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Watching Kabali at Golden Mile Singapore
As I sat in the 1000-seats capacity Golden Mile theatre in Singapore on the midnight of 21st July, there were mixed feelings.
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Johnny – Mahendran
This film made me wonder about the death of idealistic characters in today’s cinema and the death of a certain kind of drama.
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Andha Naal
There’s a terrific scene in which there’s a university debate to decide if students must boycott college during the independence struggle.
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Not Ghatham ghatham: Or Why Baba deserves a second chance
Watching the film was a magical experience for me.
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Memories of Murder
It was showing us how the investigators (and thereby the audience) cannot help but bring in their own stereotypes and draw their own narratives around the crime.
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Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum
I love the way Vijay Sethupathi’s character Kathir is built up in this film. We don’t get any flashbacks.
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Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum
It was heart-warming to see that the actor who played the driver role in the short film version of this, also had a character to play in the feature film.
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Nandhalala – Mysskin
I still remember the day I watched Anjathey in college. It was right after I finished an exam and I was watching it alone and I was so engaged by it that I hardly noticed the three hour runtime go by.