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Sriram Raghavan’s ‘Merry Christmas’ is an elegant, experimental thriller that’s more interesting to think about than sit through
The film stars Vijay Sethupathi and Katrina Kaif as strangers in the night. It is a narrative that is easier to admire for what has been attempted. Most of the first half of Merry Christmas is foreplay of the most unexpected kind. We expect noir-ish thrillers from Sriram Raghavan, but we seem to be in […]

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Jan 13, 20241 min read


Kairam Vaashi’s review of Prasanth Varma’s ‘HanuMan’: The film’s ambitious nature prompts us to overlook its shortcomings
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Jan 12, 20241 min read


Kairam Vaashi’s review of Trivikram Srinivas’s ‘Guntur Kaaram’: A typical Trivikram outing marked by a few high points
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Jan 12, 20241 min read


R Ravikumar’s ‘Ayalaan’ is too generic to make an impact, but it is a harmless watch
The film stars Sivakarthikeyan and Rakul Preet Singh. The visual effects are very good, and make you wish the writing, too, was up to that level. In an early scene in Ayalaan, from director R Ravikumar, the hero Tamizh (Sivakarthikeyan) saves a baby elephant that has fallen into a pit – but not before delivering a […]

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Jan 12, 20241 min read


Arun Matheswaran’s ‘Captain Miller’, has interesting ideas, but the film remains an emotionally aloof series of cool shots
The film stars Dhanush and Priyanka Arulmohan. The writing never dives deep enough to bring these characters alive. If the mere presence of ideas is enough to make a movie, then Arun Matheswaran’s Captain Miller – set in the pre-Independence era – is a success. The hero played by Dhanush is a tribal named Analeesan, and this […]

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Jan 12, 20241 min read
Interview: Cheran (‘Cheran’s Journey’)
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Jan 12, 20241 min read


MS Raaja’s ‘Sevappi’, on Aha OTT, is a multi-character village drama whose “moments” keep us interested, invested
This debut film features Poornima Ravi, Rishikanth. What it lacks in craft, it makes up for with good writing and emotional honesty. MS Raaja’s Sevappi is set in a small village in the 1990s, and in an early scene, a widower named Paruthi (Sebastin Antony) drops his young son off at the house of a […]

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Jan 12, 20241 min read
Lights, Camera, Analysis: Tharun Sudhir (‘Kaatera’)
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Jan 11, 20241 min read
Interview: Ravikumar (‘Ayalaan’))
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Jan 10, 20241 min read


Tiger Woods and the backward bending supply curve of labour
Tiger Woods was in the news recently with the ending of his relationship with the apparel company ‘Nike’ which was worth $660m over three decades. Has he signed a deal with another company? We will find out what Woods will…
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Jan 10, 20242 min read


Book Excerpt: The Pigeon Thief!
Author Bio : Venkat Rajan is a seasoned management consultant in energy, engineering, and informationtechnology, with an impressive record of holding senior management roles across Asia andEurope for over two decades. With a wealth of experience from living and conducting business in overthirty countries,Venkat brings a unique perspective to fiction writing. His passion lies in […]

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Jan 9, 20244 min read
Interview: Sriram Raghavan (‘Merry Christmas’)
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Jan 9, 20241 min read
Interview: Arun Matheswaran (‘Captain Miller’
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Jan 8, 20241 min read


Natural Resources v GDP
The Economics of Biodiversity by Sir Partha Dasgupta was published in February 2021 and was a wake up call for all of us. Sir Partha says nature must be recognised as an asset and that our traditional measure of economic…
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Jan 7, 20242 min read
The Kannada Debut Directors Round Table
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Jan 6, 20241 min read


Readers Write In #657: The reflection of Rishi Kapoor in the Ranbir Daddy Universe
By Kakoli Bhattacharya On January 1, 2021, the announcement video for Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s film Animal came out. A glimpse of Ranvijay Balbir Singh, who we later saw in the film, distraught with love and anguish towards his emotionally unavailable father was provided by Ranbir Kapoor’s monologue in the video, which was paired with a […]

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Jan 5, 20243 min read


Marginal Benefit and Marginal Cost of airline safety regulations.
A recent post by Michael Cameron on his blog ‘Sex, Drugs and Economics’ looked at the writing of Eli Dourado and the marginal analysis of airline safety. The Federal Aviation Administration (FFA) sets the safety standards for international carriers as…
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Jan 3, 20243 min read


Readers Write In #656: What makes Deepika Padukone’s 20 min role in ‘Jawan’ Special?
By Kakoli Bhattacharya When was the most recent instance when a cameo in a movie completely captivated the audience’s interest? According to my recall,it happens to be Suriya as Rolex in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s gangster drama, Vikram.Aishwarya Rathore, played by Deepika Padukone in the popular movie Jawan, is the newest name to be added to this […]

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Jan 2, 20243 min read


Readers Write In #655: ’12th Fail’ and the Law of Conservation of Love
By VS Shyam *Spoilers Ahead* Unlike other underdog movies usually filled with adrenaline-pumping motivation and rage, 12th Fail can be interpreted as a love story, though it may not be classified under the romantic genre. Love is explored in several forms, towards fellow human beings, one’s duty, passion, or towards the nation. Interestingly there are […]

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Jan 1, 20243 min read
The Galatta Plus Mega Pan-India Round Table 2023
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Jan 1, 20241 min read
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