By ​Bharath Vijayakumar Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu opens with a young man working all alone in a deserted land amidst bushes, branches and thorns. Now these catch fire. He struggles and finds his way out of the fire. He survives but is also wounded by numerous thorns that have pierced his back. This opening, kind of […]

Spoilers ahead… This is Jeyamohan’s finest work as a screenwriter (the screenplay is credited to him and Gautham), and the writing takes us through the protagonist’s journey in small, incremental, incredibly detailed steps. When I reviewed Gautham Vasudev Menon’s last feature film, the imperfect but also very underrated Enai Noki Paayum Thota, I called it […]

It has been suggested that China cajoles less developed countries into taking out multiple loans to build expensive infrastructure that they can’t afford to fund themselves. This then leads to fears of possible takeover of assets by China when the… Continue reading →

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Spoilers ahead… The film’s most beautiful thought is that art has the power to move you, even if it’s an art you’ve never been exposed to. Sometimes, if you give it a chance, the connect just happens. There’s one distinguishing trait about Ananda (Choudhury Bikash Das), who looks like he is in his sixties or […]

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By Kartik Iyer Looking at the figures Brahmastra: Part One Shiva is earning it is safe to speculate there will be a part 2. Secondly, looking at the sharply divided stance on the movie, it is clear that people either love it or hate it. What is also clear is few have avoided it. Considering all this, […]

Another of Martin Sandbu’s ‘Free Lunch on Film’ videos from the FT. This one looks at the pros and cons of a wealth tax. A well-designed net wealth tax can raise revenue and tackle inequality but critics say a wealth… Continue reading →

By Aman Basha Venting out my mixed feelings about the biggest Hindi film of the year. Before all things, Brahmastra must be celebrated and applauded for one reason and one reason alone: it has dealt a death blow to one of the most obnoxious, illogical and irritating trends of all time, where stupid jobless lukkhas […]

Spoilers ahead… The focus is on emotions, rather than on twists or frantic time machine adventures. But with this premise, I could have used a few more emotional highs. Shree Karthick’s time-travel drama is interestingly titled. In Telugu, it is called Oke Oka Jeevitham, which can be extrapolated to mean we have only one life, […]

Spoilers ahead… The film is a ‘biopic’ of the 19th century. It is also a biopic of Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, who fought for the oppressed. Vinayan’s Pathonpatham Noottandu, set in Travancore, is two kinds of biopic. Firstly, it is a “biopic” of the time period of the title, the 19th century. We get the legend […]

Spoilers ahead… The story is a mix of the usual creature-features, like Alien or Predator– but without the scares, the tightly held atmosphere, the A-level visual effects. Shakti Soundar Rajan likes the high concept. He likes to say “I directed the first zombie thriller in Tamil cinema”. (That was Miruthan.) He likes to say “I […]

Spoilers ahead… You can see all the money they spent up there, on the big screen. But the film never rises above the “watchable” or “hmm… not bad” category. All fantasy movies are derivative, and Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva is no different. From the Star Wars universe, we get a Luke Skywalker-Darth […]

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With mock exams this week here is something on Liquidity Preference – included is a mind map that has been modified from Susan Grant’s CIE revision book. Demand for money TRANSACTIONS DEMAND – T – this is money used for… Continue reading →

By Hari 5 years back, after the birth of our second born, me and my wife went to her gynec to discuss the possibilities for birth control. That is when she told my wife why can’t he do it. It is a complex procedure for you, if it was a Caesarian we could have done […]

By Vijay Ramanathan Note: YouTube’s vast repository includes a multitude of wonderful movies in many languages – some hidden gems, and some that are hard to find elsewhere. In this series of articles, I will share some of my favorite classic movies freely available on YouTube, along with a brief analysis. The videos are not […]

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Spoilers ahead… In this Khasi language film, Shillong is as much a mystery as the whodunit in the story. The dictionary definition of “flaneur” is someone who walks around not doing anything in particular but watching people and society. The Shillong-based Shem (Adil Hussain) is seemingly a private investigator, but he is the flaneur of […]

I keep writing scenes and other random stuff. Thought they’d make for fun blog posts, titled ‘Tanglish Talks’. Do read, share, mock, comment, ring the bell icon, whatever 🙂 ! Given the comments about the ending of this much-loved movie, I imagined an alternative 🙂 SCENE THIRU JR. is sitting in the living room, after […]