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Interview: SS Karthikeya (Rajamouli’s son, Line Producer of ‘RRR’), on how they did the Oscar campaign
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Interview: MM Keeravani (RRR, Oscar-winner)
March 25, 2023
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Interview: Nani (Dasara)
March 22, 2023
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Readers Write In #559: BLOG AWARDS, 2022
March 7, 2023
By Aman Basha Calling it an attempt to provoke 2022 was a good year for film per me.Sure there are those who are worried about the dip in success rates for theatrical releases, the seeming audience disinterest in genres and such, but to them I have only one retort and it starts with a K, […]
Mansore’s ‘19-20-21’ is a solid, docudrama-style deep dive into the injustices faced by tribals
March 1, 2023
Spoilers ahead… This is not a subtle movie, but when lawyers or teachers are on screen, the preaching and the messaging automatically assume context. It does not feel like the usual random advice from a random do-gooder hero. There’s a terrific bit of irony in Mansore’s 19-20-21. The story revolves around the tribal people in […]
Readers Write In #548: Not defending a movie tradesman about testosterone, but defending
February 15, 2023
By Kartik Iyer Anupama Chopra sat down with actors for a discussion. She brought up a comment shared with her by a tradesman: testosterone filled movies will work in the future. Unsurprisingly, Ayushman Khurrana was first to call it out as a ‘patriarchal’ statement. Fellow actors followed in tandem with Vidya Balan rounding up the […]
Readers Write In #537: My journey with ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, from watcher to reader to writer
January 5, 2023
By Krishnaraj Sambath As a Watcher FDFS (my first ever!) on 30-Sep-2022, 6PM show in Houston, TX. There were 5 of us in total in the theatre, including my wife and 4-yr old son. (Not the ear-deafening paper-showering cinematic FDFS experience I was hoping for) As a Reader Why did I pick up this book? […]
Mega Critics Roundtable 2022, by Nona Prince
December 30, 2022
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Readers Write In #530: Kantara: A Socio-Ethical Perspective
December 12, 2022
By VS Shyam In the field of art, the more local you dive into, the more international your art will be. Kantara has become yet another testament to this assertion. One more similar biggie which made it to the international stage, was Karnan. The idea of stories based on folklore and the strong oppressing the […]
The Galatta Plus Pan-India Round Table 2022
December 8, 2022
Prithvi Konanur’s superb ‘Hadinelentu (Seventeeners)’ opened the Indian Panorama section at IFFI; it’s about a leaked sex tape, and is a scalpel-sharp dissection of caste
November 25, 2022
Spoilers ahead… I was riveted by this story about a Brahmin boy and a Dalit girl. It’s like watching a gut-churning Asghar Farhadi melodrama filmed in Michael Haneke’s detached CCTV- style. Hari and Deepa (Neeraj Mathew and the excellent Sherlyn Bhosale) are Class XII students. They find an empty classroom, have sex, and record it […]
Readers Write In #520: PS1 review- Too many flaws to cover up
October 25, 2022
By S Vijaysagar I waited for the buzz to settle down on PS1 and chose the evening show on Diwali eve to catch up on the movie. Hope people would still be interested in reading about the movie. PS1 fell flat on many counts for me. I think the prime account was in lack of […]
Our mainstream auteurs vs. mainstream cinema’s must-haves
October 17, 2022
(Will bring over comments soon.) Please continue the topic here. I have brought over the relevant comments above.
Random thoughts on ‘Ponniyin Selvan – 1’ and its ‘aftermath’
October 12, 2022
I saw the film this week, a second time. It was even more impressive. Time and again, screenplay advice has told us that the narrative should be told from a single POV, and that the person whose POV we follow is the “protagonist”. As much as Vandhiyathevan is the “protagonist” of this film, so many […]
Readers Write In #506: Ponniyin Selvan – A Masterpiece and a master’s peace…
October 11, 2022
By Raghu Narayanan Why am I writing this review? The act of penning your thoughts on paper is transformational in nature. The act transforms what is intangible into something that is tangible. It might seem quite a simple thing to do, but as we sit down to do it, it seems as if there is […]
Readers Write In #502: Kantara – My take
October 10, 2022
By Raja Kesari The Shetty gang strikes again. Folklore based movies are a tough nut to crack. Usually movie makers resort to this theme for horror or myth based movies as there is always an element of superstition involved. My favourites in this category would be Tumbbad and Bulbul. Some exceptions of late have been […]
Rishab Shetty’s ‘Kantara’ is a solid masala-myth that, despite its issues, finds new ways to tell an old story about ‘The Chosen One’
October 6, 2022
Spoilers ahead… In short, we are either in a masala movie disguised as folklore, or in folklore disguised as a masala movie. Either way, everything has a touch of symbolism. Rishab Shetty writes, directs, and delivers a joyous and very exuberant performance as Shiva, the protagonist of Kantara – but he’s absent from the opening […]
#QnA: Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1
October 5, 2022
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Mani Ratnam and his fantastic team beautifully capture the essence of Kalki’s characters in ‘Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1’, which infuses a period story with a sense of lived-in reality… (continued from earlier post)
October 1, 2022
Spoilers ahead… All the actors are fantastic in this character-driven first part that perfectly sets the stage for the second installment, which can now hit the ground running. You can read the review here: https://www.galatta.com/tamil/movie/review/ponniyin-selvan-1/ And you can watch the video review here: Copyright ©2022 GALATTA.
Mani Ratnam and his fantastic team beautifully capture the essence of Kalki’s characters in ‘Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1’, which infuses a period story with a sense of lived-in reality
September 30, 2022
Spoilers ahead… All the actors are fantastic in this character-driven first part that perfectly sets the stage for the second installment, which can now hit the ground running. Book adaptations are strange beasts, and in my opinion, the only way to truly enjoy a movie based on a book is to… forget the book. Now, […]
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March 26, 2023
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