The buildup to the climax is simply extraordinary. This is one of the best passages of cinema I have seen in recent times. There’s a remarkable “short story” in Mari Selvaraj’s Vaazhai, and it begins in the second half, when a school teacher named Poongodi (Nikhila Vimal) asks a boy named Sivanaindhan (Ponvel) to come […]

By Heisenberg Pa.Ranjith has made a new movie and as has been the case with his previous movies, he has generated a lot of discussion about the movie and also about his ideology through the frequent fiery speeches he makes. Since his debut in 2012, Ranjith has grown into an indisputable voice for Dalit cinema […]

Natural Monopoly-Features A natural monopoly is when one firm has the ability to supply the entire market at lower prices than two or more firms. A natural monopoly faces downward-sloping average cost (AC) for the entire range for which demand… Continue reading →

By Karthik Amarnath Why are love triangles such an enduring cinematic trope? Be it an eighty-year old classic like Casablanca, or a ten-month old stunner like Past Lives, we seem to revel watching two relationships pitted against each other. That’s what a triangle comes down to, a battle between the edges, and the indisputable fact that out […]

By G Waugh In Pa Ranjith’s Thangalaan, in the initial portions of the film, the king who arrives at the landscape where gold is rumoured to be residing beneath, is tempted with visions of gold wherever he looks. When he orders his men to proceed towards acquiring them, he is shocked to find strange animals […]

The Paris Olympics is now over and one has to say what a great event it was with huge crowds, great sporting achievements and spectacular backdrops – the marathon, beach volleyball and many more. However, do the Olympics make money?… Continue reading →

The best parts are the ones where they talk about their process… It’s interesting to know that Salim usually came up with the storylines, Javed’s strength was dialogue, and they both, then, worked on the screenplay. In 1962, Shammi Kapoor played the lookalike of a gangster whose gang he would be asked to infiltrate, by […]

By AJ Sathyanand Stree2 – sar kate ka aatank is the sequel to the 2018 super hit Stree and the latest addition to the maddock horror comedy universe which has other movies including Bhediya,Munjiyaand Roohi. Stree 2 begins exactly where Stree ended.In a small town called Chanderi ,the spirit of a lady used to haunt […]

A Guardian newspaper article reported on a handful of powerful companies that have a market share of almost 80% of grocery items bought regularly by ordinary Americans – four firms or fewer control at least 50% of the market for… Continue reading →

By Grace A little disclaimer: notwithstanding the name-dropping in the second half of the title, this is nearly just as much a writer Himanshu Sharma retrospective as it is the unfortunate eponymous filmmaker’s – and I say ‘unfortunate’, of course, with nothing but the greatest respect. Aanand L Rai and Himanshu Sharma tread the metaphorical […]

By Latha Rajasekar An intelligently crafted oppression saga, backed by a committed team, strives to root back to the origin of ‘sufferings’. The makers, convincingly arrive at a novel premise by synthesizing two wisdom systems- the palaeolithic ‘Shamanism’ and the fifth century ‘Buddhism’. The narrative layers of Buddhist doctrine on caste, a personal agenda of […]