96 – take a heart tugging trip down memory lane stripped of melodrama

[SPOILERS AHEAD…] Official Trailer: Ten minutes in to the movie, there is a sequence where we follow Ram entering the school premise, climbing the staircase, walking through the corridors, entering the classroom, longingly looking at the benches, he shouts that is me looking at his name in the notice board. Director Prem Kumar doesn’t give us intercuts to show the thoughts he is going through. Prem Kumar is not in

 

Pariyerum Perumal – a strong film that holds a mirror to all of us with realistic depiction

[SPOILERS AHEAD…] Official Trailer: The opening sequence where Pariyan and his friends are taking a bath in a small pond ends with tragic death of Karuppi, the dog. That setups the premise for the movie where in the eyes of dominant caste, even the pets of oppressed castes don’t have a right to live. Rest of the story takes us through discrimination and humiliation Pariyan goes through in and outside

 

My introduction to cowboys, horses, and western

Read the full article here: https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/readers-write-in-51-my-introduction-to-cowboys-horses-and-westerns/ Born in 60s and growing up in Kanyakumari district from 4th to 12th grade, most of the movies I watched were Tamil movies, few English movies (once we moved to Nagercoil from Cheruppalur) and occasional Malayalam movies. I use the term English movies since I didn’t know the term Hollywood that time!! Exposure to terms like Hollywood, Western, genres, happened late 80s and early