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Krishand’s crime-comedy ‘Purusha Pretham’ (on SonyLIV) offers a few big laughs, but not nearly enough to sustain its overlong run time
Spoilers ahead… The film, led by a superb Prasanth Alexander, is both a murder mystery and an absurdist comedy, with a touch of domestic abuse and the sight of Darshana Rajendran with streaks of grey. If Krishand’s new film had been an Agatha Christie or Perry Mason mystery, it might be called “The Case of […]
Interview: Jim Sarbh, Ishwak Singh, Regina Cassandra, Arjun Radhakrishnan (Rocket Boys 2)
March 15, 2023
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Interview: T Suriavelan (Singapore-based Tamil YouTube hit, Naam)
March 15, 2023
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From the Web (FTW) #2: Sivaji Ganesan, interviewed in the 1980s
March 9, 2023
One of my new year resolutions has been to stay away from the deadly trio of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram — with the exception of posting my work/links, and maybe re-tweeting or liking something that catches the eye while I am in there. I have been fairly disciplined about this, and have found more time […]
Interview: Karan Anshuman, Rana Daggubati, Suparn Varma, Sunder Aaron (Rana Naidu)
March 3, 2023
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Interview: Venky Atluri (Sir / Vaathi)
February 6, 2023
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Interview: Raj & DK, Vijay Sethupathi, Shahid Kapoor, Raashi Khanna (Farzi)
February 6, 2023
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Interview: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (Faadu)
January 30, 2023
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Interview: ‘Trial by Fire’ cast (Rajshri Deshpande, Abhay Deol) and director Prashant Nair
January 16, 2023
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Interview: Ramya Subramanian
January 13, 2023
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About the movies – 1969 / 2022
January 2, 2023
I read this passage — which is a kind of epilogue to Pauline Kael’s review of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It was written in 1969, and what she says seems to resonate with what we are going through today. For your comments / consideration (additions in square brackets are mine): Just when there […]
Readers Write In #532: Ending of ‘Better Call Saul’ Explained
December 21, 2022
By Cholan Raje Jimmy is driven by a need for validation. Because of his life as a conman, the only people who ever loved and respected him were his parents and Marco. The relative scorn he received from everyone else always caused him to, in the back of his mind, have a low image of […]
Mahesh Narayanan’s ‘Ariyippu’ (Malayalam) is a wonderful “thriller” that strips away all thrills to present a realistic portrait of a migrant couple
December 13, 2022
Spoilers ahead… Kunchacko Boban and Divya Prabha star in a story about people who do not have any kind of protection against the iron hand of an uncaring System. The first stretch of Mahesh Narayanan’s Ariyippu is set in a glove-making factory in Noida. Reshmi (Divya Prabha) is testing gloves, and despite it being an […]
Anvita Dutt’s exquisite ‘Qala’, on Netflix, puts us into the state of mind of a disturbed playback singer
December 9, 2022
Spoilers ahead… Triptii Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee and Babil Khan anchor a film that feels like a Gothic dream. Anvita Dutt’s films do have a story. They have characters and events. And yet, her films are less about “following a plot” than entering a state of mind, a series of spaces painted by her brilliant cinematographer […]
Deepak’s well-researched ‘Witness’, on SonyLIV, is a story about manual scavenging that’s more earnest than emotional
December 9, 2022
Spoilers ahead… Rohini and Shraddha Srinath star in a social drama where so much more could have been done with the narrative and the characterisation. The crux of Deepak’s Witness is this: a teenager can be a terrific swimmer, a lifeguard at a pool. And yet, because of his caste/community, this talent of his is […]
Interview: Guru Somasundaram (Winner of ‘Best Actor’, India, at the Asian Academy Creative Awards)
December 3, 2022
For more, subscribe to GALATTA PLUS: https://tinyurl.com/ysbkyrht The annual Asian Academy Creative Awards are presented every December as part of the Singapore Media Festival. They recognise excellence in the film and television industry across 16 nations in the Asia-Pacific region. Guru Somasundaram has won ‘Best Actor in a Leading Role’ for Minnal Murali, and he […]
Interview: SJ Suryah, Pushkar-Gayathri, Andrew Louis (Vadhandhi)
November 28, 2022
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Anjali Menon’s intermittently effective ‘Wonder Women’, on SonyLIV, is best enjoyed as an experiment in narrative technique
November 18, 2022
Spoilers ahead… The screenplay tries to pack in too much in too little time, but just being around these talented ladies is going to be enough for many. The “one line” of Anjali Menon’s Wonder Women would be something like this: Six pregnant women attend a prenatal class, and experience both frictions and friendships. But […]
R Kaiser Anand’s ‘Anel Meley Pani Thuli’, starring Andrea Jeremiah as a rape survivor, on SonyLIV, is a strong story that needed stronger writing
November 18, 2022
Spoilers ahead… There are many good points – both narratively, and with regard to character – in this film produced by Vetri Maaran. But everything feels like a “list of things to be included” rather than something organically woven through a script. Andrea Jermiah plays a sports-store manager named Mathi in R Kaiser Anand’s Anel […]
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