Watch it, but fast-forward through some parts. Vettaiyan steers clear of unconditionally qualifying “encounter killings” as the only way out — a line many Tamil films have been only too happy to tout of late. There’s in fact an instructive passage at the film’s start that’s probably deliberate. Rajinikanth’s character says there is no personal …
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Why covering ISRO is a pain
The following is a bulleted list of reasons why covering developments on the Indian spaceflight programme can be nerve-wracking. ISRO does not have a media engagement policy that lays out when it will communicate information to journalists and how, so there is seldom a guarantee of correctness when reporting developing eventsISRO’s updates themselves are haphazard: …
The Oedipal intrigues of Indian cinema and if they undermine hope
What possibilities offered by Indian cinema have been undermined by its own “Oedipal intrigues”?
Bollywood, Kollywood, etc.
Tamil cinema has been able to touch upon societal ills more often and better than Bollywood has been able.
If Rajinikanth regrets some of the roles he played, and other questions
In most of Tamil cinema, “men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.”
‘Don’t Move Away’
AR Rahman is masterful at combining lyrical traditions with those forms of music in which they’ve seldom existed, and achieves that seamless weave with subtle, well-crafted interventions.