By Vikas Yadav Amar Singh Chamkila died on 8 March 1988. He was just 27 years old when he left this world. This is not a big mystery, and Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila doesn’t save the assassination scene for the climax. He opens this biopic with Chamkila and Amarjot’s death, and this scene shocks […]
The 6th edition of The Golden Boy Blogathon: A William Holden Celebration has finally arrived! If you are posting your entry today, please make sure to submit it on Emily’s blog, The Flapper Dame, as she is hosting Day 1. Please check the reblogged post below! I’ll see you tomorrow for Day 2! I can’t […]
The film stars Fahadh Faasil. Technically speaking, he is not the main character, but the way he owns the film is something else altogether. One week ago, had you asked me for my pick for Screenplay of the Year-so-far, it would have hands-down been Gireesh AD’s Premalu. But now, after watching the brilliantly done Aavesham, […]
The film stars Dhyan Sreenivasan, Pranav Mohanlal. The laughs keep coming, but the writing needed to be much stronger in the emotional portions. At its most basic level, Varshangalkku Shesham is a story about two friends, what we’d call a bromance – one that starts in the 1970s and ends in the present day. Dhyan […]
Post COVID-19 has seen the rapid rise in prices globally which in turn has led central banks implementing a tight monetary policy (higher interest rates) to counter this rise in inflation. The impact on consumers of higher interests depends in…
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Aavesham should be great fun for those who prefer action comedies that deliver the highs in all the right places . So, long back when Aavesham was first announced, there was this rumour floating around that it was a spin-off of Romancham and that Fahadh Faasil was playing the younger self of Chemban Vinod’s character […]
The film features Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra. It narrates the story of a controversial artist and raises important questions about censorship. In Amar Singh Chamkila, Imtiaz Ali gives us two films for the price of one. The first – more obvious – narrative follows the shape of a biopic, the life and times of […]
The film knows perfectly when to be serious and when to be funny. It also knows when to go over the top and when not to. Its heart and soul are Pranav and Dhyan, who deliver their career-best performances. Imagine this scenario. What if Vineeth Sreenivasan wanted to travel back in time to the ’70s […]
The film stars Ajay Devgn, Priyamani, Gajraj Rao. It chronicles a great phase of Indian football, and its pluses get you through the bits that don’t work. Amit Sharma’s Maidaan runs three hours, and let me say that I was never really bored. The film has its issues – more about that later – but […]
Higher incomes may make life easier with an ability to afford certain items whether it be a new car or household appliance but this is only one variable in predicting happiness. Other variables, such as social support, life expectancy, freedom,…
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By Iniya A I have many trees. So do you. Everyone does. There are the childhood trees. The large canopied neem and gulmohar trees that you grew up with. Trees that you swear were small once, but you can’t ever recollect them that way, because you were small too. Trees that you first climbed. Trees […]
By Latha Rajasekar An awakening art, a maze, that shuns all moral solutions redundant and questions one’s inner judgments about people around. Committed performance by the much talented cast keeps one engaged, but screenplay undoubtedly plays ‘hero’. An enriching experience that prompts one to redefine boundaries, through self-evaluation. A novel introduction of the premise – […]
The robusta coffee bean is widely used in espresso blends as it is widely accepted that it produces a better creamy layer found on the top of a shot than arabica. However over the last year prices have reached their…
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