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 […]

Written and directed by Ramprabhu, who is: “an engineering graduate. You are one of the many reasons I started to love cinema deeply, so much so that I wanted to get my hands dirty and make one. My labour of love – I wanted to share my debut short film with you.” What made me […]

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In Germany and France, carbon pricing disproportionately affects low-income households compared to their wealthier counterparts. This disparity arises because products and services commonly consumed by wealthier individuals, like imported goods and travel outside the EU, are exempt from carbon pricing.… Continue reading →

By Jeeva P It still amazes me why I was a Dad-kanni (I hate to use today’s internet lingo, but I keep doing it!) – someone who follows his dad a tad too much, observes what he observes, approves what he approves, rejects what he rejects and so on – even after reaching adulthood (But […]

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The Economist had a short article on their correspondent getting a haircut in Dakar Senegal. Prices for a haircut in the low income countries should be a lot cheaper when compared to the developed world as a lot depends on… Continue reading →

By Soorya N திவாகர் தன்னுடைய தங்கை செண்பகத்தை காண, போன வாரம் , செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை சென்றான்.இன்று வெள்ளிக்கிழமை . ஒன்பது நாள் ஆகிவிட்டது. இன்னும் அவர் வரல. போன் பண்ணல .நாளைக்கு வரேன், நாளைக்கு வரேன்னு ரெண்டு நாளா சொல்றார். அவர் வந்தாதான், வீட்டு வாடகை, சாமான், காய்கறி , ராஜாவுக்கு மாச வட்டி எல்லாம் கொடுக்க முடியும். இதுல மாத்திரைலாம் வேற வாங்கணும். இரண்டாம் தேதியே எல்லாம் என்ன வந்து வரவேற்பாங்க.வட்டி காரன்ல இருந்து […]

By Latha Rajasekar An intelligent plot-driven cop tale, that gradually transforms character-driven, engulfing the viewers through its gripping narrative and mindful acting. A novel premise, ironically feels very familiar, as it is tightly packed with acquainted sub plots from our everyday news-paper articles. But the screenplay effortlessly transcends the film to newer heights, as the […]

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An article in the June Finance and Development magazine from the IMF addressed the path to prosperity for economies and if the focus should be on competitiveness or productivity. The concept of competitiveness has been misunderstood particularly in the context… Continue reading →

It’s a great idea to examine what a child means to its parents, and to shape this dramatic idea into an investigative thriller. But the result doesn’t add up. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Nelson Venkatesan’s new film, DNA, is a sort of extension of his wonderful debut feature, Oru Naal Koothu. […]

The story is about an evil, rich man who recruits a beggar for a job, and the film wants to be a fable with a moral about haves and have-nots. But the themes and ideas don’t fit in easily, and the film ends up occasionally engaging at best. The rest of this review may contain […]

Aamir Khan plays a basketball coach who is asked to train a team of special-needs people. Everything is very broad and generic, but the feel-good factor holds it all together. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. In RS Prasanna’s Sitaare Zameen Par, Aamir Khan plays a man-child named Gulshan. If you’ve seen the […]

By Srinath Lalgudi As I thought about headline options for this piece, I went through the myriad thoughts & emotions this movie created in me and the one word that stood out again and again was – ‘Unearned’. Starting from what this movie wanted to make the audience feel and ending with the deluge of […]

The story gets going when a baby gets “stolen”, but along with the investigative thriller, we get a superb micro-portrait of the rich and the poor. The rest of this review may contain spoilers. Karan Tejpal’s Stolen dives into its premise and its themes right from Scene One. The premise is spelt out in the […]

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