The film stars Kamal Haasan, Siddharth, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Bobby Simha. The screenplay is flat, and we are forced to endure generic lectures about corruption. In 1987, in Nayakan, Kamal Haasan played a character that believed in extrajudicial killings. Whether he did these killings himself or delegated them to his henchmen is another matter. The […]
The film stars Akshay Kumar, Radhika Madan, Paresh Rawal. Despite some turbulence in the writing, this is a feel-good story where the woman is as important as the man. Sudha Kongara’s biggest strength as a director may be her ability to lock on to the wavelength of an actor. By the time Soorarai Pottru came […]
I recently listened to an interesting podcast from the IMF with Daniel Susskind who is the author of ‘Growth: A Reckoning’. He believes that economic policy should consider more carefully the costs of growth and work to realign the drivers…
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With the Euros approaching the semi-final stage and a number of games being decided on penalties, I thought it appropriate to repost a piece on the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester Utd and Chelsea. The relevance of game…
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The film stars KB Ganesh Kumar, Gokul Suresh, Aju Varghese, Anarkali Marikar. It works because of the performances and because the filmmaking energy is so contagious. Let me begin with a disclaimer. One part of Gaganachari is based on references to a particular era of Malayalam cinema, so if – like me – you are not 100 […]
Discover eight double features that I imagined with films starring Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly! Written on my blog Three Enchanting Ladies, exclusively dedicated to these actresses.
By Karthik Amarnath Happy World Chocolate Day, from Roald, Tim, Gene and John As a parent in America, the day I dread most is Halloween. Each year it’s an overcrowded audition, for a Disney-DC-Potter crossover movie, where bad actors in loose costumes mouth the same line over and over. Trick or Treat? Trick or Treat? Trick […]
By Jayram Sataluri Last year, a few music lover friends asked me if I had heard Polthinkal Kala Pottu Thotta by Yesudas from the Malayalam movie Kumarasambhavam. I replied in the affirmative and that I had a concert version. Then one of them asked me if I heard the Tamil version of the same song […]
The actors are Lakshya, Tanya Maniktala, Raghav Juyal. Some minor tonality issues apart, the film is solid adult entertainment. Ever since the Hindi film industry started bringing in action choreographers from Hollywood and South Korea, the standard for stunts has gotten increasingly better. It also helps that a good part of the budget is being […]
See here for what this series is about. Note from Jose Ranjit, who sent this film to me for the blog: Within the vast genre of LGBT short films out there, Kannagi might be considered odd for a couple of reasons. One it focuses on children, quite literally. A mother, teacher and priest are all there, […]
The Wonderful World of Cinema has been honoured with a fourth Sunshine Blogger Award! A huge thanks to Ari from The Classic Movie Muse for the nomination!
