From ‘Athey Kangal’ to ‘Imaikkaa Nodigal’, Tamil cinema has always loved its serial killers

Anurag Kashyap plays the latest murdering psychopath in R Ajay Gnanamuthu’s film ‘Imaikkaa Nodigal’.

Archana Nathan

· Jul 15, 2018 · 09:15 am

‘Suspiria’ revisited: Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic is a heady cocktail of sound and colour

The film’s remake by Luca Guadagnino, of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ fame, is scheduled for a November release.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jul 07, 2018 · 08:15 am

The legend of Sanjay Dutt was built through gossip columns. How will it fare on the big screen?

Rajkumar Hirani’s biopic ‘Sanju’, starring Ranbir Kapoor, is the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of ‘Deadly Dutt’.

Chandrima Pal

· Jun 25, 2018 · 08:15 am

In Pa Ranjith’s ‘Kaala’, a glimpse of what Dharavi truly is – and what it could have been

The Rajinikanth starrer engages with many of the real issues facing the Mumbai neighbourhood, says the author of a book on Dharavi.

Kalpana Sharma

· Jun 18, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Twins have great horrific potential: Stanley Kubrick knew this, so did Brian De Palma

At least two reasons: extreme similarity, purportedly deep connections.

Xavier Aldana Reyes, The Conversation

· Jun 17, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Pa Ranjith’s ‘Kaala’ turns the Ramayana on its head – by making Raavana the hero

The counter-narrative in the Rajinikanth-starrer locates the epic in contemporary Indian realities.

Stalin Rajangam

· Jun 14, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Audiences will respect Sanjay Dutt after watching ‘Sanju’, says cinematographer Ravi Varman

Varman goes behind the scenes of Rajkumar Hirani’s hotly anticipated biopic.

Archana Nathan

· Jun 10, 2018 · 08:15 am

‘Kaala’ in Hindi: ‘Match Rajinikanth’s dialogue delivery, keep the spirit of the original’

Hear it from Anjali Patil, who has acted in Pa Ranjith’s ‘Kaala’, dialogue writer Ranjeet Bahadur and voice artist Mayur Vyas.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Jun 04, 2018 · 09:15 am

Tinnu Anand on 30 years of ‘Shahenshah’: ‘A vigilante is everyone’s dream’

‘Shahenshah’, starring Amitabh Bachchan, went through a trial by fire before it could be released.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jun 03, 2018 · 08:15 am

Flashback: CS Amudhan’s spoof ‘Thamizh Padam’ is an honest (and a very funny) Tamil movie

The sequel ‘Thamizh Padam 2.0’ promises to carry on the good work.

Archana Nathan

· Jun 02, 2018 · 09:15 am

Bruce Lee died in 1973, but Indian filmmakers refuse to let his memory fade

The Tamil film ‘Puthiya Brucelee’ is the latest attempt to find a homegrown Shaolin master.

Devarsi Ghosh

· May 29, 2018 · 08:15 am

Who dubbed it better? ‘Deadpool 2’ versus ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

The latest ‘Avengers’ movie beats the ‘merc with a mouth’ hands down.

Devarsi Ghosh

· May 27, 2018 · 08:15 am