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Suresh Mari’s ‘J.Baby’ is a solid drama about a family that has to deal with mental illness, among other things

The film stars Urvasi, Dinesh, and many others. Sure, the story could have been told better, less loud, but many portions work. Here’s how Suresh Mari’s J.Baby begins. Senthil and Shankar are brothers, played by ‘Lollu Sabha’ Maaran and Dinesh. They are summoned to the police station, for reasons concerning their mother, named J.Baby (Urvashi). The policeman […]

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Mar 9, 20241 min read

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Vidyadhar Kagita’s ‘Gaami’: A film that, in its own way, will open new doors for Indian cinema

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Mar 9, 20241 min read

Readers Write In #672: A teenager’s screenwriting pursuit in the guidance of critics and Paul Schrader’s youtube masterclasses

By Sahal Thaju Since the days , the Desire for filmmaking germinated in me , I have been doing research. Finding screenplays to be the foundation of a film , I wanted to watch movies which were well written and understand the anatomy and emotional beats and structure of it. I found that all the […]

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Mar 9, 20244 min read

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Guruprasad’s ‘Ranganayaka’: This Guruprasad interview-like film is all about its one-liners and punchlines

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Mar 9, 20241 min read

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Yogaraj Bhat’s ‘Karataka Damanaka’: With a potent plot and an engaging first-half this is somewhat of a comeback for Yogaraj Bhat

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Mar 8, 20241 min read

Oscar 2024… discuss!

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Mar 7, 20240 min read

Sajin Shrijith’s review of Ratheesh Reghunandan’s ‘Thankamani’: A gloriously self-indulgent mess reliant on painfully caricaturish performances

‘Thankamani’ has the sensibilities of an awful serial, stretched to two-and-a-half hours. It’s one of those movies that makes you want to have a bath right after. Thankamani is a cinematic, partly fictionalised take on a dark chapter in Kerala’s political and cultural history. Some of the character, establishment and incident names have been altered, […]

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Mar 7, 20241 min read

Girish AD’s ‘Premalu’ infuses a familiar story with magical writing and gives us one of the most joyous movies of the year

The film stars Naslen K Gafoor and Mamitha Baiju. Despite the undercurrent of dysfunction, we keep laughing at (and with) these oddball characters. For four years, in his college in TamilNadu, Sachin has been in love with a student named Anjali. To be precise, the love is only from his side. She is vaguely aware […]

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Mar 7, 20241 min read

Chidambaram’s ‘Manjummel Boys’ is a solid, efficient survival story told in broad strokes – flaws and all, the ‘high moments’ work

The film stars an excellent Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi and a bunch of others. The real heroes are production designer Ajayan Chalissery and cinematographer Shyju Khalid. Based on a real-life incident, Chidambaram’s Manjummel Boys – set in 2006 – tells the story of a group of friends that went to the Guna caves, where the superhit Ilayaraja […]

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Mar 7, 20242 min read

Interview: Guruprasad (‘Ranganayaka’)

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Mar 5, 20241 min read

Are four-day working weeks the future?

There has much debate around the benefits of the four-day working week for both employees and employers. Research which was co-ordinated by a not-for-profit organisation, 4 Day Week Global, with employers in Ireland, the United States, Australia and New Zealand… Continue reading →

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Mar 5, 20242 min read

Help with a screenplay

Got this via email. If anyone feels like helping out, you can reach Sahal Thaju at Sahalthaju@gmail.com I am a 12th std kid (sahal). I wrote a screenplay 2 years ago. I was unsuccessful in getting a reader for my work. I hope that you will provide a space in readers write column in your […]

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Mar 5, 20241 min read

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Jaishankar Aryar’s ‘Shivamma’: A fitting film for an original storyline

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Lights, Camera, Analysis: Rahul Sadasivan (‘Bramayugam’)

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Mar 4, 20241 min read

A2 Economics – China and US current account balances

Since the financial crisis in 2009 to 2021 (pre-covid), monetary policy has been highly accommodative i.e. low interest rates. Part of the reason for this was that savings were greater than investments – supply of money > demand for money.… Continue reading →

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Mar 3, 20242 min read

Kairam Vaashi’s review of TG Keerthi Kumar’s ‘Chaari 111’: Needs a spy agency to find the missing humour

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Mar 2, 20241 min read

Sajin Shrijith’s review of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part Two’: This magnificent, spectacle-laden sequel fares better despite minor shortcomings

The filmmaker overcomes the mammoth challenge of making us aware of the intricacies and minutiae of Dune’s immense world-building and focusing on its characters simultaneously. It’s a cause for much joy when a filmmaker known for his penchant for science fiction offers visual callbacks to iconic films in the genre in the opening moments of […]

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Mar 1, 20241 min read

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Shakti Pratap Singh’s ‘Operation Valentine’: This Top Gun fires a blank

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Mar 1, 20241 min read

Gautham Vasudev Menon’s ‘Joshua’ is an underwhelming affair, an action B-movie with no pulp thrills

The film stars Varun and Raahei. The slickly staged action sequences aren’t bad, but the movie wants to be more and that’s the problem. “Imai Pol Kaakha” is the tagline for Gautham Vasudev Menon’s new movie, titled Joshua. The tagline sounds so poetic, something right out of the Maruvaarthai song from one of this director’s […]

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Mar 1, 20241 min read

Aditya Suhas Jambhale’s ‘Article 370’ is an effective, entertaining primer on Kashmir, mixing outdoor action and indoor political drama

The film stars Yami Gautam Dhar and Priya Mani. The movie simplifies – and necessarily so, for narrative reasons – a very complex issue. And as a movie, it works. The only way to watch a historical movie – whether it’s the biopic of a character, or the biopic of a political act, like Article […]

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Mar 1, 20241 min read

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Suresh Mari’s ‘J.Baby’ is a solid drama about a family that has to deal with mental illness, among other things

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Vidyadhar Kagita’s ‘Gaami’: A film that, in its own way, will open new doors for Indian cinema

Readers Write In #672: A teenager’s screenwriting pursuit in the guidance of critics and Paul Schrader’s youtube masterclasses

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Guruprasad’s ‘Ranganayaka’: This Guruprasad interview-like film is all about its one-liners and punchlines

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Yogaraj Bhat’s ‘Karataka Damanaka’: With a potent plot and an engaging first-half this is somewhat of a comeback for Yogaraj Bhat

Oscar 2024… discuss!

Sajin Shrijith’s review of Ratheesh Reghunandan’s ‘Thankamani’: A gloriously self-indulgent mess reliant on painfully caricaturish performances

Girish AD’s ‘Premalu’ infuses a familiar story with magical writing and gives us one of the most joyous movies of the year

Chidambaram’s ‘Manjummel Boys’ is a solid, efficient survival story told in broad strokes – flaws and all, the ‘high moments’ work

Interview: Guruprasad (‘Ranganayaka’)

Are four-day working weeks the future?

Help with a screenplay

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Jaishankar Aryar’s ‘Shivamma’: A fitting film for an original storyline

Lights, Camera, Analysis: Rahul Sadasivan (‘Bramayugam’)

A2 Economics – China and US current account balances

Kairam Vaashi’s review of TG Keerthi Kumar’s ‘Chaari 111’: Needs a spy agency to find the missing humour

Sajin Shrijith’s review of Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune: Part Two’: This magnificent, spectacle-laden sequel fares better despite minor shortcomings

Kairam Vaashi’s review of Shakti Pratap Singh’s ‘Operation Valentine’: This Top Gun fires a blank

Gautham Vasudev Menon’s ‘Joshua’ is an underwhelming affair, an action B-movie with no pulp thrills

Aditya Suhas Jambhale’s ‘Article 370’ is an effective, entertaining primer on Kashmir, mixing outdoor action and indoor political drama

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