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“Thalaivaa”… About a bhai 24 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Had the fuss not erupted around Thalaivaa (directed by Vijay, starring Vijay), its contrivances may have come across as just plot-propelling devices – just another name, just another item of clothing,...
“Desingu Raja”… Bon not 24 Aug 2013 | 05:29 pm
What do you say about a comedy that comes alive only in the final stretch, where bloodthirsty villagers begin to dance to Gangnam Style in the midst of a kabaddi tournament, surrounded by pompom-beari...
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “In glorious 70s mm” 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Karen Black’s demise leaves us with an opportunity to revisit a great decade of personal cinema. The reason for remembering an artist who’s passed on is usually personal. Unless you’re a writer for a...
A world of words 17 Aug 2013 | 05:32 pm
The hills were alive with the sound of musings, says Baradwaj Rangan, on the recently concluded Mountain Echoes literary festival in Thimphu. Mountain Echoes, the Bhutan Festival of Literature, Art a...
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “Through a prism, differently” 16 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Among the great pleasures of pop culture is the viewing of cinema through the skewed eyes of someone else. Bill Condon, the director of Gods and Monsters, Kinsey and Dreamgirls remembers his reaction...
“Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer”… Love in the time of Caller ID 16 Aug 2013 | 04:08 pm
Suseenthiran’s Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer is a love procedural, a painstaking step-by-step account of how a boy and a girl get together, how they are when in love, what happens to those around them while...
“Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara!”… Guns and poses 16 Aug 2013 | 11:17 am
Milan Luthria’s Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbai Dobaara! isn’t so much a sequel as a retread. Like the earlier film, this one centers on the relationship between a mentor and his protégé. There, the name ...
“Chennai Express”… Oh darling, yeh hai Vindhya! 15 Aug 2013 | 10:21 pm
Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express is something of a first: a “North Indian” film where South Indians, however caricatured, come off better. As the story begins, we’re introduced to the token North Indian...
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “A bit of critical thinking” 9 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
On the prospect of missing the frenzy around the opening weekend of a film and watching it, quietly, later. Or not. By the time you read this, I will hopefully be in Thimphu – hopefully because I’ve ...
Lights, Camera, Conversation… “The rules of performance appraisal” 2 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
There’s a reason there’s been so much talk about Dhanush recently, and it’s not just that he’s had back-to-back releases. I know, I know, not another piece on Dhanush and Raanjhanaa and Maryan. But I...
