Why Fahadh Faasil Is Not Convincing As The Older Suleiman Ali In Malik
There is no obvious fatigue that comes with age in Ali Ikka’s body language, no visible markers of ageing
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Malik Examines The Tragic Interplay Of Religion And Violence
Fahadh Faasil combines delicate melancholy with majesty and becomes, in every way, a malik
Ilaiyaraaja & Mani Ratnam: On Their Birthday, 10 Songs From 10 Films
Here are the top numbers from each film, where they both leave their respective marks: in other words, song sequences that stand out because of the music as well as the staging.
Memories Of The Movie Theatre: Nayakan, Mother India, Karma...
The lockdown has only meant that we are craving for something we can’t have right now: Going to the movies
Rajinikanth And The Existential Underpinnings In Pa Ranjith’s Kabali
Kabali gives you the feeling that maybe, there is a subconscious to Rajinikanth, and it was indeed aching to reach some sort of a resting place to make peace with the actor vs. star image, writes FC reader Aditya A Iyer
My Favourite So Bad It’s Good Film: The Kamal Haasan-starrer, ‘Kadhal Parisu’
The director puts Radha in a short skirt. He puts Kamal in a toga, which means the hero ends up showing more leg than the heroine
Narcotics Is A Dirty Business: Revisiting Padmarajan’s Noirish Season, Thirty Years A...
An eye for an eye, drug trade, Godfather oranges…the amoral Padmarajan universe where bad money fights blood money
Movies I Love: Manu Joseph on Nayagan
‘Even today my central ideas of storytelling are from watching Nayagan,’ writes the award-winning author of Serious Men
Greys To Black: The Many Villain Roles Of Nassar
From playing a flawed idealist to downright evil, on the actor’s birthday, we examine the different shades in his negative roles and how he managed to set one apart from the others
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All Your Questions On Kamal Haasan-Starrer Nayakan Answered
Our FC South editor Baradwaj Rangan addresses all your questions about Mani Ratnam’s iconic 1987 film
The Mani Ratnam Interview
In this three-part interview we cover all aspects of the filmmaker’s arc – from his writing process to a deep dive into his best work
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