Spoilers ahead… Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Anurag Kashyap lead a huge cast in a revenge story in the mould of Tamil/Telugu masala movies, but without the electricity that courses through the best films in the genre. When you hear of a film with Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Anurag Kashyap and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Ila Arun and […]
A government measures a country’s total output to assess the performance of the country. An economy is usually considered to be doing well if its output is growing at a sustained and sustainable rate. Economic growth has the potential to…
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Spoilers ahead… The premise about science vs. superstition (and adjustment between a couple) is solid. But the exaggerated treatment does not let us take this couple seriously. Vijay Deverakonda gets to turn on every bit of his star wattage in Shiva Nirvana’s Kushi. I personally prefer to watch this actor express angst: few young performers […]
The Terms of Trade improved by 0.4% in the quarter 2 of this year with export prices being – 0.6% and imports -1%. The fall in export prices was mainly due to the drop in dairy prices (2.1%) and forestry…
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By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma Very early in Sudhanshu Sharma’s ‘Love-All’, we see a man who has just returned to his childhood city, Bhopal. But there is no glitter, spark, vivacity and nostalgia in his eyes upon his return to the roots. The eyes are filled with an infinite void. They carry haunting effects of broken […]
Last Tuesday, the 6th edition of The Wonderful Ingrid Blogathon, celebrating the three-time Oscar-winning actress, ended with the submission of the last articles by the participants. It’s been a pleasure, as always, to read your material and see how much Ingrid is still appreciated, even 41 years after her passing. One particularly cool thing this year […]
Spoilers ahead… Rakshit Shetty and Rukmini Vasanth play a fully formed couple right from the beginning. They seem so right together that their union seems a matter of destiny. In the heart-swelling Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A, director Hemanth M Rao, his co-writer Gundu Shetty, and cinematographer Advaitha Gurumurthy give us a very real […]
Spoilers ahead… In terms of the inventiveness of the storytelling and the structure, I was reminded of the wonderfully riotous Malayalam film ‘Thallumala’. This is one of the most enjoyable, most cleverly constructed films of the year. Nithin Krishnamurthy’s Boys Hostel (dubbed into Telugu from the Kannada hit, Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare) is a fun ride […]
The BRICS (Brazil Russia India China and South Africa) countries have long been concerned about the dominance of the West in global financial institutions and trade. In order to try and increase its influence the BRICS countries agreed to add…
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By Sudharsanan Sampath She smiled at me as the autumn night’s cold breeze cradled her already messy hair. She smiled at that too. I waved at her, ever so subtly. She waved back. She had just made a new friend. Moments later I saw her falling asleep on her mom’s lap. *** I flicked my […]
By Karthik Amarnath Ok, so let’s play a guessing game. Name this filmmaker, born in summer 1970, whose debut film released in the US in 1997. Too little info? Ok, here’s another clue. His most recent film was a biopic of a scientist, who is shown to be at Princeton University early in the film. Getting warm, are […]
Falling rouble has the Russian central bank raising interest rates by 3.5% to 12%. Last week the rouble plummeted – over 100 roubles was required to buy a 1US$. This compares to around 50 roubles in June 2022 – see…
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Spoilers ahead… The tone is all over the place, and because the love angle is hardly developed, we don’t care about this couple getting together. Casting Venkat Prabhu in Adiyae makes a great deal of sense. The director made the superb Maanadu, which is one of the rare Tamil films that successfully explored a sci-fi […]
