Laxmii (Review) – Neither horror nor comedy, it is a ‘Houseful’ of tragedy
The key factor that worked for the Kanchana movies in Tamil was that a guy afraid of the dark, ghosts and pretty much everything after…
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Interesting Facts About The Movies You Loved
Interesting facts about movies in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Hollywood. More about the movies you loved watching.
Sadak 2 (Review): A soulless, painful road to perdition.
Pirated Video cassettes, weekly Chitrahaar and Kumar Sanu ruling the charts– those were the simpler days of Sadak’s release. Sadak was a simplistic rendition of…
Nepotism in Film Industry – What is the fuss all about
nepotismnounthe practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. The unfortunate death of Sushant Singh Rajput…
Thappad (Review)
“Thappad – Bas itni si baat?” (2020) (Meaning – Just for one slap?)I am writing this review because I felt so much of connection with the…
Why Ayushman’s Dream Girl is not just a funny movie?
Who would have thought that a comedy film based in Gokul, about a man who can speak in a woman’s voice would be revered by…
Indian Cinema, and Independent Filmmakers | Vanessa Lien F. Bianchi
Second part of the interview of Vanessa Lien F. Bianchi. Here she talks more about cinema and the future, how we can find a new…
Censor Boards and Uncensored Warnings | Indian Film Industry
We live in a country where everyone, from your five year old child to my seventy year old uncle is aware of all the show…
South Indian Cinema: The Aryan Colonised | Anjali Chakkoth
I happened to see an interview of Dulquer Salman and Sonam Kapoor as part of their promotions of their film The Zoya Factor. Everything was…
Cinema | Art is manipulated in favour of certain groups
Art and literature have been used by certain groups to manipulate a community’s ideologies and value systems. Cinema is the strongest weapon for such manipulation…
Unraveling the Mess Behind 66th National Film Awards
The National Film Awards, ever since it was established in 1954, is regarded as the ultimate recognition of merit for an Indian cinema. These prestigious…
From Rags to Riches: Sunny Leone and Silk Smitha | Anjali Chakkoth
Milan Luthria’s Vidya Balan starrer “The Dirty Picture” has been a commercial and critical success in Bollywood as well as internationally. It told a story…