Moving Pictures and Machine Guns – Part 2
Hollywood, Bollywood and Malayalam movies opened up a new world to a little boy who shifted to Trivandrum in the early 1970s. In 1972, my father was posted to Trivandrum, his last posting before his...
View ArticleBro Daddy: It’s All About the Father
In this ‘family film’, any other larger social formations or establishments are out of the question. Bro Daddy ends up playing to the patriarchal gallery. Disclaimer: This analysis contains spoilers....
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Retracing India’s History Through Art Cinema
How the history of India’s art cinema connects to the socio-political movements in the country. Growing up, I had two misconceptions about ‘art’ cinema. That it was a purely Indian label, and it was a...
View ArticleMimi and the Surrogacy Bazaar of India
Bollywood film Mimi raises several concerns around surrogacy in India. Commercial surrogacy comes with health, mental hazards. It can’t become a poverty eradication programme. India introduced the...
View ArticleThree MT Films That Negotiate Taboos
MT: Malayalam’s Talisman part 5. A series that highlights what is commonly considered to be one of the lesser achievements of legendary writer and filmmaker MT Vasudevan Nair – his screenplays. On the...
View ArticleThe Batman Review: The Knight Grows Darker
This detective thriller version of the Batman, made by Matt Reeves, aspires to be distinctive from the versions of Christopher Nolan. The review may contain spoilers. Matt Reeves’ long-awaited The...
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The Disciple: Aesthetics of Mediocrity
Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple explores the burden of self-expectation and the price one pays for a perceived notion of mediocrity. Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple, released in May 2020, charts the...
View Article1899 and the Virtual Studio: Futuristic Filmmaking
1899, the new web series from the creators of German masterpiece Dark, has filmed entirely in a virtual studio. Here’s all you wanted to know about ‘Volume’ and why it matters to futuristic...
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The Fountain of Youth
What will happen when a bookworm set out to clean his library? One of the drawbacks of having tons of physical books is that you have to lavish a lot of tender loving care on them to ensure that they...
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Madhusudhan Havaldar on his Divine Journey in Films
“I aim to ignite and arouse people’s fascination for Dasa Sahitya and Vachanas, as everything encapsulated within these two literary and musical forms comprises practical life lessons,” affirms film...
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