The beauty of imperfection

For the first 10 minutes of the Malayalam film  Kali, I’ll admit to wondering if Sai Pallavi needed to wear more makeup. I wasn’t convinced she needed to look  so real . No effort, it seems, had been expended in making her look like heroines often do: her hair wasn’t straightened, her acne wasn’t hidden,…

Jithan 2: Phantom menace

Watch the trailer here. (Also, I’m sorry I made you.) When you step into films like Jithan 2, you don’t quite expect to get blown away. You already know, at least on evidence from the trailer, that the film will only be so-so in aspects like technical finesse, storytelling subtlety, and acting prowess. What you…

I hated, hated, hated the movie

Negative reviews are your Facebook likes, they are your potato chips, they are your retweets, they are your two-minute noodles