On the occasion of completing 17 years since its first release, the Kamal Haasan-starrer Virumandi has been released on Amazon Prime Video in India. We talk about how Kamal crafted the cult hit and how its ingenuity broke down the door for a new wave of filmmakers in the Tamil industry, such as Vetrimaaran and Lokesh Kanagaraj, to make culturally grounded commercial films ever since. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/queenisdead/support