By Aman Basha Reflecting on the surprising 2024 election results and those who refused to go on gently into the good night. When I had first made my debut on this most wonderful Reader’s Write In section, my only contribution was enthusiastically, even psychotically celebrating the man, myth and legend that is Shah Rukh Khan, […]

The film stars Kartik Aaryan and Vijay Raaz. The two actors click well, and they steer us through this journey of India’s first Paralympic gold medalist. Chandu Champion opens with that most dreaded of openings: the “disbelieving” framing device. I think it may be time to retire this trope of meeting someone in the present, […]

The film stars Vijay Sethupathi, Anurag Kashyap, Natty Subramanian, Mamta Mohandas, Abhirami. The screenplay is so mechanically constructed that the emotional impact is muted. After Kurangu Bommai and now Maharaja, I think we can say that Nithilan Saminathan is a plot-based filmmaker – as opposed to a character-based filmmaker. This is not to say that […]

The film stars Dhananjaya, Ramesh Indira, and Moksha Kaushal. It takes too long to get to the crux, but there are many lovely scenes along the way. Kotee (Dhananjaya) is a mover. He helps people shift homes, and when he is not doing this, he is a cab driver. In this job, he says, he […]

Over the last 10 years a lot has been said about ‘Social Capital’ and its impact on the functioning of an economy. It has been argued that variations in social capital can account for differences in income levels, rates of… Continue reading →

Although the paradox of thrift has been a regular part of the CIE A Level syllabus it is has only become more relevant since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). It has its origins in the 1714 book entitled ‘The Fable… Continue reading →

By Aadesh Ramaswamy Soori is quickly turning out to be a most interesting actor that we have working today. Garudan posits him as the obedient servant of Karuna, played by a sad Unni Mukundan, who is best friends with Aadhi, played by a smart Sasikumar. The 3 of them grow together. All hell breaks loose […]

We know about microeconomics and macroeconomics but there has been little attention given towards mesoeconomics. Meso means ‘middle’ and fits between micro and macro and refers to the supply chains in the industrial policy of a country. It has been… Continue reading →

By my count, SEETHAKATHI was #1 and MODERN LOVE was #2. As always, I have no idea how much actually remains after the final edit, but I do have a biggish role in Barath Neelakantan’s upcoming ALIEN. That will be #4, I think!

The film stars Soori, Sasikumar, Unni Mukundan. The writing is so generic that almost nothing stays in mind. Early on in Garudan, set in the district of Theni, we are told that three things are responsible for most of the issues around us: “mann” (land), “pon” (money), and “penn” (women). “Mann” comes in the form […]