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Lead breakthrough directorial debuts
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40 Breakthrough Indian Directorial Debuts

  • Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021
  • by Team FC
On the 20th anniversary of Farhan Akhtar’s Dil Chahta Hai, we look at directorial debuts that changed the game
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Top 10 Malayalam Films Of 2019 Kumbalangi Nights
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Kumbalangi Nights And The Four Pillars Of The Male Psyche

  • Posted on February 19, 2021
  • by Midhun Bhaskaran
The brothers exhibit similarities to Gillette’s and Moore’s four archetypes and stand in contrast to the antagonist Shammi
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Valentine’s Special: 16 South Indian Movies To Binge On During The Weekend
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Valentine’s Special: 16 South Indian Movies To Binge On

  • Posted on February 13, 2021
  • by Karthik Keramalu
Here’s a list of the most beloved romance films from South Indian cinema – from Mani Ratnam’s breezy O Kadhal Kanmani to Alphonse Puthren’s delicious Premam.
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Uri - The Surgical Strike Vs Kumbalangi Nights: The Gollapudi Best Debut Director Award Goes To… Both!
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The Gollapudi Srinivas Award for directors of Uri, Kumbalangi Nights.

  • Posted on March 17, 2020May 20, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
Aditya Dhar and Madhu C Narayanan have won the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award for 2019. For the first time since the award’s inception, it’s a tie.
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Uyare lead image collage
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Lucifer to Moothon – 5 Fascinating Uses of The Mirror In Recent Malayalam Cinema

  • Posted on January 20, 2020May 9, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
From Prithviraj to Geetu Mohandas, filmmakers in Malayalam are making great use of mirrors to add layers to a story
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kumbalangi nights
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Southern Lights: Men, Maleness, Masculinity And Family In Kumbalangi Nights

  • Posted on February 25, 2019May 15, 2020
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
The many facets of an intricate drama from director Madhu C Narayanan and writer Syam Pushkaran. (Be warned. Spoilers ahead.)
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Mammotty, Mohanlal And Their Long Delayed Journey To Mass
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Kumbalangi Nights Movie Review: A Compelling Narrative On Love, Life And Hope

  • Posted on February 7, 2019May 4, 2020
  • by Sethuraman S
Shyam Pushkaran’s script and dialogues, which imbibes the local culture and dialects, adds a new dimension to the storytelling
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