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Vishwak Sen in two characters in ‘Laila’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Telugu film Laila, directed by Ram Narayan and starring Vishwak Sen, outlined its premise clearly in its promotional material. The story revolves around a man forced to disguise himself as a woman to escape a group of men out for his blood…
Kishore in ‘Anamadheya Ashok Kumar’. | Photo Credit: MRT Music/YouTube In Anamadheya Ashok Kumar, police officer Athirath (Harshil Koushik) takes a small break while questioning a murder suspect (Kishore). “Logically, I feel he is innocent, but my instinct says that he has committed a crime,” he tells his subordinate. Interestingly, even the audience feels the same about…
Sanya Malhotra in ‘Mrs’. | Photo Credit: Jio Studios/YouTube Mrs. is a film that needed to be made. The Hindi remake of Jeo Baby’s Malayalam film The Great Indian Kitchenhits home just as much as the original, once again proving that irrespective of the milieu, patriarchy and how it is enforced is templated. There are…
Opinions will always be divided over which is the greatest cricketing rivalry. It is a fact that the oldest of them all is The Ashes between England and Australia. While that rivalry still remains largely sporting, what India and Pakistan add to the table is the political angle. But does that make India vs Pakistan…
A still from ‘Badass Ravi Kumar’ | Photo Credit: @HimeshReshammiyaMelodies/YouTube Badass Ravi Kumar begins with an earnest appeal, where a voiceover urges people to put on their 80s masala goggles, and that it is all about ‘entertainment, entertainment, and entertainment’. There is also the all-important addendum; logic is optional. Now, going into a film like…
A still from ‘Loveyapa’ | Photo Credit: @zeecafe/YouTube Smartphone is the new villain in love stories. Screenwriters looking for new obstacles for love birds have discovered social evils on the web. After Muddassar Aziz used phone swapping to generate humour in Khel Khel Main, director Advait Chandan recycles the Tamil hit Love Today to create…
A still from ‘Conclave’ | Photo Credit: Focus Features There is a grand yet simple beauty to Conclave, which bristles with contrary images. There are the Renaissance paintings and sculptures, the weathered stones from an earlier time, the scarlet and purple of the Cardinals’ and bishops’ robes, and the distinctly analogue tilt to the election…
Some films focus less on plot and more on character-driven narratives. Thandel, the Telugu film directed by Chandoo Mondeti, is a prime example. Based on true incidents from a few years ago, in which fishermen from Andhra Pradesh unknowingly crossed international waters into Pakistan, the film weaves a love story that transcends all odds. The…
A still from ‘The Recruit’ Season 2 | Photo Credit: Netflix Season 1 of The Recruit ended with the lovely and vicious criminal Nichka (Maddie Hasson) holding a gun to rookie CIA lawyer, Owen Hendricks’ (Noah Centineo) head. Nichka is Max’s (Laura Haddock) daughter, the greymailer from season 1 who brought Owen into all kinds…
Ajith Kumar in a still from ‘Vidaamuyarchi’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a scene in director Magizh Thirumeni’s Vidaamuyarchi, Ajith Kumar’s character Arjun, trying to move a stalled car from the road to the shoulder, wraps the car’s seat belt around him to push the vehicle safely. That, in a scene, encapsulates the film…
