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...
View ArticleReaders Write In #656: What makes Deepika Padukone’s 20 min role in ‘Jawan’...
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...
View ArticleReaders Write In #657: The reflection of Rishi Kapoor in the Ranbir Daddy...
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...
View ArticleInterview: Sriram Raghavan (‘Merry Christmas’)
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View ArticleR Ravikumar’s ‘Ayalaan’ is too generic to make an impact, but it is a...
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...
View ArticleReaders Write In #659: Readers Write In – Chennai International Film Festival
By Bharath Vijayakumar The 21st Chennai Internation Film Festival was held last month (14th December to 21st December 2023). This annual ritual is a definite and wonderful opportunity for those in...
View ArticleInterview: Abhishek Chaubey, Nasser, Manoj Bajpayee, Anbu Thasan (‘Killer Soup’)
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View ArticleReaders Write In #660: Some Notes On MERRY CHRISTMAS
By Vikas Yadav Sriram Raghavan’s Merry Christmas is based on Frédéric Dard’s novel Le Monte-charge titled Bird in a Cage in English. So, who’s this bird in this film? Is it Maria (Katrina Kaif) who is...
View ArticleInterview: Ananya Panday (‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’)
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View ArticleReaders Write In #662: The Empty Noises Of SALAAR: PART 1 – CEASEFIRE
By Vikas Yadav During the interviews, actors like Prithviraj Sukumaran and Shruti Haasan described the Salaar set as “real” and “humungous.” Sukumaran even said the structures were so enormous that...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Analysis: Prasanth Varma (‘HanuMan’)
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View ArticleMalaikottai Vaaliban – temp post for comments
Malaikottai Vaaliban Malaikottai Vaaliban You can read the rest of the review here: https://www.galatta.com/tamil/movie/review/merry-christmas/ You can watch the trailer / video review here: Copyright...
View ArticleSiddharth Anand’s ‘Fighter’ takes a generic action template and makes it...
The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor. The actors are in fine form, and the narrative is slick enough (and emotional enough) to tide you through its run time. After War and...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Analysis: Lijo Jose Pellissery (‘Malaikottai Vaaliban’)
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View ArticleLights, Camera, Analysis: Siddharth Anand (‘Fighter’)
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View ArticleAnirban Dutta’s ‘Anubhuti’, which had its world premiere at Rotterdam, is a...
The film is free of dialogue, and Meera Bai’s famous bhajan-s take their place. Through these songs, Meera projects herself into the Krishna-Radha universe in Vrindavan. In his second feature, Anirban...
View ArticleInterview: Bhumi Pednekar (‘Bhakshak’)
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View ArticlePulkit’s ‘Bhakshak’, on Netflix, dives into a sexual abuse case with...
The film stars Bhumi Pednekar as an intrepid small-town journalist. The story takes no risks in the telling, and we are left with a simplistic variation on the David-Goliath template. In Pulkit’s...
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