Siva: I seek happiness over appreciation

The filmmaker, for whom directing actor Rajinikanth in Annaatthe is a dream realised, talks about the experience and the film  Little Siva was 10 years old when he got the enviable chance to meet his idol, Rajinikanth. His family was already into the business of filmmaking, and hence came this opportunity. Thirty-odd years later, Siva…

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Udanpirappe Movie Review: The characters cry a lot, we don’t

Jyothika’s character is near flawless in Udanpirappe too, but at least, she’s not dispensing long monologues, and she’s definitely not invincible Sometimes, we forget how far Jyothika has come. From playing hyper-excited, high-pitched women who existed to feature in duets and get rescued by the hero, this actor has truly come into her own, and in her…

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Dune Movie Review: This beautiful epic sacrifices story for deeper pleasures

Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel is a meditative epic with unforgettable imagery One of my favourite games in the PlayStation universe is an experiential indie-adventure label called The Journey. As the title indicates, the game is about a journey… of an unnamed, faceless protagonist, who glides over long stretches of sand in a desert,…

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