By Pranav Jain Pranav Jain is an incoming civil servant and also a columnist. There was a time when I thought I liked music. Just music for its own sake, the way Schopenhauer imagined. Music for me was indistinguishable from background noise. It could verily be anything – the kind that played on FM during […]
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The film is about a number of characters in a number of relationship conflicts. Some are treated seriously, some are treated comically, and there’s definitely a vision – but there’s no emotional connection. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. There are many characters and many relationship stories in Anurag Basu’s spiritual sequel to […]
By Niveditha Prasad Niveditha is a law student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and has previously been published with RIC Journal, and Cafe Dissensus (here, here, and here). She also runs a semi-regular Substack. She can be reached at nivedithakp2002@gmail.com I often joke that if I die an old maid there are two people to be blamed: Jane Austen […]
Shiva, Grace Antony, and Mithul Ryan play an urban family that, like the title says, learns to fly away. The sweet, gentle, musical feel of the film makes even the feel-bad moments of life seem like a feel-good experience. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Ram’s endearing new film is called Paranthu Po, […]
The readily identifiable story is about moving out of rented houses and buying a home. And despite the many issues faced by the family, the director ensures that the film is an easy, pleasant watch. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Sri Ganesh’s 3BHK revolves around a middle-class family of four. Sarathkumar plays […]
By Samyogita Hardikar Ananya Sangtarash didn’t leave work early that day like she had agreed to. She didn’t stop at the market on her way home. Once home, she didn’t shower; she didn’t cook; she didn’t clean. She didn’t dare to pick up the phone to reply to any of the messages asking if she […]
By Vikram MN Films like these are a delight to write, let alone watch. I was intrigued by the film right from the time the teaser came out. It was fascinating and interesting at the same time, plus it did the important thing of setting the tone of the film. With Sasi Kumar at the […]
The film had its world premiere at the New York Indian Film Festival. On the surface, it’s a genteel Agatha Christie-type murder mystery set in a small town. But dig deeper, and it says a lot about who we really are. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. In Kaisi Ye Paheli, Sadhana Singh […]
Written and directed by Sarin Kumar. Director’s Note: Ghost of the Writer is a minimalist psychological drama that explores creative paralysis through a single-character narrative. Set entirely in one room, the film externalises the internal resistance writers face, using stillness, light, and physical struggle as metaphors for the emotional cost of creation. It’s a film […]
Written and directed by Sagnik Dutta. Synopsis: A visually disabled young man participates in the trial of a medical device that allows blind people to experience vision. But the trial goes wrong, when the device shows him more than the human eye can perceive. A little bit about myself: I’m an ‘amateur’ filmmaker in every […]
Written and directed by Vijay Sharma. Director’s note: “‘Shinakht holds a steady mirror to communal violence and the bigotry that leads to it. The film does not shy away from raising pertinent questions where a man’s very right to existence and respect is reduced to his surname, and how identifying it not only echoes the […]
Written and directed by Y Nithin. Director’s note: “A bittersweet tale of a doctor retelling a story of his first unauthorized memory experiment on a human being.”
By Hariharasudhen Nagarajan Firstly, thank you, Baradwaj Rangan (BR), for providing me with the opportunity to discuss my experience filming my first narrative feature film, ‘Tether’, on this blog page. Before I do that, I’d like to share how I started interacting with BR. When I first sent him a write-up on the Kannada film […]
