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Film Analysis
This sub-category contains film analyses of various movies and series.
Ten Pandemic films: That gave me goosebumps
Ten movies that gave me goosebumps [responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] In this crucial time of the pandemic, we have no choice but to stay at home. At first, that might sound like just anything we needed to hear, especially when we eagerly had to wait for the weekends to…
Have you been binge-watching too?
Why Do We Binge Watch? [responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] Staying up all night and watching the entire season of TV shows has become a favorite pastime for many of us, especially during the lockdown. Netflix has got 16 million new subscribers in the first three months of 2020 thanks to the…
Hitler: The fiend that did not die
What would happen if Hitler had not died and had somehow managed to escape to the 21st century via time travel? Would he be able to rise back to power? How would people react? How would he respond to the people? Perhaps the musings over this possibility are what led to Timur Vermes to write…
Kanche: Binding the un-bindable
Cinema is a compelling medium of communication, which can influence large audience. Looking back in history, we can look at numerous such instances where complex social, cultural, economic, political, psychological, and spiritual concepts were easily explained through cinema. Particularly in the Indian context, with the additional elements of “Bollywood-ness” in place, cinema becomes the sole…
Visaaranai: A radical critique of systemic violence from Vetri Maaran
If one follows the current tendencies of Indian mainstream cinema over the past couple of decades, one sees a lack of films that deal with the intersection of caste and class violence perpetrated by the state. Visaaranai is an exception to the norm. Vetri Maaran (the director of the film) is currently considered to be…
C/o Kancharapalem: Another film in Telugu cinema’s rebirth
There are two significant problems one can see in the contemporary Telugu cinema. One, the spatiality of our movies are either city-centric or rural or a mix of both. Second, notwithstanding the spatiality, the stories are majorly elitist, which invokes false aspirations or a sense of escapism with regard to the audience. In other words,…
Joker and Mahatma: What should one remind us of the other?
These topics become mine, for articles on Gandhi have occupied my Facebook wall more than any wishes of ‘Gandhi Jayanthi’. Perhaps this is so because of the increasing online publications in India. On a different note, the movie ‘Joker‘, which hit Indian screens on Oct 2nd, 2019, also opened to excellent reviews. “I am fortunate to have…
How disruptive is the ‘Dream Girl’?
“The era of good content is here, and audiences want to see the most disruptive, different content in every genre. I am glad that people are connecting with the kind of cinema that I am doing, and it only motivates me to be braver with my film choices,” Ayushmann Khurana said about the success of…
‘Dear Comrade’: A not so love story
The much hyped Telugu movie Dear Comrade released in cinemas last month & made its digital debut on Amazon Prime recently. The Rashmika Mandanna & Vijay Deverakonda pair returned to screens after their hugely successful outing Geetha Govindam. Dear Comrade was a highly anticipated film because of various reasons – Deverakonda’s rising stardom, its release…
‘Tamasha’: More than meets the eye
Disclaimer: The following article contains potential spoilers from the movie. So, reader’s discretion is advised. Also, this is just my perspective about some of the best scenes in the movies I’ve watched. Not intended to affect the original idea of the creator. Oh, and the images used in the article rightfully belong to the makers…
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