Parasakthi was not just a film, it was the *aravam* (roar) of the Dravidian movement, with Karunanidhi's dialogues like "Yaen endru kettaal..." giving a political voice to the masses for the first time. It weaponized Tamil cinema against Brahminical hegemony and caste oppression, making politics popular.
But my reality is stitching clothes all night in Imphal, worrying about the meter reading, so my political awakening comes from Meitei struggles, not Tamil screen icons. Still, I see the same power in our own local plays at Wangkhei—when art speaks the people's truth, it shakes the ground.
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