Roysten Abel’s The Manganiyar Seduction | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It has been nearly two decades since Roysten Abel’s iconic musical production, The Manganiyar Seduction, premiered. But the noted playwright and theatre director, known for a range of critically and commercially acclaimed works, such as Flowers, Othello in Black and White, A Hundred Charmers, and…
Siddharth Malhotra and Jahnvi Kapoor. | Photo Credit: Maddock Films/YouTube Early in this romantic comedy, when Param (Siddharth Malhotra), a second-generation businessman who is besotted with data, buys into the idea of a new computer application that promises to find the perfect match for netizens, he wonders, “It looks good in theory, but is it practical?”. An…
A still from ‘The Roses’ | Photo Credit: Searchlight Pictures The Roses, while talking of the disintegration of a marriage, is ultimately a love story. Directed by Austin Powers and Meet the Parents veteran, Jay Roach, The Roses is a remake of the beloved 1989 film, The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas and…
In India, jazz music traces its roots to the ritzy hotels of port cities where it regaled the country’s elite in the early 1920s. That is quite a detour from the genre’s origin in New Orleans by the African-American community for whom it was symbolic of the cultural protest showcasing their creative prowess and yet…
(From left) G.P. Sippy, Dharmendra, Ramesh Sippy, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Amjad Khan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangment Barely 50 days after the Emergency was declared, on August 15, 1975, a different kind of liberation unfolded on screen. It was the day Sholay released. Building on the successes of his earlier hits Andaz and…
Lokah Chapter 1 : Chandra takes you to a different world from the word go, one where a superhuman lives among the mortals. This time, we have a woman, Chandra. The movie, bankrolled by Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Films, is a cinematic treat and could even be a lesson for many on how to master the…
Daily Quiz | On Michael Jackson Visual Question: Name the sporting event where the viewership attracted by this performance by Jackson in 1993 marked a turning point and paved the way for a popular trend. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Name the music group that Michael Jackson began his music career with. 2…
A scene from ‘Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Towards the fag end of Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira, when one character asks – “Do you sense any logic in this joke?”, it appears to be one last-ditch effort to convey the filmmaker’s intentions to the audience. Clearly, the film is set in…
There is a difference between an idea that sounds interesting and the way it is developed into a script, and later into a film. Arjun Chakravarthy, the Telugu film written and directed by Vikrant Rudra, with Vijaya Rama Raju in the title role, is one such example. The effort that has gone into its making…
Lef II Riot | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Four friends bonded by a love of cinema got together and moved a step closer to their cinema dream when they set up Banger Farm Films, a collective of independent filmmakers. Aravind Babu (director/cinematographer), Christy Alby (cinematographer), Jackson Cyril (director) and Vighnesh Bhaskar (director) who met at…
