Opinion
Time For Film Award Ceremonies To Undergo An Overhaul, Says Halitha Shameem
In a guest column, writer-director Halitha, who made the lyrical Sillu Karupatti, questions the goings-on in award ceremonies, and asks that all films be treated equally on stage.
A Molested Woman Seeks Revenge In Rosshan Andrews’ Powerful ‘Prathi Poovankozhi’,...
What happens to the villain is a writing masterstroke not just in terms of how we regard the man by the end but also in how it makes the heroine’s journey more “realistic”.
Why Chhapaak Is A Courageous Career Move For Deepika Padukone
For most of Chhapaak (I’m assuming), the face that launched a battle in Padmaavat and that has been celebrated in innumerable films and commercials, will disappear under prosthetics
Tamil Directors’ Roundtable: Lakshmy Ramakrishnan On A Missed Opportunity
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan writes about how self-doubt came in the way of her expression during the interaction, and what she actually attempted to state about casteism
Karthi And Jyotika Twist Themselves Up In Knots In Jeethu Joseph’s Underwhelming ...
Unlike in ‘Drishyam’, the convolutions in ‘Thambi’ aren’t organic. The narrative gears are lubricated with snake oil.
A Harris Jayaraj Fan Analyses His Harris Jayaraj Fandom
The ‘Kaappaan’ album is disappointing, but if there’s one thing that separates a fan from an aficionado, it’s the idea of hope. Here’s hoping the new Gautham Menon movie will be the reinvention.
Why Bollywood Rarely Gets The Cricket Movie Right
There have been fictional versions, individual hero narratives, and stories that employ cricket as part of a whole, but the sport remains one of Hindi cinema’s most malnourished genres
FC Flashback: Why You Should Watch Basu Chatterjee’s Sara Akash
Often hailed as one of the progenitors of a bold New Wave, Sara Akash is startlingly unconventional in its telling of a simple domestic story
FC Flashback: Why You Should Watch The Anti-War Film Aman (Apart From The Bertrand Russ...
Rajendra Kumar plays the noble Dr Gautam who, after a London education, decides to work in Japan to help find a cure for atomic-bomb
A Stand On Stars
We think it’s time we stopped trying to reduce our thoughts on films (i.e. our reviews) to a bunch of stars
What Does The Rise Of ‘Vanity Pop’ Mean For Indian Independent Music?
The stranglehold that Bollywood has had on Indian mainstream music means that any actor with a smidgen of musical talent and the desire to fulfil their fantasies can get themselves a verse on a soundtrack cut
Anand Patwardhan’s Reason Highlights The Brilliant Minds Lost To Reckless Divisiv...
Questions abound in this crucial documentary, available on YouTube. But it also provides some answers, and with it some hope
