance makes only for one-third of the collection of negatives that they have preserved over the years. Call from his Chennai home, he talks about a time when ‘Shivaji (Ganesan) Anna ‘ As Lakshmi, or when he traveled to Western Europe with Rajinikanth, and Kamal Haasan was eager to donate many roles in a film set, as he traveled to Western Europe, and when he was Western Used to travel to Europe.

“Cinema was like this – everyone was a friend!” Laxikthan is called. Nirmal says, “This was a time when technicians and artists were on a single nail. There were a lot of friendship and relationships that came out of a film set. ,

Even as a 14 -year -old, Lakshmikantan’s life was internally associated with cinema, so much so that he is in search of a strange opportunity to be a part of this distant world, with groups of young junior artists of Kodambakkam The film sets up. After starting as an assistant photographer in the late 60s, it was a 1970 film. ConfluenceMithun Ganesan and KR Vijaya starring, who still named him as a independent photographer. His big break was in 1973 when he shot PrideA double-action film starring Shivaji Ganesan. Shivaji, wearing Royal Regalia, was now shot by Laxmikantan, as King George, a famous shot, a golden orb. This iconic image at that time became a life-shaped cut-out in front of the Shanthi theater on Mount Road, marking a significant point in Laxmikant’s career.

Soon, the photographer was considered a master of ‘action shots’. “It was Shivaji Anna Those who prefer action or clear shots, which is more than poses with poses. After 1975, I started clicking only when the actor was between action. It just sat well with me. “For example, frames on display today hold actors in their most expressive illustration of character.

He continues, “Back in the day, working with each film was a different experience. If they wanted shots of sunrise, I would stay there at 4 in the morning, and sometimes we used to shoot at night. If it was a Bharatirja film, it was rare to sleep for a few hours, ”he remembers with a chakli.

Today he is in the possession of the negativity of the pictures taken on every film set, which he has ever worked on his last film from 1970 to 2023, Apple Starting Urvasi. Gathering and preserving negatives was a habit that he raised while working in his journey in his journey with photography.

Visitors in exhibition | Photo Credit: Thomodaran B

Back to the park, while some photos are more than big life and they explain the era they belong to, others are small, placed in a statement that coincidentally rests on connection. The 50 images on the performance are made in the cluster. It should be the central installation of the 1980s do—ide heroines, for Revathi for Madhavi and Sridevi, or is entertaining among comedy stars like Gaunmani or Thegai Srinivasan, or capture scenes against socially relevant films Do like Aliigal Ovadhilii (1981).

In curition, Nirmal has also collected pictures with verses TorukkuralInvite the audience to see what the picture shows. Nirmal says, “Each picture is in groups for a deliberate cause. I have paired each of them with a specific Kurl For example, a collection of major women’s paintings shot on the set is combined with a kuraral, where the thiruvaluvar wax is eloquent on wax beauty. A set of eight images where each actor is portraying a different feelings – curious, sorrow or shy – is combined with a kural that talks about that whatever happens in one’s brain is easily How does someone walk on someone’s face. ,

One of the photos on the performance. Photo Credit: Gauri S

A large number of photos in the collection were shot on analog.

“Each of these pictures will trigger a different kind of memory to someone watching these films. All these films are colors, but the pictures we are seeing are black and white. I am hoping that those who walk here appreciate the apathy and also have additional layers, ”Nirmal is the conclusion.

The show is part of the Chennai photo Bienle and will be from 7 am to 6 pm till 16 March.