Happy Birthday, R. Madhavan: A look at the roles that made us laugh, cry, and cheer!

R. Madhavan is the embodiment of versatility in Indian cinema. From romantic leads to morally grey figures, from everyman protagonists to inspiring mentors, R. Madhavan’s characters resonate because he brings depth, vulnerability, and an innate charm to each role. 1. Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein- Maddy Maddy! The guy who made an entire generation fall in love with love. He was charming, impulsive, and had that boyish grin that could launch a thousand ships. Maddy wasn’t just a character — he was the blueprint for every college romance fantasy in the early 2000s. Admit it: You too have lip-synced to 'Zara Zara' at least once in your life.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Amazon Music India (@amazonmusicin) 2. Shaitaan- Vanraj Kashyap Who knew Maddy had a sinister side? In Shaitaan, he flips the nice-guy script and goes full dark mode as Vanraj Kashyap. Creepy? Yes. Unpredictable? Absolutely. Memorable? Oh, you bet. This is Madhavan proving he can be as ter...

Subject review – exploitation, trauma and the ethics of documentary-making

The subjects of The Staircase, Hoop Dreams, Capturing the Friedmans and others contribute to this thoughtful film about the duty of care film-makers owe those whose stories they tell

If you’ve seen the sensational true crime documentary series The Staircase, you’ll know the story. In 2001, after Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of the stairs at her home in North Carolina, police suspicion turned to her novelist husband Michael Peterson. When he allowed a documentary team to film what happened next, Peterson said it was because he was worried about getting a fair trial. His adopted daughter, Margaret Ratliff, 20 at the time, grief-stricken and terrified that her dad could be facing the death penalty, agreed to be part of the film. The loss of her privacy in the years since has been devastating, she admits now. “I can’t tell you how painful it is, reliving my mum’s death over and over again.”

This super-thoughtful and sensitive documentary also interviews the “stars” of other well-known documentaries. Arthur Agee was a 14-year-old basketball prodigy from a tough neighbourhood in Chicago when film-makers arrived to shoot Hoop Dreams. Jesse Friedman spent 13 years in jail after he and his father Arnold pleaded guilty in 1998 to sexually abusing children – a conviction put into doubt by the 2003 film Capturing the Friedmans. Mukunda Angulo was raised in a New York apartment isolated from the world by his controlling dad, as detailed in The Wolfpack.

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