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Future of Cinema: OTT Platforms & Storytelling through Episodes
A recap of a panel discussion on OTT platforms that I attended during SGIFF 2019.
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Thupparivaalan: A Journey of cold Logic into the warm world of Emotions
Mysskin daubs a criminal investigation with generous splashes of philosophy.
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Francois Truffaut and the hallmark of a critic
The hallmark of a great critic is being able to identify the fundamental flaw in a film, when you criticise it. Truffaut does it beautifully in his review of Le Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon).
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Vikram Vedha: playing carrom without a board
Some filmmakers are happy performing superficial gimmicks and manage to fool a section of the audience that there’s some depth to their work. Karthik Subbaraj demonstrated this in Iraivi. Now it’s Pushkar-Gayathri’s turn in Vikram Vedha.
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The Beauty of Blemishes
The true hallmark of a master is in using such blemishes to create magic.
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Chennai 28 II Innings — the post-Pa.Ranjith Venkat Prabhu
You cannot simply ignore the sequel of a film that was so close to you that you knew each dialogue by heart. You do not simply shun the sequel of a film that depicted an essential part of your childhood on-screen.
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Black Friday — a tortuous quest through twisting bylanes
Thoughts on a recent interaction session with Anurag Kashyap and Black Friday.
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Parched
One of the key parts for the machinery of male chauvinism to operate in India, is women themselves.
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Mahanagar and Abataranika: Adapting story to film
I believe a faithful adaptation is one that captures the soul of the original work and can choose to leave out any details that don’t add to it. I can see that Ray is a master at this.