The South Indian School of Telegu Action Cinema

http://blogaddress-generic.blogspot.com/2009/01/on-heels-of-our-recent-loose-talk-about.html

(((David Chute, America's greatest Bollywood critic:)))

"I feel quite behind the curve on this stuff. (((Me three.))) Have barely even explored the un-subtitled riches of Telegu and other-non-Tamil Southie cinemas. (((Fancy that.))) Clearly the "South Indian Action School" deserves a research push followed by a massively detailed survey article with precedents and evolution, keys stars and directors, a list of essential titles (available on DVD with subtitles); the whole nine yards.

"But for whom would such a piece be written? It might have been welcome at the pre-downtown-effete Film Comment. Today I fear it would be niched to death."