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13/11/2025

Thazhvaram (Bharathan, 1990) x The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)

Homayoun Ershadi (1947 - 2025)
11/11/2025

Homayoun Ershadi (1947 - 2025)

10/11/2025

“He has a problem, uncle. And he has to solve it himself.”

A scene from Althaf Salim’s ‘Odum Kuthira Chadum Kuthira.’

Aaranya Kaandam (Thiagarajan Kumararaja, 2011) x Bachelor Party (Amal Neerad, 2012)
09/11/2025

Aaranya Kaandam (Thiagarajan Kumararaja, 2011) x Bachelor Party (Amal Neerad, 2012)

08/11/2025

“കിസകളിലിഷ്ഖിന്റെ
അജബുകളോതിയ
ഔലിയ പറഞ്ഞില്ല,
മൗത്താണ്‌ മുഹബ്ബത്തെന്ന്.‌‌”

മുഹബ്ബത്തിന്റേതെന്ന് നമ്മളും റസൂലും ആദ്യം കരുതുന്ന അയാളുടെ ഓട്ടങ്ങൾ ശരിക്കും അവസാനിക്കുന്നത് മൗത്തിന്റെ വാതിൽക്കലാണ്. അവസാന ഓട്ടത്തിലയാൾ അതുവരെ പിന്നിട്ട വഴികളിലൂടെ എല്ലാം തിരികെപ്പോവുകയാണ്. എന്നാലിക്കുറി അയാളുടെ മുഖം മറ്റൊരു ചിരിയിൽ വെട്ടിത്തിളങ്ങുകയല്ല. മറിച്ച് പേടിയിലും മടുപ്പിലും വിയർത്തൊലിച്ച്, വിങ്ങിപ്പൊട്ടാൻ കാത്തുനിൽക്കുകയാണ്.

How well do you know cinema? Let us know through your favourite filmmakers. 🎥✨
05/11/2025

How well do you know cinema? Let us know through your favourite filmmakers. 🎥✨

In Rahul Sadasivan’s Diés Iraé (2025), when the camera slowly shifts focus from Madhusudhanan Potti to his late father’s...
01/11/2025

In Rahul Sadasivan’s Diés Iraé (2025), when the camera slowly shifts focus from Madhusudhanan Potti to his late father’s photograph, the image that forms in our minds is that of another dreaded figure - the wicked and ferocious Kodumon Potti. In this age of cinematic universes, will ‘The Age of Madness’ find its place in this emerging horror cinematic universe? Was it truly the Potti bloodline we glimpsed in Diés Iraé? Only time will tell.

He can be the endeared. He can be the dreaded. With hands that hold guns as gracefully as roses, his are in fact the “th...
07/09/2025

He can be the endeared. He can be the dreaded. With hands that hold guns as gracefully as roses, his are in fact the “thuppaakki vilayaadunna rosappoo kaikal” - as Syam Pushkaran wrote.

Happiest birthday, Mammookka!

08/05/2025

“Because love can burn like a cigarette and leave you alone with nothing.”

Thoovanathumbikal (1987)
Director: P. Padmarajan

Song: ‘Lovers Rock’ by TV Girl

Shaji N. Karun (1952 - 2025)
28/04/2025

Shaji N. Karun (1952 - 2025)

“For one who is born, death is certain; and for one who has died, rebirth is inevitable.” ~ Bhagavad Gita (2:27)Sadayam ...
26/03/2025

“For one who is born, death is certain; and for one who has died, rebirth is inevitable.” ~ Bhagavad Gita (2:27)

Sadayam (1992)
Director: Sibi Malayil

Thudarum (2025)
Director: Tharun Moorthy

This week’s Artist in Focus is Natesh Hegde, a filmmaker hailing from the Western Ghats of Karnataka. His second film, V...
25/03/2025

This week’s Artist in Focus is Natesh Hegde, a filmmaker hailing from the Western Ghats of Karnataka. His second film, Vagachipani (Tiger’s Pond), screened in the World Premiere category at the 75th Berlinale.

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