India, Dec. 12 -- They say cinema reflects society, the people, and sometimes the film industry itself. The last of these, though as true as the rest, rarely finds its way to the silver screen. As Martin Scorsese once said, "Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out," and it becomes intriguing when cinema takes itself as muse, when film-within-film offers a peek into a world often perceived only through glitz and glamour. Tamil cinema tread this territory with films such as Kaantha, a picture-in-picture story now on Netflix with Dulquer Salmaan playing a movie star, and Vaa Vaathiyaar, starring Karthi with echoes of MGR and MN Nambiar, in the latest.

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