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The Tamil Villain

10th November 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Karthick RM thinks it’s time we paid more attention to the villain in Tamil cinema.

 Film Analysis

Titillation and perversion: the cis lens of Super Deluxe

10th November 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Arvind argues that this widely loved Tamil film does a grave disservice to trans people.

 Film Analysis

Tawaifs and Hindi Cinema

10th November 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Nihira discusses the history of tawaifs in India, their relationship with Hindustani music and Hindi cinema.

 Film Analysis

India on Film: Fascinating, but half-hearted

10th November 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Ramakrishnan M. writes about the newly released documentary India on Film, pieced together from archival footage.

 Film Analysis

A gun, some blood, and Mysskin

10th November 202011th November 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Ramchander writes on Mysskin’s film Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum and translates passages from the filmmaker’s book about the film.

 Film Analysis

Dancing with herself

10th November 202011th November 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Sthira Bhattacharya thinks about why two dance sequences from Indian cinema of the 90s have stayed with her.

 Personal Essays

Kalyani’s act of courage

10th September 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Parshathy J Nath speaks to Garggi Ananthan, who played the lead role in the Malayalam film Run Kalyani.

 Interviews

Off the beaten track

10th September 202016th September 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

An interview with journalist and author Namrata Joshi

 Interviews

Soldiers of Cinema

10th September 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

An excerpt from Reel India: Cinema Off the Beaten Track, a nonfiction book by Namrata Joshi.

 Film and Literature

Soft men

10th July 202010th July 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Anusha writes about the men in Eeb Ally Ooo! and Nasir.

 Film Analysis

Looking into a girl’s mind

10th July 202010th July 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Sanjana watches Roopa Rao’s Kannada film Gantumoote and draws her thoughts.

 Film and Art

The complex trinity of women in Parasakthi

10th May 202018th May 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

Shakila Zamboulingame analyses the representations of women in this iconic Tamil film from 1952.

 Film Analysis

Telling stories about ‘the rest’

10th May 202011th May 2020 Anusha Srinivasan

The team behind Baaki Pictures talks to us about documentary filmmaking.

 Interviews

Making of Asvagosh, the documentary: An interview with Vamsi & Uma Kathir

10th January 202031st July 2020 admin

The World of Apu speaks to Vamsi and Uma Kathir, the makers of a documentary on Tamil writer Rajendra Cholan.

 Interviews

Bombay Rose: On patriarchy and the Indian male

10th January 202016th January 2020 admin

Ramchander has questions after watching Gitanjali Rao’s animated film.

 Film Analysis

Mysteries of Monsoon

10th January 202020th May 2020 admin

Sripad Sridhar shares his experiences as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker.

 Personal Essays

The Eyes of the Beholder

11th November 201911th November 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

Vaishnavi’s short story is about an Amitabh Bachchan fan who has a terrible secret.

 Fiction and Poetry

Poomani’s Vekkai & Vetrimaran’s Asuran – From novel to screen

11th November 201913th November 2019 admin

A.Ramasamy presents his take on the adaptation of a Tamil novel into a film.

 Film and Literature

பூமணியின் வெக்கையும் வெற்றிமாறனின் அசுரனும் – நாவலிலிருந்து திரைப்படத்திற்கு

11th November 201912th November 2019 admin

வெக்கை அசுரன் ஆனதை அலசும் அ.ராமசாமியின் கட்டுரை.

 Film and Literature

Amitava Nag’s Heroes and Heroines

10th September 201924th September 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

A few questions for the author on his new book.

 Interviews

Through the unfortunate city of Tbilisi, guided by Parajanaov, Raj Kapoor and the Disco Dancer

9th September 201915th September 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

Shivaji Das writes about his travels in Georgia.

 Films and Cities

An old man and a solitary man

10th September 201915th September 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

Ramchander writes about Bharathiraja’s OM and Parthiban’s Oththa Seruppu, screened at Singapore South Asian International Film Festival.

 Film Festivals

Snapshots from DALIFF 2019

10th May 20191st October 2019 admin

Aswin Ramachandran attended the Dalit Film and Cultural Festival (DALIFF) in New York earlier this year, and wrote about it for us.

 Film Festivals

Female Characters for the Ages

10th May 20191st October 2019 admin

Anuradha Warrier writes about the women in the progressive cinema of Nav Ketan.

 Personal Essays

IFFC 2019: A Voice of Rebellion

10th March 20191st October 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

P. Lakshmi Narayanan attends the Independent Film Festival of Chennai 2019.

 Film Festivals

Interview with Gurvinder Singh

10th March 20191st October 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

Iniyavan Elumalai, our press correspondent at IFFR 2019, chats with filmmaker Gurvinder Singh.

 Interviews

A stream of thoughts inspired by Zarina Begum…

10th March 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

…and her performance of ‘Nazar Lagi Raja Tore Bangle Par’, Richard Singer writes.

 Personal Essays

Competing victories: Battle of sensibilities in Tamil cinema

10th March 20191st October 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

Madhu watches two contemporaneous Tamil movies and writes about them.

 Film Analysis

Why aren’t we talking about Indian Parallel Cinema?

10th January 20191st October 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

Omar Ahmed makes an impassioned plea for us to pay attention to the films that constituted this movement.

 Film Analysis

In conversation with Chezhiyan

10th January 20191st October 2019 Anusha Srinivasan

This interview with writer-cinematographer-director Chezhiyan touches on a wide range of topics—world cinema, realism in cinema, independent cinema, current trends in Tamil cinema, and his approach to cinematography.

 Interviews

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