Let’s talk about voiceovers. There is no filmmaker who indulges in them more than Gautham Vasudev Menon. So much that even before the film –…
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Down south, food dazzles the best in films of Lijo Jose Pellissery. In his films, food and characters’ food choices arrive neatly packed and to…
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Madhumitha Sundararaman’s camera is always curious. It gets into the nooks and crannies of stuffed households, makeshift green rooms and the overarching mood of a…
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The Hunt Kaadu. Forest. When I first encountered the interchangeable use of the term “Kaadu” for cultivable land in rural Tamil Nadu, I was surprised.…
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(Recommend reading after watching the film) One of the most heartwarming lines in the neo-noir Aaranya Kaandam from Thiagarajan Kumararaja arrives during the closing scenes…
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Imagine wafting down a lagoon on a catamaran with soft sunlight caressing one cheek and the fine spray from fishing nets caressing the other. One…
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Ranjith is a filmmaker whose stories are subservient to his ideology. To ask him banal questions like “why?” is to completely miss the point, especially so in a democratic medium like film. There is no curatorial requirement to fit into a box, and it is to great satisfaction that Ranjith continues to break the mold in Kaala.
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