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Pranav Mohanlal in ‘Dies Irae’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Horror really hits home when it is evoked in the mundane. Only when one encounters it in the unlikeliest of forms would the chill seep slowly, imperceptibly down our spine. In Dies Irae, Rahul Sadasivan mines horror out of even a gentle breeze caressing a…
As literature students, we were all taught to respect ‘it’ — the pronoun, not Stephen King’s horrid clown Pennywise from his 1986 doorstopper. We were repeatedly told not to use ‘it’ indiscriminately, to use a clear subject rather than the opaque pronoun. As we grew older, it came to stand for even more frightening things…
Govi. Cheziaan, Minister for Higher Education. | Photo Credit: C. VENKATACHALAPATHY The Tamil Nadu government has decided to withdraw and review the Draft Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, passed by the Assembly on October 18, in response to opposition from teachers’ bodies and a section of MLAs. “Based on observations made by members in the Assembly,…
Long-form television, like its journalistic sibling, allows for a deep dive into subject matter, and a mini-series offers enough time to tell a detailed story, while its boundaries ensure the narrative is not needlessly stretched. Like Mare of Easttown, Brad Ingelsby’s Taskis also set in Pennsylvania, in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia. While the seven-part…
Kiran Abbavaram and Yukti Thareja in the film | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If you meet K Ramp’s protagonist Kumar Abbavaram (played by Kiran Abbavaram), you would not want to bump into him again. He is entitled, born with a silver spoon, and gives up on studies because his father is already well to do….
A scene from the film Paathirathri. Paathirathri (Malayalam) Direction: Ratheena Starring: Navya Nair, Soubin Shahir, Ann Augustine, Sunny Wayne, Achyuth Kumar, Shabareesh Varma, Indrans, Athmiya Rajan, Harisree Ashokan Plot: During a night patrol, two police officers fail to report an incident they are witness to, but it comes back to haunt them and puts their…
Diesel is a commercial action film you have seen countless times, repackaged to help actor Harish Kalyan, who tasted tremendous success with Parking and Lubber Pandhu, with the mileage to become a bankable star. It’s a long and convoluted film that is strangely reductive of its own objectives. We are taken into the world of…
Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju in a still from ‘Dude’ Comparisons can be frustrating. If you are Pradeep Ranganathan or Sai Abhyankkar, it can be all the more frustrating. The young actor – fresh off the success of films like Love Today and Dragon – has been compared with another senior star, probably because his…
Sharaf U Dheen in The Pet Detective Film: The Pet Detective Starring: Sharaf U Dheen, Anupama Parameswaran, Vinay Forrt, Vijayaraghavan, Joemon Jyothir Direction: Praneesh Vijayan Plot: An unsuccessful detective takes up the case of a missing pet, but in pursuit of the case, he gets entangled in a bigger game involving several players. Runtime: 118…
In the 1990s and the early 2000s, the late director EVV Satyanarayana specialised in films that relied heavily on the calibre of their ensemble cast, more than the leads. The premise would have a quirky hook and a purpose to validate the presence of the cast. The laughs kept coming, and the films came with…
