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Stills from The Apothecary Diaries and The Ugly Stepsister | Photo Credit: Crunchyroll, MUBI Whether you’re an old hand at arthouse or just dipping a toe into the rising otaku subculture of anime aficionados around the world, this column lists curated titles that challenge, comfort, and occasionally combust your expectations. This week’s picks speak a…
At a time when Telugu cinema often leans on grand canvases and visual effects to mask weak storylines, it is refreshing to find reminders that storytelling still matters, even in modestly budgeted films. Little Hearts, released recently, captured the innocence of young romance and parental bonding with crackling humour. This week’s release, Beauty, written by…
Taylor Holmes’s 1915 rendition of Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 poem, ‘Boots’, with its repeated words pounding in one’s brain sets the tone for the film’s delirious beauty. That Kipling wrote it imagining the thoughts of an infantry soldier during the second Boer war and it has been used since for its psychological effects through the World…
Urmila Sathyanarayana and her students performing at Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai | Photo Credit: S. R. Raghunathan The third edition of ‘Vaggeyakara Bharatham’, presented by Nrithyopasana Trust and Natyarangam, featured a collaborative attempt between Urmila Satyanarayana and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi. The well-known dancer and violinist selected some compositions, including a few rare ones, suited for…
The Bharathanatyam performance by Sathvika Ranganathan, disciple of Uma Sathyanarayanan, at Vani Mahal under the auspices of Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha, was marked by alacrity and agility. The dancer commenced her recital based on traditional margam with a Pushpanjali in Nattai. ‘Thodudaiya seviyan’, the first Thevaram composed by Thirugnanasambandar when he was just three…
