Recent Posts

• Interview: Richa Chadha (‘Heeramandi’, ‘Wasseypur, ‘Fukrey’, ‘Masaan’…)
• Vysakh’s ultra-generic ‘Turbo’ is basically Mammootty saying he needs to chill after ‘Bramayugam’
• Interview: Jeyamohan
• Readers Write In #697: My two more cents on Serious Literature – Part Three
• Interview: Aaditi Pohankar (‘Mannavan Vanthanadi’, ‘She’, ‘Star’)
• Interview: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (‘Heeramandi’)
• Readers Write In #696: The ‘Dark’ Past
• Vipin Das’s ‘Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil’ is an easy watch, but this solid premise should have generated more laughs
• Interview: A deep dive into STAR, with director Elan
• Readers Write In #695: குடும்ப தலைவன்
• Readers Write In #694: One Nation One Election- a leftist perspective/rant
• Interview: Sab John Edathattil (the writer of ‘Guna’, and screenwriting teacher)
• In ‘Star’, Elan and Kavin and Yuvan put on a show that proves that the mainstream can indeed be a place for good, ambitious ‘cinema’
• Tushar Hiranandani’s ‘Srikanth’ downplays the struggles of a visually impaired achiever and gives us a relentlessly upbeat, simplistic feel-good tale
• Interview: Samyuktha (‘Virupaksha’, ‘Theevandi’, ‘Sir’)
• Interview: Rajkummar Rao (‘Srikanth’)
• Interview: Anushka Sen (‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’)
• Interview: Vipin Das (‘Guruvayoor Ambala Nadayil’)
• Readers Write In #693: Can ten days of meditation change your life?
• Readers Write In #692: Celebrating Chandrabose
• Interview: Nikil Murugan (Tamil cinema P.R.O.)
• Remembering Uma Ramanan!
• Dijo Jose Antony’s ‘Malayalee from India’ has some big laughs, but it’s mostly a preachy, very obvious take on Hindu-Muslim brotherhood
• Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’ is top-notch entertainment: a genteel mix of deceit, intrigue, the fight for freedom, and the fight for love
• On the big screen, after 20 years, Dharani’s ‘Ghilli’ still works better than most hero-oriented movies made today
• Readers Write In #691: The World of Sai Paranjpye’s Cinema
• Interview: Kavin (‘Star’)
• Readers Write In #690: Summertime Sadness
• Hari’s ‘Rathnam’ is the expected template film, with no great effort to make it anything but a template film
• Interview: Hari (‘Rathnam’)
• Interview: Fahadh Faasil (‘Aavesham’)
• Interview: A deep dive into GAAMI, with director Vidyadhar Kagita, and stars Vishwak Sen, Chandini Chowdary
• Readers Write In #689: Translations, Tamil Literature and Posterity
• Interview: Jithu Madhavan (‘Aavesham’)
• Readers Write In #688: Imtiaz Ali’s AMAR SINGH CHAMKILA Is A Biopic-Cum-Eulogy
• Interview: Manoj Bajpayee
• Jithu Madhavan’s ‘Aavesham’ is a fantastically written combination of comedy and action and drama
• Vineeth Sreenivasan’s ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’ is a middling, unfocused bromance that also wants to be a meta-commentary on the film industry
• Election talk… for those interested!
• Sajin Shrijith’s review of Jithu Madhavn’s ‘Aavesham’: Fahadh Faasil at his most electrifying and animated in a laugh fest
• Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ is a beautifully made biopic that showcases a man as well as morality
• Sajin Shrijith’s review of ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’: Vineeth Sreenivasan delivers his biggest, most wholesome film yet
• Amit Sharma’s ‘Maidaan’ is a sports melodrama/biopic that needed more consistent and engaging writing, but it has its moments
• Readers Write In #687: Trees that are trees, and trees that are not
• Readers Write In #686: Anand Ekarshi’s ‘AATTAM’- ‘An introspection’
• Interview: Elan (‘Star’)
• Interview: Priya Mani (‘Maidaan’)
• Interview: Sandeep Reddy Vanga (‘Spirit’, etc.)
• Book Excerpt: Bollypolitics
• Readers Write In #685: Aadujeevitham