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Hari’s ‘Rathnam’ is the expected template film, with no great effort to make it anything but a template film
The film stars Vishal, Priya Bhavani Shankar. There are some interesting ideas, but none of them are allowed to take root amidst all the speed. If a film wants to be a template film and it ends up being a template film, then is there any point in saying that this film is just a […]
Posted in: Cinema: Tamil
Interview: Hari (‘Rathnam’)
April 25, 2024
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Posted in: Cinema: Tamil, Interview
Interview: Fahadh Faasil (‘Aavesham’)
April 23, 2024
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Posted in: Cinema: Malayalam, Interview
Interview: A deep dive into GAAMI, with director Vidyadhar Kagita, and stars Vishwak Sen, Chandini Chowdary
April 21, 2024
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Posted in: Cinema: Telugu, Interview
Readers Write In #689: Translations, Tamil Literature and Posterity
April 21, 2024
By Eswar What do ‘Crime and Punishment‘, ‘One hundred Years of Solitude‘ and ‘The Little Prince‘ have in common? They are all famous literary works that are, even to this day, widely read all over the world. Yet, all of these works were not originally written in English. For ages, it didn’t dawn on me […]
Interview: Jithu Madhavan (‘Aavesham’)
April 18, 2024
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Posted in: Cinema: Malayalam, Interview
Readers Write In #688: Imtiaz Ali’s AMAR SINGH CHAMKILA Is A Biopic-Cum-Eulogy
April 17, 2024
By Vikas Yadav Amar Singh Chamkila died on 8 March 1988. He was just 27 years old when he left this world. This is not a big mystery, and Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila doesn’t save the assassination scene for the climax. He opens this biopic with Chamkila and Amarjot’s death, and this scene shocks […]
Posted in: Cinema: Hindi, Readers Write In
Interview: Manoj Bajpayee
April 16, 2024
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Posted in: Cinema: Hindi, Interview
Jithu Madhavan’s ‘Aavesham’ is a fantastically written combination of comedy and action and drama
April 15, 2024
The film stars Fahadh Faasil. Technically speaking, he is not the main character, but the way he owns the film is something else altogether. One week ago, had you asked me for my pick for Screenplay of the Year-so-far, it would have hands-down been Gireesh AD’s Premalu. But now, after watching the brilliantly done Aavesham, […]
Posted in: Cinema: Malayalam
Vineeth Sreenivasan’s ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’ is a middling, unfocused bromance that also wants to be a meta-commentary on the film industry
April 14, 2024
The film stars Dhyan Sreenivasan, Pranav Mohanlal. The laughs keep coming, but the writing needed to be much stronger in the emotional portions. At its most basic level, Varshangalkku Shesham is a story about two friends, what we’d call a bromance – one that starts in the 1970s and ends in the present day. Dhyan […]
Posted in: Cinema: Malayalam
Sajin Shrijith’s review of Jithu Madhavn’s ‘Aavesham’: Fahadh Faasil at his most electrifying and animated in a laugh fest
April 13, 2024
Aavesham should be great fun for those who prefer action comedies that deliver the highs in all the right places . So, long back when Aavesham was first announced, there was this rumour floating around that it was a spin-off of Romancham and that Fahadh Faasil was playing the younger self of Chemban Vinod’s character […]
Posted in: Cinema: Malayalam
Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ is a beautifully made biopic that showcases a man as well as morality
April 12, 2024
The film features Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra. It narrates the story of a controversial artist and raises important questions about censorship. In Amar Singh Chamkila, Imtiaz Ali gives us two films for the price of one. The first – more obvious – narrative follows the shape of a biopic, the life and times of […]
Posted in: Cinema: Hindi, OTT / TV / Online
Sajin Shrijith’s review of ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’: Vineeth Sreenivasan delivers his biggest, most wholesome film yet
April 11, 2024
The film knows perfectly when to be serious and when to be funny. It also knows when to go over the top and when not to. Its heart and soul are Pranav and Dhyan, who deliver their career-best performances. Imagine this scenario. What if Vineeth Sreenivasan wanted to travel back in time to the ’70s […]
Posted in: Cinema: Malayalam
Amit Sharma’s ‘Maidaan’ is a sports melodrama/biopic that needed more consistent and engaging writing, but it has its moments
April 11, 2024
The film stars Ajay Devgn, Priyamani, Gajraj Rao. It chronicles a great phase of Indian football, and its pluses get you through the bits that don’t work. Amit Sharma’s Maidaan runs three hours, and let me say that I was never really bored. The film has its issues – more about that later – but […]
Posted in: Cinema: Hindi
Readers Write In #687: Trees that are trees, and trees that are not
April 10, 2024
By Iniya A I have many trees. So do you. Everyone does. There are the childhood trees. The large canopied neem and gulmohar trees that you grew up with. Trees that you swear were small once, but you can’t ever recollect them that way, because you were small too. Trees that you first climbed. Trees […]
Posted in: Readers Write In, Society
Readers Write In #686: Anand Ekarshi’s ‘AATTAM’- ‘An introspection’
April 9, 2024
By Latha Rajasekar An awakening art, a maze, that shuns all moral solutions redundant and questions one’s inner judgments about people around. Committed performance by the much talented cast keeps one engaged, but screenplay undoubtedly plays ‘hero’. An enriching experience that prompts one to redefine boundaries, through self-evaluation. A novel introduction of the premise – […]
Posted in: Cinema: Malayalam, Readers Write In
Interview: Elan (‘Star’)
April 9, 2024
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Posted in: Cinema: Tamil, Interview
Interview: Priya Mani (‘Maidaan’)
April 9, 2024
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Posted in: Cinema: Hindi, Interview
Interview: Sandeep Reddy Vanga (‘Spirit’, etc.)
April 8, 2024
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Baradwaj Rangan 
April 26, 2024
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