Sarpatta Parambarai – Excellent Bugger!!

Official Trailer: Sarpatta Parampari (SP) is one of those rare movies where every aspect of movie making, casting, cinematography, costume, art direction, music, dialogues, are in sync with director’s vision. One of those movies where director creates a universe of his own, like Angamaly Diaries, Jallikattu, Aaranya Kaandam, Super Deluxe, Vada Chennai and we are immersed in that world. The template is nothing new, we have seen it many times,

 

Vaazhl and Nomadland

Official Trailer: Vaazhl is the second outing from director Arun Prabu Purushothaman. There are lots of similarities with his first movie Aruvi, in terms of narrative style, criticism of fast paced, money-minded life, and getting into existential questions like meaning of life. Vaazhl expands on the brilliant pre-interval monologue from Aruvi. Vaazhl could be seen as an extension of Aruvi. Simply put, Vaazhl is about celebration life, living is not

 

Maadathy – Nobodies do not have gods…they are gods

Official Trailer: If you have taken a bus ride between Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli, you would have come across Isakkiyamman temple near Aralvaimozhi where every vehicle would stop, get the blessings, and continue their journey. Similarly, there is a Shastha temple between Theni to Madurai near Andipatti. My safe guess is there are many like this. While I have heard stories that these gods are related to death, they are powerful,

 

Stan Swamy and Death of Humanity

“Our justice system even in grave cases, suffers from slow motion syndrome which is lethal to ‘fair trial’ whatever the ultimate decision. Speedy justice is a component of social justice since the community, as a whole, is concerned in the criminal being condignly and finally punished within a reasonable time and the innocent being absolved from the inordinate ordeal of criminal proceedings.” Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer  How one reacts to death

 

Cinematograph Act, CBFC, Amendment Bill 2021 – do they have a place in democracy?

“…there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it may be considered…fullest liberty of expression is required to push arguments to their logical limits, rather than the limits of social embarrassment” – John Stuart Mill I don’t plan to get into merits and demerits of CBFC and Cinematograph Act. Or do I intend to discuss the Amendment