Recently, it has been the content-driven, smaller budget films that have made a bigger splash than their bigger budget counterparts. …
Naan Mahaan Alla
After Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009), one looked forward to director Suseendhiran’s second film. But unfortunately, though he shows he is quite …
New Theatres: A Cinematic Equivalence of Literature
New Theatres, a Kolkata based film studio, was one of the premier filmmaking institutions that promoted cinema as art and …
Dulal Dutta
Director-editor relationships play a significant role in bringing out a finished film in terms of technique perfectly matched between the …
Peepli [Live]
Peepli [Live] is a delightful, adeptly helmed satire the likes of which haven’t been seen sinceJaane Bhi Do Yaaro and the innumerable …
Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
Milan Luthria takes a shot at immortality in creating an urban legend on the origin of the word ‘supari’, as …
Thillalangadi
When something comes from the Raja stable, one expects some light-hearted fun and a clean entertainer. And Thillalangadi too starts out as …
Why Can’t Critics Be Critical?
As a film critic, I have noticed that filmmakers – directors, producers, stars, actors – most of them, do not …
Raavan
Barely has one recovered from the ‘epic’ new-age rendition of the Mahabharata with Raajneeti, close in its heels follows Raavan …
Raavanan
Police officer Dev Prasad (Prithviraj) falls in love with spunky classical dancer Ragini Subramaniam (Aishwarya Rai). They get married and …