Artists make cinema, cinema makes stars, stars generate fans, and fans celebrate cinema. But somewhere along the way, the cycle has been reversed. Today, it is fans who are crafting films around their idols, for other fans to celebrate and this has quietly become a new kind of cinema. The one that our directors and stars are embracing.

What began as admiration has now come full circle: directors who once queued up in single-screen theatres are making movies that feel less like stories and more like cinematic love letters. The screen has turned into a stage, where characters exist primarily to glorify stars, and stars are elevated to near-mythical heights.

The pattern is impossible to miss. Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ‘Vikram’ didn’t just bring Kamal Haasan back, it built an entire cinematic unive

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