Sujatha Narayanan
Cinema, the big winner of this year's National Awards
Perhaps for the first time since the 80s, the National awards reflect audience's verdict.
16 Apr 2018
Songs SP Balasubrahmanyam would have made a world of difference to
I ran a questionnaire on Twitter and Facebook asking fellow music lovers to list out three songs they felt SPB could have pulled off better. And what a wide variety of songs we got!
02 Apr 2018
Where Hindi cinema outshines us
Jyotika doing the Tumhari Sulu remake made me reminisce about times when Hindi cinema looked up at Tamil, Bengali, and Malayalam films for the pivotal women characters.
26 Mar 2018
The man who loved the city: Remembering director CV Sridhar
With no new films in the theatre, Sujatha Narayanan catch up on some of my favourite classics.
19 Mar 2018
Jyotika: Finally, a real female cop
How many heroines can be said to have carried the police uniform with panache? Vijayashanthi aka Vaijayanthi IPS, sure, and before her, Lakshmi, in Udhaya Geetham and Rudra.
19 Feb 2018
Songs for a lifetime
Last year, and this year—so far—have been tremendous for Ilaiyaraaja.
05 Feb 2018
Shine on, you diamonds
The 80s brought into Tamil cinema some of the better actresses we have known, and some of them continued to rule the industry well into the 90s (Khushbu, for example).
22 Jan 2018
The enduring legacy of two legends
Like in the late 70s and 80s, we can again expect our beloved icons, Superstar and Ulaganayagan, to engage with us through films, interviews, and surprise announcements.
11 Dec 2017
Two smashing women and a dashing cop
A good film is like a good meal. It leaves you with happiness that goes beyond a sated palate. The last two weeks saw me hop in and hop out of three movie halls.
27 Nov 2017
Imperfect lives and ill-formed opinions
The number of views has crossed 1.2 million. The feminist and anti-feminist voices that marginally support and highly oppose the content, respectively, seem to increase with every hour.
13 Nov 2017
Festival of darkness
We are about 48 hours away from Deepavali and Tamil cinema is still grappling with the soaring ticket prices.
16 Oct 2017
Paying the price: So it has happened. The ticket prices have gone up.
So it has happened. The ticket prices have gone up.
09 Oct 2017
Return of the masala messiah
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai. Ghilli. Thuppaki. Kaththi. Add Poovey Unakkaaga, Friends, Khushi and Pokkiri somewhere in between, and you get a graph that highlights the success story of Vijay.
25 Sep 2017
Small wonder
My friends and I wanted to book tickets for a Friday evening show of Kurangu Bommai last week, based purely on hearsay and the good reviews.
11 Sep 2017
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