Readers Write In #498: Chup: Why is film criticism equally important as the...
VS Shyam Like cinema, in criticism too, how it’s delivered matters more than what’s delivered. A serial killer who targets movie critics who give unabashed bad reviews for a good film and praises a bad...
View Article#QnA: Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1
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View ArticleReaders Write In #506: Ponniyin Selvan – A Masterpiece and a master’s peace…
By Raghu Narayanan Why am I writing this review? The act of penning your thoughts on paper is transformational in nature. The act transforms what is intangible into something that is tangible. It...
View ArticleReaders Write In #507: AB@80: Some Underrated Moments of the “Magarayudu”-Part I
By Aman Basha A small drop into the ocean of words and wishes surrounding the colossus that strides our age It is impossible for me to pinpoint the exact moment that I came to know of Amitabh...
View ArticleRandom thoughts on ‘Ponniyin Selvan – 1’ and its ‘aftermath’
I saw the film this week, a second time. It was even more impressive. Time and again, screenplay advice has told us that the narrative should be told from a single POV, and that the person whose POV we...
View ArticleReaders Write In #508: On the ‘my moments’ with THE Bachchan…(part 2)
By An Jo The bridge between child-hood and adult-hood wasn’t that long; what with DD raking in the TRPs with AB movies every Saturday, festival or not. With crores being generated for DD thanks to the...
View ArticleReaders Write In #509: AB@80: Some Underrated Moments of the...
By Aman Basha A small drop into the ocean of words and wishes surrounding the colossus that strides our age Few films can be as postcard pretty and deeply uncomfortable as Silsila. It is not very...
View ArticleAnubhuti Kashyap’s ‘Doctor G’, with Ayushmann Khurrana and Rakul Preet Singh,...
Spoilers ahead… The first half is a template Ayushmann Khurrana movie. The second half is a dull drama whose every single beat is predictable. On the surface, Anubhuti Kashyap’s Doctor G looks like...
View ArticleReaders Write In #512: On the ‘my moments’ with THE Bachchan…(part 3)
By An Jo Continuing from the closing moments of the ‘70s, extending onto the late‘80s, time for the 48 year old AB to compete with the ‘young Khan’ blood: the innocent-looking Aamir, the...
View ArticleOur mainstream auteurs vs. mainstream cinema’s must-haves
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View ArticleReaders Write In #513: The Bollywood Crisis and the biggest star in Mumbai today
By Aman Basha Stray thoughts on Hindi cinema’s biggest disaster year and case for its biggest star at the moment Recently, the trade website Koimoi published a tentative version of its annual box...
View ArticleRam Setu – temporary post for comments
Spoilers ahead… Ram Setu. Ram Setu You can read the rest of the review here: https://www.galatta.com/ And you can watch the video review here: https://www.youtube.com/ Copyright ©2022 GALATTA.
View ArticleThank God – temporary post for comments
Spoilers ahead… Thank God. Thank God You can read the rest of the review here: https://www.galatta.com/ And you can watch the video review here: https://www.youtube.com/ Copyright ©2022 GALATTA.
View ArticleReaders Write In #520: PS1 review- Too many flaws to cover up
By S Vijaysagar I waited for the buzz to settle down on PS1 and chose the evening show on Diwali eve to catch up on the movie. Hope people would still be interested in reading about the movie. PS1...
View Article10 Questions: Anurag Kashyap
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View ArticleMathukutty Xavier’s ‘Mili’, with Janhvi Kapoor, shows that even a pure ‘genre...
Spoilers ahead… The screenplay is built like a series of mishaps that keep escalating until we get to the biggest mishap of all: getting trapped in the freezer. On one level, Mili is what you’d call a...
View ArticleInterview: Janhvi Kapoor (Mili)
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View ArticleInterview: Vasan Bala, Rajkummar Rao, Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte (Monica, O...
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View Article10 Questions: Bosco Martis (choreographer, director of ‘Rocket Gang’)
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View ArticleVasan Bala’s ‘Monica, O My Darling’, on Netflix, with Rajkummar Rao and a top...
Spoilers ahead… You could see this stylish, irreverent, noir-like film as the bastard child of Thiagarajan Kumararaja and Harmesh Malhotra, who made ‘Nagina’. Snakes play an important role here… The...
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