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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…
The court had earlier termed the CBFC’s revising committee seeking a change of the name ‘Janaki’ in the title and of the protagonist “a challenge to the freedom of creative expression.” Kerala High Court judge N. Nagaresh arrived at a private film studio at Padamugal near Kakkanad in Kochi, Kerala, on Saturday (July 5, 2025)…
Early in Metro… In Dino, a middle-aged, middle-of-the-road Monty Sisodia (Pankaj Tripathi), desperate to press the refresh button in his married life, blurts out infertility, infidelity, and morality in one sentence to his nagging wife, Kajol (Konkona Sen Sharma), who seems caught between the ideals of today and the values of the past. In one comic flourish,…
Naveen Chandra, who has had a handful of theatrical releases this year, has been steadily winning over audiences across OTT platforms with a stream of consistent, assured performances. His latest Telugu film, Show Time, perfectly aligns with his forte: a crime thriller with a minimalistic setup, banking on a supposedly offbeat concept. The core premise…
There is a fine line between inventive and outright bizarre. On paper, Thammudu might have seemed like a gripping watch —blending complex family dynamics, childhood friendship, and a good-versus-evil survival thriller. But in execution, it is more of an endurance test than an immersive film. Written and directed by Venu Sriram, starring Nithiin, Varsha Bollamma,…
A still from ‘Heads of State’. | Photo Credit: Prime Video In Heads of State, Priyanka Chopra, Idris Elba, and John Cena do everything but provide an escape from the current geopolitical headwinds. So, if you are looking for respite, look elsewhere. In fact, they put you square in the middle of a fragile international…
We lose something intangible in a world without physical media. Streaming allows convenient consumption, but there was something about holding tapes and those old MP3 music players that made us believe the music was our own. Watching an endearing piece of art like Paranthu Pomakes you wish you could hold onto it somehow, to stay…
It is a scenario straight out of the wildest dreams, or nightmares. An entire village, dressed in festive finery, gathers around a specially constructed stage. There is anticipation in the air, a celebratory mood. But the master of ceremonies (Vishnu Oi), a man summoned from a neighbouring town, is left stunned when he learns the…
