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The document summarizes and discusses the 2005 Tamil film Anniyan directed by Shankar. It argues that the film constructs Brahmins and non-Brahmins as inherently opposed identities. It presents the Brahmin protagonist as the ideal citizen, while portraying non-Brahmins as lawless others. However, the film also suggests that in reality, citizenship and ideals of democracy are often unachievable. It raises contradictions between concepts like citizen and non-citizen, caste and citizenship, and democracy and m
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- mahesh.kathikmk
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- EN