Spoilers ahead… In this thriller starring Vijay Antony and Ritika Singh, the narrative struggles to live up to the visuals. Balaji Kumar made an impressive debut with Vidiyum Munn, in 2013. Ten years later, he is back with a film that at least looks impressive. Kolai – based on a true-life murder case – feels […]

Spoilers ahead… The film feels like an early draft of ‘Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum’, the brilliant Dileesh Pothan movie that combined crime and humour and satire. Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu is one of the great debut features in recent times. Suresh Sangaiah’s second feature, Sathiya Sothanai, is stitched from the same cloth. Here, too, we get a […]

Spoilers ahead… This is a solid, old-school biopic – but it’s more dutiful than dazzling, more admirable than awe-inspiring. When Christopher Nolan announced a biopic, of all things, I was curious. It’s like Hitchcock making a Fred Astaire musical. It’s like Spielberg making Saw. It’s like Scorsese making a screwball comedy or a Western. There’s […]

Spoilers ahead… Despite a clunky and messagey closing stretch, Nitesh Tiwari’s film is an engaging mellow-drama In a late scene in Nitesh Tiwari’s Bawaal, Ajay and Nisha (the married couple played by Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor) play a drinking-game where they reveal things about one another: favourite books, favourite films, that sort of thing. […]

By Hari PR We live in times where the word ‘gaming’ has assumed a negative connotation, thanks largely to the proliferation of ‘online’ gaming companies wanting players to stake money and use their ‘skills’ to play. There is another category of gaming, the traditional video game, the creators of which put in a lot more […]

By Aman Basha A scene set in an Italian party gives us, the audience, the rare chance to see all the principal players in the latest Mission Impossible in one place. Here, a man preaching a new god, terrifies all these agents and arms dealers to cower in fear. His master is overwhelming and omnipresent, […]

More revision material for A2 students as the exam season approaches. Below is a useful mind map which summarises the topic. Quite a popular essay question at A2 which can be linked in with other market structures in imperfect competition.… Continue reading →

By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma Character A (a daughter) says to Character B (a father) “Thodi to sharamkar lo. Tussi kaddiapanigaltinahimannoge.” (You have no shame left in you and would never accept your mistakes). For the moment it appears that the daughter is referring to the father’s carelessness about forgetting his grandson’s birthday. But a few […]

Spoilers ahead… When there is so much newness, you want to see it taken all the way. You don’t want to see it in a compromised form. “A terrific premise. A big heart. But too long and, after a point, too one-note – we seem to be seeing variations on the same themes and jokes.” […]

A Lorenz curve is a simple, well-used way of representing inequality in an economy. The graph is a typical example. If there was a completely equitable distribution of income, then this would be represented by the 45 degree line on… Continue reading →

By soorya மனம் போன போக்கில் போகும் பட்டாம்பூச்சிஒரு இடத்தில் ஒரு நொடி கூட நிர்க்கமால் உலாவும் பட்டாம்பூச்சி!உன்னை பிடித்தால் அழகாய் இருப்பாய் நிறத்தில்!கையில் நீ சிக்குவது எளிதல்ல எங்கள் மனதை விட உன் உடல் வேகமானது!ஒரு நொடியில் ஆயிரம் விளக்கை பார்ப்பாய்!ஆயிரம் எண்ணத்தை ஓரிடத்தில் வைப்பாய்!இலையின் நுனியிலும் விரலின் ஓட்டிலும் வந்து கண் சிமிட்டி நிற்பாய்! உன்னை தோட நினைத்தால் பறந்து செல்வாய் !உன்னை தேடி சென்றால் , நாங்கள் இருந்த இடத்தை மறந்து விடுவோம்!நாங்கள் […]

Central bankers have been grappling with the increasing level of inflation in their economy but rates are starting to stabilise – CPI in New Zealand down from 6.9% to 6.7% and from 9.1% to 4% in the US. The US… Continue reading →