In ‘Star’, Elan and Kavin and Yuvan put on a show that proves that the mainstream can indeed be a place for good, ambitious ‘cinema’
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4h ago
The film also stars Lal, Geetha Kailasam, Preity Mukhundhan and Aaditi Pohankar. It is a prickly, thorns-and-all life story of a man who wants to become a star There is a stunning moment in Star that involves someone travelling. An overhead shot captures them on the road, and then something dramatic happens – and you ..read more
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Tushar Hiranandani’s ‘Srikanth’ downplays the struggles of a visually impaired achiever and gives us a relentlessly upbeat, simplistic feel-good tale
Baradwaj Rangan
by brangan
16h ago
The film stars a terrific Rajkummar Rao, along with Jyotika, Alaya F, Sharad Kelkar. The narrative clicks only in the last stretch, when we get to see shades of grey. In the early 1990s, a boy is born in a village in Andhra Pradesh. The child cannot see. The parents are poor, and the prospect ..read more
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Interview: Samyuktha (‘Virupaksha’, ‘Theevandi’, ‘Sir’)
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2d ago
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Interview: Rajkummar Rao (‘Srikanth’)
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3d ago
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Interview: Anushka Sen (‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’)
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4d ago
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Interview: Vipin Das (‘Guruvayoor Ambala Nadayil’)
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6d ago
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Readers Write In #693: Can ten days of meditation change your life?
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by brangan
6d ago
By Hari PR In this post, I try mostly to make sense of the ten days I spent in a vipassana meditation course of ten days. I have dabbled in meditation before and have also participated in a few online meditation communities. My pet theory is that ‘serious’ meditation practice (lasting for about an hour everyday or ..read more
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Interview: Nikil Murugan (Tamil cinema P.R.O.)
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by brangan
1w ago
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Remembering Uma Ramanan!
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by brangan
1w ago
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Dijo Jose Antony’s ‘Malayalee from India’ has some big laughs, but it’s mostly a preachy, very obvious take on Hindu-Muslim brotherhood
Baradwaj Rangan
by brangan
1w ago
The film stars Nivin Pauly, Dhyan. The message is so obvious that you see the ending from a mile away. The opening stretch of Malayalee from India deposits us on a mountain road, as a Hindi song with sad lyrics plays in the background: “Dilon mein faasle hain… Yeh kaisi khamoshi hai…” The words talk ..read more
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