The film marketed itself as a fictionalised account of the life of the first Tamil cinema superstar, MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (MKTB). However, when I watched it, I realised it had nothing to do with MKTB, his downfall, the crime, or the tragedy that befallen him. Just to clarify, MKTB was the first Tamil megastar at a Beatles level. In the conservative Indian society of the time, women would...