“It’s a film that beautifully establishes how no matter how liberated and well-informed we may be in one area, we may be found sorely lacking in another. Arun speaks of food politics, of the importance of reservation, of equality… but as a man, is he aware of the innate derision he feels for a woman?”
Month: June 2020
Anurag Kashyap: I need to step out of Bombay
“I believe that an answer through cinema to propaganda becomes reverse propaganda. We must stick to discussing facts.”
Ponmagal Vandhal Movie Review: This courtroom drama about big issues has big issues
“In Ponmagal Vandhal, a lawyer is permitted to go on tangential, emotional rants. A judge, who looks like a deer caught in headlights, lets out a scream of anguish. When confronted by a professional like Rajarathnam, who says that the judge summoning his client is without any basis, he channels his inner Petta Rap Nagma and screams, “Stop it!””
Better Call Saul Season 5 Review: Ingenius writing sets up a thrilling final season
“Better Call Saul is material worth studying and studying again for how it manages to use fairly straightforward plot points to create visceral feelings.”
RK Nagar movie review: A dull, dull film
Like a drunk man experiencing an occasional, fleeting moment of lucidity, RK Nagar, every now and then, seems to recognise its own astounding mediocrity. The film begins by introducing us to half-a-dozen peripheral characters. There are a bunch of teenage perverts who make secret recordings of naked women and upload them at their internet browsing centre…
Sudhir Srinivasan 