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A scene from ‘Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Towards the fag end of Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira, when one character asks – “Do you sense any logic in this joke?”, it appears to be one last-ditch effort to convey the filmmaker’s intentions to the audience. Clearly, the film is set in…
Siddharth Malhotra and Jahnvi Kapoor. | Photo Credit: Maddock Films/YouTube Early in this romantic comedy, when Param (Siddharth Malhotra), a second-generation businessman who is besotted with data, buys into the idea of a new computer application that promises to find the perfect match for netizens, he wonders, “It looks good in theory, but is it practical?”. An…
Gopalkrishna Deshpande (left) in ‘Kothalavadi’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Pruthvi Ambaar, who plays the lead in Kothalavadi, was expectedly promoted as the face of the movie. However, those who have watched the latest Kannada release will agree that it’s the gifted Gopalkrishna Deshpande who steals the show in the rural drama. Deshpande is the…
Ajay Devgn in ‘Son of Sardar 2’ After watching Dhadak, one finds a serious layer in this infantile sequel to Ajay Devgn’s tribute to his Punjabi roots as well. The writing plays on the Bollywood Sardar stereotype, one who is innocent, stands his ground, and doesn’t show his back in a battle. Lest we forget, the makers ensure the word…
It is heartening that, in the pan-Indian wave, once in a while, a socially conscious story from the south also lands on Bollywood’s shores. In Dhadak 2, a remake of the Tamil film Pariyerum Perumal, where caste becomes the villain in a young romance, debutant director Shazia Iqbal struggles to strike a balance between retaining the voice of the…
In an early scene in the Telugu film Kingdom, Soori (Vijay Deverakonda) slaps a police officer. What follows reveals the reason for his outburst layered with purpose and tact. Writer-director Gowtam Tinnanuri is not merely positioning his lead as an archetypal angry young man with swagger. While the moment might initially cater to Vijay’s ‘rowdy’…
A still from ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ | Photo Credit: Marvel Studios WandaVision’s Matt Shakman does retro so elegantly; not as a museum piece but a living, breathing world, no matter how unreal. And so it is with The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the second reboot of MCU’s Fantastic Four movies based on Stan…
A still from ‘Su From So’ | Photo Credit: Lighter Buddha Films/YouTube Very few films grab your attention from the first frame. In Su From So, after a jumpscare, a death is announced, and the entire village in the coastal Karnataka region gathers for elaborate mourning rituals and a feast that follows it. Debutant director JP Thuminad (the…
Hari Hara Veera Mallu – Part 1: Sword Vs Spirit, with the tagline ‘battle for dharma’, was in the making for over five years. The delay was partly due to the pandemic, and later, the lead actor Pawan Kalyan taking on his role as Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The film, originally directed by…
Fahadh Faasil and Vadivelu in a still from ‘Maareesan’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement What do we like most about Vadivelu? If you said his comical expressions and reactions, you’d be mostly right. From Friends to Vetrikodi Kattu, Vadivelu’s body language and facial expressions when delivering funny lines have filled awkward silences in many drawing…
