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Readers Write In #581: Virupaksha: The Succubus lies in the details
By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma @ vishnumaheshsharma@gmail.com We have seen so many films where the hero meets the heroine when the heroine is accomplishing an act of theft. Case in point Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish and Thupparivaalan. In these kind of films, this portion, apart from giving the heroine melodramatic reasons/motives for theft, doubles up as […]
Readers Write In #577: The National Legacy of NTR
May 21, 2023
By Aman Basha Remembering the man who changed the history and cinema of a state and left an impact on a nation May 28 this year marks a special event for the Telugu states. What has been till now, an annual celebration for the Telugu Desam Party and their cadre, promises to be the grand […]
From the Web (FTW) #7: The Magic of K Vishwanath’s songs
May 21, 2023
Why do Indian movies have songs? Well that’s a question that is being increasingly asked now, but it was not the case earlier. Given that Indian movies had their base in the various forms of “stage” or “theatre” traditions, when sound came into movies, songs became integral. For a very long time, songs played a […]
Lights, Camera, Analysis: Ravi Varman (Ponniyin Selvan 1 & 2)
May 20, 2023
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Vijay Antony’s ‘Pichaikkaran 2’ is a sentimental, speech-heavy take on how the rich should help the poor
May 19, 2023
Spoilers ahead… Scene after scene is set up to portray Vijay Antony as a saviour named Anti Bikili. He even gets a fight like a mass-hero. Vijay Antony has co-written, edited, directed, and composed the music for Pichaikkaran 2 – and he appears in a double role in this spiritual sequel to his 2016 hit. […]
Interview: Siva Ananth (Ponniyin Selvan 1 & 2)
May 13, 2023
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Interview: Vijay Antony (Pichaikkaran 2)
May 10, 2023
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Readers Write In #575: PS-2 comes out with the soul intact
April 30, 2023
By Raghu Narayanan Well, it worked for me…big time! Compared movie to movie, I will say PS-2 is better than PS-1. But then, saying that will be somewhat merciless because the unravelling of the plot and the untying of knots in PS-2 was always going to make it more interesting and more conclusive than PS-1. […]
Readers Write In #574: PS-2 and why it is riddled with the same problems that plagued later seasons of GoT
April 29, 2023
By Gnanaozhi The movie simply didn’t work for me. It has a severe GoT season 5-8 problem. Seasons 1-4 were sublime, it adapted the books faithfully but the Showrunners added some minor twists of their own (like that scene where Tywin is being served by Arya who is pretending to be a lowly servant). However […]
Interview: Vetri Maaran, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon (The extended Director’s Cut of Viduthalai – Part 1, on ZEE5)
April 28, 2023
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Mani Ratnam’s ‘Ponniyin Selvan 2’ is more dramatic, sadder and more serious in tone, and a meaty conclusion to the two-part epic
April 28, 2023
Spoilers ahead… Mani Ratnam amps down the aural drama and amps up the visual drama. Even by this director’s legendary standards, the staging is something else. Mani Ratnam has credited SS Rajamouli several times as the reason he was able to finally make Ponniyin Selvan: the mega-success of the Bahubali films made it possible for […]
Interview: Mani Ratnam / AR Rahman (PS-1, PS-2, 30+ years of working together…)
April 22, 2023
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Gunasekhar’s underwhelming ‘Shaakuntalam’ needed more cinematic vision to be the epic it wants to be
April 14, 2023
Spoilers ahead… Samantha has a lovely, fragile screen presence, but oddly, Shakuntala seems to register the least in this story. This is such a meek protagonist. Gunasekhar’s Shaakuntalam, based on the Kalidasa play, has been marketed as #MythologyFor Millennials. So as a thought experiment, let’s drag this classic to the modern day. A beautiful woman […]
Lights, Camera, Analysis: Priyadarshi, Venu Yeldandi, Harshith Reddy (Balagam, now on Prime Video)
April 4, 2023
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Srikanth Odela’s ‘Dasara’ is a solid, subdued star vehicle that favours emotions over “mass” moments
March 31, 2023
Spoilers ahead… All actors are in top form, though Nani gets the meatiest role and bites into it with every fibre of his being, giving a performance that is as much physical as emotional. “Everyone drinks the same alcohol, but our caste determines whether we drink inside the bar or outside.” This is something we […]
Interview: SS Karthikeya (Rajamouli’s son, Line Producer of ‘RRR’), on how they did the Oscar campaign
March 26, 2023
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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, […]
Interview: GV Prakash / Venky Atluri (Vaathi)
February 25, 2023
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May 29, 2023
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