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Interview: Balaji K. Kumar (on three-act structure, film technology, and Vijay Anthony’s reaction to Korai)
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Reader Writes #605: Video Games as Narrative Devices
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Reader Post #604: Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning: Tom Tandavam vs AI
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My YouTube Episode 4: Being proud is not a sin!
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Interview: Abbas (on suicidal thoughts, the ‘pooveli’ walk of shame, and ‘Mustafa…’)
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From the Web (FTW) #12: Carlos Alcaraz
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Reader Post #603: Kohala: Love Is Both Bitch And Painkiller In This Murder Investigation That’s Much More Than Just an Investigation
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Abrupt Conversation: I’m Not Angry…
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Madonne Ashwin’s ‘Maaveeran’ starts out promising, with a great premise and a well-placed Shivakarthikeyan, then slowly becomes disgustingly generic
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Interview: Sarisa (“Maaveeran” and nostalgic flashbacks of her Tamil films)
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Interview: Nitesh Tiwari, Varun Dhawan, Yanvi Kapoor (“Bhawar”)
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Reader writes #602: பட்டாம்பூச்சி
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Interview: Nelson Venkatesan on ‘Farhana’ and why ‘Last Stories’ in Tamil won’t happen anytime soon
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Reader Post #601: Scorpion Song: A Marriage of Myth, Mirage, and Fact
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Reader Writes #600: Moral Responsibility in Choices
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10 Questions: Sivakarthikeyan
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Piyush Gupta’s ‘Tarla’ on ZEE5 is a wide-ranging, well-written drama that offers modest enjoyments and interesting perspectives on place and time.
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Reader writes #599: “Sairat” and “Satya Prem Ki Katha”: Studying Non-Mainstream Subjects in a Mainstream Framework
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Reader Post #598: Another Delight from Balamurali Krishna!
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Interview: Lakshmi, Madhu, Sansi Balachandran and the Directors (Sweet Kalam Coffee, Prime Video)
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Reader Post #597: In Madurai, the City of Cinemas….
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Reader Writes #596: Desire Story 2: One Works as Idea, One Works as Execution, One Works as Both, One Works as Nothing
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Interview: Kajol, Jish Sengupta, Supan Verma (The Trial, Disney+ Hotstar)
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Despite many troubles at the start, ‘Satyprem Ki Katha’ directed by Samir Vidwanth is a pretty good problem-based drama with the heart of a big Hindi movie
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Netflix’s ‘Lust Stories 2’ includes so-so movies by R Balki, Amit Ravindhanath Sharma, Sujoy Ghosh and great movies by Konkona Sen Sharma
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Reader Post #595: Satyaprem Ki Katha: This Samir Vidwan director turns everything upside down after putting a solid twist to deliver a highly effective drama.
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Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Maamannan’ is a solid drama with an engaging first half and a generic post-interrupt section
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From the Web (FTW) #11: What?
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BR – Conversation with Tara: Tever Magan
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Reader Post #594: Half Moon and Other Stories
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Reader Post #593: Tik Marries Shell: A Child of Familiar Romance and Quirky Encounter
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Interview: Dushara Vijayan
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Reader Post #592: The Life of Indira Gandhi and Its Relevance Today
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Tanglish Talk: Rengalam
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Reader Writes #591: Objects in the Rearview Mirror: Kollywood in the 2010s
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Reader Post #590: “என் இனிய நிழலே”
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Reader Post #589: Book Review: Learning to Live – Volume 1 by Swami Jagdutmananda, translated by Dr. N. Thirumareshwar Bhat
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Reader wrote #588: சில பயணங்களில், சில மனிதர்கள்- 1
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Interview: Mari Selvaraj, Udayanidhi Stalin, Vadivel, Kisi Suresh (“Mamannan”)
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Interview: Rohini (“Tandatty”)
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Interview: Vasant Ravi (“Asvins”)
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My YouTube Episode 3: Lyrics and Life
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My YouTube Episode 2: Watch Old Movies…
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Interview: Pasupathy, Director Ram Sangaiah, Ministry of Justice Mahesh Musswami (“Tandatti”)
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From the Web (FTW) #10: Box office is up, but…
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Reader writes #587: Asur: Victim of main text overwhelmed by less powerful subtext
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Interview: Sanjay Narayanan, who created “Maalai Nera Mallipoo” when he was 21-22
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S.J. Surya gives a great performance in Radhamohan’s ‘Bommai’, but the film never convinces us of its central relationship
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Om Raut’s “Adiploosh” is a Ramayana sci-fi/fantasy with lots of visual effects and less drama.
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Dileesh Phosan is great in Ranjan Pramod’s ‘O.Baby’ with rich textures that stand up to any kind of ownership
- Suraj Varma’s ‘Kolla’ (Rajisha Vijayan, Vinay Forrt, Priya Varrier) has an interesting premise, but is content to remain vaguely watchable
- My interview with IIT Madras BS Film Society
- Readers Write In #596: Lust Stories 2: One works as an idea, one as execution, one as both, one as none
- Interview: Vignesh Raja (storyboarding Por Thozhil)
