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Jul 16, 20233 min read

Monica O My Darling - A potential cult classic meanders into mediocrity but the title track lingers.

I caught up with a Neo-Noir, black comedy thriller with some fantastic dialogues that was released in 2022 and am still debating why this...

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Jan 1, 20223 min read

Dulquer's Kurup is all style but does not do justice to its potential!

Sukumara Kurup. Kerala’s most famous fugitive over the last five decades. A man who is now part of folklore. And the bane of the state...

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Nov 28, 20213 min read

Kota Factory - India's top secret academic conveyor belt!

“Im not an ex-IITian; I am an IITian” says Jeetu Bhaiyya in #KotaFactory. This line sums up the nation’s obsession for getting their...

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Aug 28, 20213 min read

Nava Rasa - Nine Emotions, Nine Insights!

An anthology is a collection of short films held together by a common theme. Each film can be made based on a different story, by a...

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Jun 20, 20213 min read

Mandela - a charming political satire about everything India

The opening scene takes a sarcastic dig at how digital india can help poor villagers defecating in the darkness outside. Just switch on...

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May 30, 20213 min read

Nayattu - When the Hunters become the hunted and life goes on !

Every once in a while you come across a hard-hitting gritty and grim story of how the system can antagonize the common man. Even when...

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May 1, 20212 min read

Pagglait - Time to shed those biases folks !

Sandhya’s husband of five months passes away. On what is the most devastating day of her life, she is unable to grieve. Instead, she...

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Apr 4, 20212 min read

Love - a lockdown experiment that sizzles but doesn't deliver

The Malayalam industry keeps throwing up surprises from time to time. During the lockdown, director #KhalidRahman worked on a...

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Mar 28, 20213 min read

The White Tiger - A deep dive into the complex stratification of India's social divide!

Would you dismiss #DannyBoyle’s Oscar winner #SlumdogMillionaire as a film made for foreign audiences? Does it exploit India’s poverty...

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Mar 21, 20212 min read

Zindagi in Short - Shorts are here to stay and how !

Short films are no more the “calling card” of young filmmakers with potential. The category has evolved in India and you see a flurry of...

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Mar 20, 20212 min read

Pitta Kathalu - Is Telugu cinema changing tracks?

A ctors like #JagapathiBabu intrigue me. At 59 years, he looks supremely fit and definitely ten years younger. He has been acting for 31...

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Mar 14, 20214 min read

Bombay Begums - Novel and Bold Story telling but leaves you a little underwhelmed!

International Women's Day is here and #Netflix has a story on the lives of five strong women cutting across economic and social strata....

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Mar 13, 20213 min read

The Terminal - when life dishes out lemons, make lemonade!

Fact is often stranger than fiction. And a Spielberg movie is often different from the usual. In 2018, the story of a Syrian national who...

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Mar 7, 20213 min read

Eeb Allay Ooo - This is no monkey business!

I was browsing the OTT platforms listlessly one afternoon and the unusual name caught my attention. The trailer seemed even more...

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Feb 6, 20213 min read

Is Love Enough ? Sir - The ending is as good as the opening of this quaint little movie!

“There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable” said #MarkTwain. What I really like about the movie that we...

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Jan 16, 20213 min read

The Irishman - An idea for Anurag Kashyap?

I look at movies like #ForrestGump and #TheIrishman that document the lives of ordinary men alongside epoch making events in the history...

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Jan 10, 20212 min read

Mystic River - Stays with you long after the curtains come down

How often does a movie remain with you after you have finished watching it ? In today's age of instant gratification, this is a rarity....

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Jan 9, 20213 min read

AK vs AK - A little eccentricity can power creativity!

The belief that madness is linked with creative thinking has been held since ancient times. It is a widely popular notion. "Deviant...

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Jan 3, 20213 min read

Paavai Kadhagal - How love, pride and honour influence complex relationships

One of the first things that my Professor at Film School had asked was “What if #SanjayLeelaBhansali recreated Devdas with #DinoMorea?”...

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Jan 2, 20212 min read

The Midnight Sky - A feeling of weightlessness!

I must confess that I am not a great fan of Sci-Fi movies. The only one which remains a personal favourite is #TheMartian starring...

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