#Raayan

[solmace]

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[how-to-be-a-tree]

[jeanvanjer]

Dhanush in Raayan is just 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

[enjaami]

i wish i knew how to gif, i need everyone to see what i just saw. just got back from raayan and i need it tattooed on my brain forever, it was so good. god i wish people on here watched tamil films, i need to talk about this and all my friends are asleep 😭

[queenpiranhadon]

OKAY OKAY OKAY

So ik I haven’t watched Tamil movies in a hot minute but GOD DAMN

Literally just came back from watching Raayan and holy mother fucking shit-

[ivorylovesiron]

idk, i like real men ig.

[architect-artists-blog]

Evil trembles … good prevails .:: unleashing the power of DURGA ON VIJAYDASHAMI

[rosellerivers19]

Raayan my “high” hopes for Indian cinema

hmm does anyone remembers this post?

Yeah me either *chuckles nervously*

So um, Raayan turned out to be a movie I didn’t expect at all I didn’t know it would be so dark.

spoilers: Betrayal, Murder, Violence etc.

Not to say im dissapointed with the movie since I was just hypothesizing about the storyline anyway.

However I do acknowledge that we got another powerful heroine Raayan’s sister Durga!

She was so killer I legit love her for the way she was able to make such brutal decisions and fight for her elder brother despite pain she experienced herself.

I really like the movie the plot was great I was not dissapointed especially loved the BGM.

[indianmovielinks]

A twist of fate thrusts Raayan, an innocent soul, into the ruthless world of crime, where manipulation is the only way to survive.

[how-to-be-a-tree]

Water packet video song - Raayan (2024)

[filmystream]

Raayan OTT Release: Dhanush's Action Drama Premieres on Prime Video

[djarshaddj]

Raayan global box office collection day 5: The "A" rated Tamil action thriller maintain the strong grip, enters half century club at domestic market, globally surpasses ₹ 87 Cr gross mark!

Raayan global box office collection day 5: Dhanush’s latest “A”-rated Tamil action thriller film “Raayan” was released on July 26 under the banner Sun Pictures, and within 5 days of box office run, it surpasses the ₹ 87 Cr gross mark at the worldwide box office. At the domestic market, the film generated ₹ 48.45 Cr net, followed by day 5 (1st Tuesday) adding ₹ 4.55 Cr net, and surpassing half…

[airdesk]

[cantbebothered64]

hello, ohKAY!?

I feel tense after the first few seconds just watching this without captions. (I don't understand Tamil 😥, it is my loss.)

(Releases in theaters July 26, 2024.)

[rosellerivers19]

Raayan- I have high hopes (thank you tamil cinema)

I have for some time lost hope in telugu cinema improving in diversity of tropes and performances but with recent stars and movies I have been brought back

Gam gam ganesha, prasanna vadanam, Hi nanna (kinda iffy for some reason but diverse storyline), and Hanuman

And I am waiting to see Kalki 2829 AD which I think will be definitely a big game changer given its dystopian setting something Indian cinema hasn't really approached a lot before especially on this kind of budget.

I've been limited to telugu movies for a long time because language barrier but due to subtitles and Telugu dubs my options have increased recently I watched the hindi movie Maharaj on Netflix in telugu which I really loved despite people claiming its hinduphobic while the movie is based on a real case and the movie claims yet again how hindu practices aren't bad but people misusing them is then again not a lot of people have comprehension or actually watched the movie and jump the train on any movie that slightly criticizes the religion or even raises just a few questions

*cough* *cough*

"Hindi movie PK starring Amir Khan"

I've watched a few good tamil cinemas when I was younger I didn't watch a lot of Dhanush movies because of the language barrier the only one I saw maybe was Maari 1 and 2 because it was dubbed in telugu but now I've grown to watch a lot more realizing he has a lot of diverse scripts and am so glad this man exists I need to binge his movies over the summer.

So I was listening to telugu songs on youtube when I came across this one called

"Peechu Mithaya"- telugu version

It's from the upcoming movie Raayan and oh my god just seeing this lyric video made me want to pay anything for this movie to come out right now and watch it.

Not only is the music beautiful ( i can listen to this for hours I don't know how I found this gem but I did and I'm grateful)

But the visuals and implications we are given is something I am screaming for.

PLUS SIZED ACTORS ON SCREEN HAVING AN ACTUAL LOVE STORY!!!!

Indian cinema has a lot of colorism especially to heroines especially from what I've seen in telugu movies. And they have to fit this perfect bod I've never seen a heroine be remotely big or a bit chubby even if it would show off their curves thats how the industry is and that saddens me.

But then we get this song and we see Aparna Balamurali who is first of all a plus sized character in the film with a dark complexion not milky white now tamil fans may be used to this but for me being born in Telugu cinema this is a jackpot especially when I have to really dig for inclusive films. The only cinema I've watched which supported a plus sized heroine having a love story is "Size Zero" starring anushka shetty an Iconic queen but I honestly have not seen any other films having a plus sized heroine or at least side heroine as a plus sized character with actual depth where we see her love story or ability to get happiness I think there was one Allari Naresh film but I don't remember it well.

edit: Totally forgot HanuMan existed which is also a good representation even though the mc's sister dies she was empowered and was on the brink of marriage so love that

In the Lyric Video "Peechu Mithaya"

We see an unconventional girl (Aparna Balamurali) who doesn't fit the beauty standards end up with an average/ attractive character (sundeep kishan) or at least have a romantic relationship in the songs visuals and a healthy one so far.

I am primarily gonna be watching this movie for them seeing the side hero carrying the plus sized side heroine brought me joy knowing that it would give hope to other women who aren't the conventional beauty standard or plus sized that they can be loved and have a love story like them that they aren't too heavy and the right guy will do anything to make them feel appreciated.

Look at the way he carries her and looks lovingly into her eyes!!!!!!

And there's just something about seeing this man looking so utterly in love with a girl who thinks she won't be good enough because of her physical appearance or other insecurities and he wants to prove her desperately wrong that makes me go feral.

Do you see what I mean!?!?!?

And I don't know if they will even delve into that kinda trope in the movie but I really wish they will since its something women especially women who've not been exposed to that kind of concept in their media want. Keep in mind we don't even have a trailer for this movie yet so pure speculations

And there's just so many cute clips like-

Nudging each other playfully!?!?!?

Having a couple argument/ confrontation!?!?!?

Riding on a bike together?!?!?!?

*cues internal screaming montage*

I love LOVE especially something so simple yet beautiful we need this more than Pushpa bribing Srivalli with money for kisses and putting his hand in inappropriate places without her consent. Or men just stalking in general and normalizing it????

Now I know that this couple might not even play a big part in the movie maybe one of the characters dies yadayada but knowing that scenes like this exist in the movie and that we'll have an entire song dedicated to THEM just quells my heart.

Dhanush sir thank you for this 4 minute montage that ignited my hope in Indian cinema and is making me want to delve into tamil cinema even more