Opinion
Great First Half, Silly Second Half: Ek Thi Daayan
Majority of the first half of debutant Kannan Iyer’s film is classic gothic horror, rooted in the daayan myth, like a chilling bedtime story. The second half is a catastrophe.
A Good Heart Doesn't Always Make Great Art
Many of our films now – Guilty, Chhapaak, Shubh Mangal Zyada Savadhan – come with social messages, but does that alone make them “good”?
Silly First Half, Great Second Half: Aayirathil Oruvan
The 2010 Tamil film starring Reema Sen, Andrea Jeremiah and Karthi, starts off as an ultra- generic action-adventure ride with a splash of the supernatural. And then, we get the second half!
Great First Half, Silly Second Half: Fan
The simplest explanation for the second half’s identity crisis: the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer suddenly remembers that it’s a modern-day YRF production
In ‘Psycho’, Mysskin Reimagines The Serial-Killer Thriller As A Meditative ...
Okay, so the detailing, the micro stuff is fascinating! What about the macro stuff? Does the film work as the serial-killer thriller the title leads us to expect? Yes — and no! And MAJOR spoilers ahead
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
