Penguin draws a clear line — this is a story about a mother. Rhythm is only that. For her, and for the film, that is enough.
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Ponmagal Vandhal movie review: Jyotika doesn’t punch hard but sincerely delivers clarion call to believe women’s stories
In a sense, Ponmagal Vandhal fits perfectly into Jyotika’s pursuit: Every film is a milestone in her single-minded journey of women’s empowerment.
Continue readingSerial Chiller: Kannamoochi Review — An indifferent web series where the horror isn’t scary and the thriller has no mystery
In five episodes of about 25 minutes each, Kannamoochi is harried. The game of hide-and-seek as a thematic undercurrent is flimsy. Overall, it ends up being an indifferent effort devoted neither to the craft or the cause.
Continue readingSerial chiller: Topless Review — This absurdist action-drama is certainly not for everyone.
At a run-time of over 140 minutes, Topless is not an easy watch if you’re not a fan of the absurdist action genre.
Continue readingDubbing, subtitles and clever casting: Is the web really creating pan-India content?
Making the audience do the homework
Amy Jackson, playing Nila — Nice Intelligent Lovely Assistant — in Rajnikanth’s latest 2.0 (2018), says, “vada poche” to great comic effect. It is a joke that […]
Continue readingBook Review: Who Owns that Song? brings to life ‘unsung poet’ Subramania Bharati, copyright issues surrounding his work
Beginning, as it does, with a section titled ‘Dramatic Personae’, AR Venkatachalapathy’s new non-fiction book Who Owns that Song? The Battle for Subramania Bharati’s Copyright left me […]
Continue readingBut What Was She Wearing, India’s first feature-length documentary on workplace harassment, faces funding crunch
“Do you know for people like us, who are freelancers not working in an organisation, there is supposed to be a local sexual harassment complaints […]
Continue readingTamil web content is venturing forth boldly where cinema and TV fear to tread
As a friend and I sat together watching Stephen Colbert on YouTube, I couldn’t resist sulking over what seemed like a gaping hole in our film […]
Continue readingWhat Taramani, Kaatru Veliyidai, Iraivi tell us about abusive men, and the women in their lives
Arul is hunched over a smoking gun, in a railway station, after having just murdered his friend Michael. A brutally tortured prisoner of war, VC, […]
Continue readingManju Warrier, Nayanthara, Jyothika: Female stars are marching to a different, but no less successful, beat
“As long as our films are male-centric, we’ll be producing only male stars. What happens to our female stars then?” asks Karthik Keramalu in his article […]
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