Interview: Gangai Amaran (‘Lenin Pandian’)
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Karunas gives an effective, emotionally naked performance as Thavasi, a fisherman from Rameswaram who finds a precious ornament and then gets into trouble with the police. Nimisha Sajayan plays the...
View ArticleInterview: Jason Sanjay (‘Sigma’)
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View ArticleReaders Write In #1141: Star Gazing
By Karthik Amarnath Moneyball had no right being this good a movie, let alone being a movie at all. Sure it’s about a sport, but the sport is baseball. I dont know if you’ve been to a baseball game. I...
View ArticleInterview: Hiphop Tamizha Adhi (‘Meesaya Murukku 2’)
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View ArticleReaders Write In #1140: The Familiar Stranger: On Clara, Radha, Mithra and...
By Premkumar Ethirajulu Back in 2009–10, in a phase when I had a lot of “me time,” I went on a run of watching as many films as I could, especially the classics from the 1980s and 90s. I watched...
View ArticleThe Paradise
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View ArticleReaders Write In #1138: Literature and Cinema
By Aman Basha Ruminations on three films and their respective relationships with popular works of literature. It seems the second week of August 2026 would forever exist in my memory as the week where...
View ArticleReaders Write In #1137: Lubber Pandhu: Confrontation, Assertion and Inception
By SS Jayasuriya In Inception, the fantastical premise is treated almost like an engineering problem. Dreams have rules, layers and architecture. An idea cannot simply be announced to another person...
View ArticleReaders Write In #1132: Naan Malarodu
By mvky Naan malarodu thaniyaga enindruOriginal Hindi version tujhe pyaar karte karte rahengeOne of my favourite song in both tamil and Hindi. Jaishankar and L Vijayalakshmi sang this song in a park....
View ArticleInterview: Guru Somasundaram (‘Paris Cafe’, ‘Demonte Colony 3’)
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View ArticleReaders Write In #1131: G. D. N: Who is the protagonist?
By S Madhumithaa “G.D. Naidu was a visionary in so many aspects. He invented India’s first electric motor. He started the first polytechnic college. He has played an active role in revolutionizing...
View ArticleReaders Write In #1130: When the Nightmare Becomes Home: A Lynchian Reading...
By SS Jayasuriya Unlike Super Deluxe, which was pretty much straightforward, Ninaivo Oru Paravai leaves us wondering what actually happened. There is something almost Lynchian about that uncertainty....
View ArticleInterview: Ashok Selvan (‘Anbil Avan’)
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View ArticleBitty Ruminations 100- The mystifying debacle of ‘Sardar 2’
I don’t believe that “good movies” do well, and “bad movies” don’t. For every film that’s praised to the skies, there will be detractors, and vice versa. What happens — and this is what I believe — is...
View ArticleReaders Write In #1128: Something about old Tamil films and tragedy queen...
By mvky Those days tamil cinema audience feasted on highly emotional dramas with sub drama type comedy tracks. Every second film was a musical and filled with passionate actors. R Vijaya Kumari, our...
View ArticleInterview: Karunas (‘Enna Vilai’)
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View ArticleDorothy
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View ArticleReaders Write In #1127: The unfairness of one-sided closures as represented...
By Neerajaa Musafir café and Once more are the two recent pieces of art that have left a lasting impact on me.(I have not watched Bethehelem kudumba unit yet though!). Both of them had many beautiful...
View ArticleMathimaran Pugazhendhi’s ‘Mandaadi’ is a rock-solid drama set against a...
Soori gives an affecting physical and emotional performance as Kaali, a man from Ramanathapuram who’s an ace boat racer. He quits for some reason and – as these films go – he’s pulled back into the...
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