Tag Archives: Tamil cinema

Review: ‘Vettaiyan’ (2024)

Posted on November 29, 2024 by

Watch it, but fast-forward through some parts. Vettaiyan steers clear of unconditionally qualifying “encounter killings” as the only way out — a line many Tamil films have been only too happy to tout of late. There’s in fact an instructive … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Annaatthe, encounter killing, Fahad Faasil, fridging, Maharaja, mass film, Rajinikanth, Rana Daggubati, Ritika Singh, Rohini Molleti, Tamil cinema, Velailla Pattadhaari, Vettaiyan, Vikram Vedha | Comments Off

Why covering ISRO is a pain

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

The following is a bulleted list of reasons why covering developments on the Indian spaceflight programme can be nerve-wracking. ISRO does not have a media engagement policy that lays out when it will communicate information to journalists and how, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm | Tagged access journalism, Chandrayaan 2, GSLV Mk-III, Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO, Lok Sabha, Tamil cinema | Comments Off

The Oedipal intrigues of Indian cinema and if they undermine hope

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

What possibilities offered by Indian cinema have been undermined by its own “Oedipal intrigues”? Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bollywood, Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru, family drama, Jason Bourne, Luke Skywalker, Nicholas Barber, Oedipal intrigues, Sherlock, Star Wars, Tamil cinema, universe shrinking | Comments Off

Bollywood, Kollywood, etc.

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

Tamil cinema has been able to touch upon societal ills more often and better than Bollywood has been able. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bahubali, Bollywood, BR Ambedkar, caste, Dalits, Kabali, Kollywood, Rajinikanth, Tamil cinema, The Economist, Tollywood, Vaasanthi | Comments Off

If Rajinikanth regrets some of the roles he played, and other questions

Posted on November 27, 2016 by

In most of Tamil cinema, “men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.” Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged astrology, circlejerk, fair skin, fat jokes, John Berger, Kalathur Kannamma, Kamal Haasan, Kollywood, love, misogyny, moral policing, motherhood, punch dialogues, Rajinikanth, Santhanam, stalking, Tamil cinema, Ways of Seeing | Comments Off

‘Don’t Move Away’

Posted on February 8, 2016 by

AR Rahman is masterful at combining lyrical traditions with those forms of music in which they’ve seldom existed, and achieves that seamless weave with subtle, well-crafted interventions. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AR Rahman, lyrical traditions, Tamil cinema, Thalli Pogathey, Thamarai | Comments Off