By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma Who would have imagined that the emperor’s crotch doctor’s treatment would lay the foundation for one of the decisive battles in Indian history? Who would have…
Movies
This article is the third in a series of random recollections of recent decades in Kollywood. Here are the first and second. To Srinivasan thunder Chennai 600028 (2007, Venkat Prabhu)…
Remnant potpourri feature E.We live in a time when everything around us has gone online. A lot of information including all major news, latest updates, viral videos, reels, stories and…
Readers Write In #584: Diving straight and dissecting into the micro level of why mass unnatural disasters happen
Written by Neelaja Raghurman I don’t understand the joke the universe is trying to make fun of us with such a large number of casualties. There may be a lot…
Loved the video, BR.only 2 points1. I remember seeing an article in the newspaper quite a few years ago about slum children being trained to be local tour guides at…
by Ziva The Soviet Union, despite its flaws, was thought around the world as a force that could threaten the unholy interests of the rich and ultra-rich. 20 ultra-rich elitesth…
Ajitpal Singh’s ‘Fire In the Mountains’, on SonyLIV, peels back the beauty of the mountains to gaze at stark realities
Spoilers continue… This assured film is a record of contrasts between men and women, blind beliefs and practicality, progress and the status quo. Forest fire Running for just over 80…
Akhil Sathyan’s ‘Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum’, on Prime Video, is proof that templates are never an issue if the storytelling is strong
Spoilers continue… Fahad Fasil teaches us how a thoughtful performer can reinvent a familiar role, but the film is about three generations: Anjana Jayaprakash, Viji Venkatesh and a young Dwani…
Remnant potpourri feature L.Last weekend, the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA 2023) was another success. The awards ceremony, held in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Culture and…
By Vishnu Mahesh Sharma @ Vishnumahesh Sharma@gmail.com We’ve seen a lot of movies where the hero meets the heroine while she’s committing theft.good example Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish and Tupari…