Siddharth and Hansika in 'Something Something'
Something Something: Drama of the absurd
There’s a style of theatre called ‘Theatre of the Absurd.’ Sometime in the 1950s, European playwrights wrote pieces that didn’t subscribe to logic and often had confusing dialogues. These pieces o...
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Men on a mission
Aashiq Abu’s Idukki Gold is about five classmates who get together after several years to relive their school days.
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Rolling out comedy
Director Sangeeth Sivan is back with another Hindi comedy Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, with the Deol men in the lead roles.
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Cheap trick
There is so much to like about Now You See Me at the concept level.A fantastic ensemble!An intriguing premise — almost like Oceans but with the backdrop of magic....
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After Earth: Don’t fear the Night
After Earth is proof positive that M. Night Shyamalan is more sinned against than sinning. Yes, he has made some hysterically bad films, but that is no reason to put all his films through t...
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June 15, 2013
Ankur Arora Murder Case: Wasted potential
High time villains watched more Hindi films.
In the climax, the hero would confront the villain after losing the battle. The villain would laugh and tell him all the evil things he did an...
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June 15, 2013
Man of Steel: The man who stole the show
First off, Superman doesn’t wear red trunks over his tights and there is no Lex Luthor — there is a throwaway clue that he might appear in the sequel though. There is no Jimmy Olsen either and the...
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June 15, 2013
Audio Beat: Kerala Nattilam Pengaludane - A slice of Kerala
What it is about…
Suma Pictures’ Kerala Nattilam Pengaludane is produced by S. Annushaa Dhevi. The story, screenplay, direction and music are by S.S. Kumaran. Vairamuthu has...
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June 15, 2013
Audio Beat: Vilambaram - A peek at the ad world
What it is about…
Prince Film Circuit’s Vilambaram, produced by A. Joseph Stalin, is written and directed by K.A. Suriya Nithi. The cast comprises Abhinay, Haira, Iswarya, T...
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June 8, 2013
Yamla Pagla Deewana 2: Not just like De Ol’ times
Remember how the first instalment of Yamla Pagla Deewana made fun of the “Starwaale” party represented by the villain (who was named after a film critic) only so that they could poke fun at...
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June 1, 2013
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani: Such a long love story
What if someone took the script of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and decided to turn it on its head and then modernised it for today’s generation that’s closer to friends than family? ...
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June 1, 2013
Hangover Part III: Insane blast of irreverence
Trilogies usually lose steam by the third part. Very few, such as The Dark Knight Rises, have been able to end giving you a sense of finality and satisfaction.
And we walked into <...
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May 31, 2013
Iddarammayilatho: Smorgasbord of style
You step into a high-end café, pore over the laborious menu, choose an exotic dish and as you wait for it to be served, you take in the tastefully done-up ambience of the eatery. The dish arrives,...
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May 25, 2013
Fast and Furious 6: A franchise that never fails
By the time a franchise has reached its sixth instalment, you welcome it like an old friend and if it delivers on its brand promise, you are quite happy. When it came out in 2001, no one could hav...
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May 18, 2013
Neram: A day in the life
Alphonse Putharen’s Neram begins with an unusual dedication, a thank-you to the director’s “ex-girlfriends (especially the last one)”. Just what might a Freudian make of this, given that the...
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Mindless but entertaining
Soodhu Kavvum: Crime does pay!
Shootout at Wadala: Guns, girls and goggles
June 15, 2013
Fukrey: Generation Jugaad
On the surface, Mrighdeep Singh Lamba’s Fukrey is a bizarre, illogical yet charming coming-of-age tale of four slacker kids — two back benchers who fly kites, a musician without a muse and...
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June 15, 2013
Titter-verse
Two strangely similar comedies have hit the screens this week — and it’s not just the déjà vu brought on by the overlapping cast (Devadarshini, Bosskey, Manobala, and the seemingly unstoppable San...
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June 15, 2013
Audio Beat: Madhavanum Malarvizhiyum - Matters of the heart
What it is about…
Girija Productions’ Madhavanum Malarvizhiyum is produced by S. Saravanan and the story, screenplay, dialogue and direction are by Masil. Aswin is the hero,...
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June 13, 2013
Murder he wrote
Suhail Tatari, the director of “Ankur Arora Murder Case”, was in town to promote his film, due to release next week. The film speaks about medical negligence in the country. Excerpts from the inte...
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June 2, 2013
Directors's Special: A dialogue with greed
Director: Guruprasad
Cast: Rangayana Raghu, Dhananjaya, Vatsala Mohan, Sumithra Devi, Guruprasad
It is possible for an aesthetic director to make every frame specia...
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June 1, 2013
Kutti Puli: Beastly business
When did Tamil cinema begin yoking its valorous heroes to wild animals? I suppose it all harks back to Rajinikanth, who first unleashed a Murattu Kaalai, and followed it up with a Paayum...
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June 1, 2013
Cinderella: The tooth fairy
The Cinderella story apparently has been there since forever — at least ancient Greek times. This French production (it was originally called Cendrillon au Far West) sets the story in the W...
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May 30, 2013
Award for `Chitrangadha’ moved Rituparna the most
Winning awards came easy to Rituparno Ghosh but few have moved him the way the accolades won for his last film ‘Chitragandha’ did. Rituparno had also acted in the movie.The film based on an...
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May 25, 2013
Ishkq in Paris: Death by cliché
The impossible happened.
For years, I was convinced that Jhoom Barabar Jhoom has to be the worst ever Bollywood adaptation of Richard Linklater’s cult romance Before Sunrise...
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May 18, 2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist: Fundamentally rooted
Narratives that move back and forth could sometimes get contrived, especially when there is a narrator involved, because the context that forces the narrator to open up his story may not always be...
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The Great Gatsby: Get on board the time machine
Star Trek Into Darkness: Thrill ride till the end
Gippi: Weight and watch?
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Ethir Neechal: Run culture
Mud: A slice of nostalgia
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Ad and feature film maker, actor and director Rituparno Ghosh pushed the boundaries of Indian film-making, exploring personal relationships and issues of identity in a series of award winning films in Bengali, Hindi and English. From Unishe April in 1995 to the semi-biographical Chitrangada in 2013, he leaves behind a connoisseur’s collection.
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