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Readers Write In #118: Why Kamal is not an actor
(by Ramamoorthi N, written on his Facebook page a few years ago) In the small Railway town I grew up, my mother (God bless her soul) would dress in a dotted saree and dark “cooling” glasses whenever she stepped out of home, thus creating the effect of one of the many middle aged heroines the […]
“Gantumoote”… Roopa Rao’s drama about a sensitive schoolgirl is exquisitely directed and enacted
October 25, 2019
The director is more interested in character than event, and she practically holds up an X-ray of her heroine’s soul. Spoilers ahead… You can read the full review on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/kannada-gantumoote-movie-review-roopa-rao-baradwaj-rangan-teju-belawadi-sharath-gowda-nischith-korodi/ The English translation of Gantumoote, written and directed by Roopa Rao, is “Bag Age” — it’s about a schoolgirl, Meera (Teju Belawadi). […]
“Munirathna Kurukshetra”… Darshan and Arjun star in a thoroughly mediocre take on the epic
August 21, 2019
There’s not one actorly or directorly moment — there’s not one human moment. There is, however, plenty of unintentional comedy. Spoilers ahead… You can read the full review on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/kurukshetra-movie-review-darshan-naganna-3d/ Whatever the other achievements of Munirathna Kurukshetra, directed by Naganna, it’s probably the world’s first film to have its producer’s name in […]
FC Recco: ‘Harivu’
August 14, 2019
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Interview: Boney Kapoor
August 7, 2019
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The biggest trends in the four southern industries in the past 5 years
July 25, 2019
Read the full article on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/fc-turns-5/trends-in-southern-industries.html This period has seen some landscape-altering developments in the cinema of the four southern states. A look at the breakout talents of this movement. In Telugu cinema, it was the return of the mega-movie, thanks to the mind-boggling success of Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and its […]
#AskBR – Happy birthday, K Balachander
July 9, 2019
In which I answer a few questions on an older film… or a new one… or talk about actors and directors… or take on a few YouTube comments… For more, subscribe to FILM COMPANION SOUTH: http://bit.ly/2xoNult Copyright ©2019 Film Companion.
Remembering Girish Karnad the director, the actor
June 17, 2019
Read the full article on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/remembering-girish-karnad-the-director-the-actor/ From ‘Kaadu’ and ‘Ondanondu Kaladalli’ to ‘Nishant’ and ‘Swami’, one of India’s greatest playwrights made a huge contribution to Indian cinema. If Girish Karnad’s passing weren’t sad enough, the headlines about the “Tiger Zinda Hai actor passing away” were sadder. I suppose the logic was that […]
FC Recco – ‘Ondu Motteya Kathe’
May 9, 2019
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On Hemanth Rao’s ‘Kavaludaari’, and the triumph of treatment over plot
April 26, 2019
Read the full article on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/southern-lights-hemanth-rao-kavaludaari-anant-nag-baradwaj-rangan-column/ The Kannada investigative thriller (with slight noir overtones) is brought to vibrant life by the direction. A traffic cop named Shyam (Rishi) – the protagonist of Kavaludaari (Crossroads) – wants to do more. He wants to be a detective. Imagine his happiness when, on his watch, […]
Interview: Hemanth Rao
April 3, 2019
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And we hit 100K subscribers!
April 2, 2019
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Interview: The heroines of the ‘Queen’ remakes
January 20, 2019
#Tamannaah Bhatia, #KajalAggarwal & #ParulYadav who star in the South remakes of Kangana Ranaut’s #Queen, Paris Paris in Tamil, That is Mahalakshmi in Telugu & Butterfly in Kannada speak to Anupama Chopra about the process and challenges involved with simultaneously shooting four films in different languages, the cultural nuisances they had to factor in while […]
Interview: Sruthi Hariharan
December 28, 2018
Sruthi Hariharan talks to Baradwaj Rangan about how she started her career as a background dancer before falling in love with the process of filmmaking. She talks about how rare it is for an actress in the Kannada film industry to speak her mind and about using art to drive change. The acclaimed actress also […]
Interview: Yash
December 7, 2018
Sneha Menon Desai’s conversation with Yash, star of KGF. For more, subscribe to FILM COMPANION SOUTH: http://bit.ly/2xoNult Copyright ©2018 Film Companion.
50k subscribers
September 15, 2018
Almost exactly a year ago, we made the decision to branch off into a separate South channel. Today, we’ve crossed the 50,000 subscribers mark. A small milestone. A big thank-you.
“Katheyondu Shuruvagide”… A warm drama whose generic beats are elevated by the cast and filmmaking
August 16, 2018
Spoilers ahead… Read the full review on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/katheyondu-shuruvagide-review-kannada-movie-baradwaj-rangan Tarun (Diganth Manchale) is one of those US-returned types. You know the type. Great job. Great salary. But he felt like a robot. Before you can say “First World problems,” he flew back home and opened a resort. Now, he faces Third World problems. […]
Interview: Ravi Varman – Part 1 / 2
June 21, 2018
@fcompanionsouth inaugurates a new series, #Journeys, with #Sanju cinematographer Ravi Varman. Ravi Varman is one of India’s top cinematographers. In this two-part video, he talks about his struggling days, moving on to early films like Jalamarmaram, Shantham and Armaan. He describes how he developed a cinematographic eye and how he acquired his learnings from big […]
Baradwaj Rangan, let’s talk about bias!
June 14, 2018
Read the full article on Film Companion, here: https://www.filmcompanion.in/baradwaj-rangan-kaala-review-critics-mani-ratnam-twitter-conversations-southern-cinema-bias/ Because it’s impossible to have a proper conversation on Twitter, I imagine a chat with critics of my ‘Kaala’ review and argue why form is important and why ‘Mani Ratnam’ isn’t a bad word. There may be spoilers ahead if you haven’t seen ‘Kaala’. So you’re […]
November 30, 2019
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