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Ashika Ranganath and Dushyanth in ‘Gatha Vaibhava’. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Not long ago, director Simple Suni faced the criticism of making dialogue-heavy movies. While the words had wit, the stories lacked depth. From his previous movie, Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe (2024), Suni seemed to have shed his style. That movie and his latest,…
More than a decade ago, the Hindi film Vicky Donorsparked conversations on sperm donation, fertility issues and sexual health, and addressed social stigma around these topics with sensitivity. It triggered a wave of films that discussed taboos with a dash of humour — from Good Newwzto Shubh Mangal Saavdhaanand Mimi — spawning a sub-genre of…
More than a decade ago, the Hindi film Vicky Donorsparked conversations on sperm donation, fertility issues and sexual health, and addressed social stigma around these topics with sensitivity. It triggered a wave of films that discussed taboos with a dash of humour — from Good Newwzto Shubh Mangal Saavdhaanand Mimi — spawning a sub-genre of…
Santhanam and Rajendran in a still from ‘Devil’s Double Next Level’ | Photo Credit: Think Music India/YouTube Let naysayers and non-believers say what they want, the Dhilluku Dhuddu films are the kind of guilty pleasure that must keep this world running. There’s a bungalow, a ghost or two, a foul-mouthed Santhanam, a Rajendran who leaves…
In a scene from HIT: The Third Case, a character describes Arjun Sarkaar’s (Nani) actions as “classy”. Arjun retorts that this time, he intends to show his true self — stepping away from the image of refinement often associated with him. In another moment, when someone warns him that he “cannot survive here”, he responds,…
Vicky Kaushal in ‘Chhaava’ Based on Shivaji Sawant’s popular novel, Chhaava is a puff piece on Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Sambhaji, who took on the might of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb for around eight years in the 17th Century. Carrying forward the defiant approach of his father Chhatrapati Shivaji, he kept Aurangzeb occupied in the Deccan during the second half of…
