How do you explain to a five-year-old what it feels like to go blind? As Edith Pelletier grapples with the challenge of giving an honest yet meaningful answer to one of her three inquisitive children who will soon lose their sight due to an incurable genetic condition, she gently says, Imagine having your eyes closed all the time Edith and Sebastien are parents to four kidsMia, Leo, Colin, and Laurentthree of whom have been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition where the retina deteri

After a long tussle with the Censor Board, Kangana Ranauts Indira Gandhi biopic Emergency finally sees the light of day. Coming from a BJP MP, it is a sincere yet inept attempt to humanise the former prime minister. The flaws of the film arent ideological but technical. As the director and lead actor, Kangana tries to unfold the complexities of a towering figure in Indian political history, but what she lacks are skill and dexterity. There is vision but not the lens to capture it. The film is a

During the pandemic in May, 2020, season 1 of Paatal Lok hit us like a wrecking ball. While being confined into our homes, we went on a journey with the brooding Haryanvi cop Hathi Ram Chaudhary (Jaideep Ahlawat) into the dark heartland of the country. A world reeking of caste and class inequalities. Based on Tarun Tejpals book The Story of My Assassins, it delved into the origins of four killers and the systems of marginalisation that created them. In his crude, jaat logic, Hathi Ram explained

When director Nagashekars Sanju Weds Geetha premiered in 2011, starring Srinagar Kitty and Ramya, it struck a deep chord with audiences, telling a love story that was both heart-wrenching and beautiful. Now, over a decade later, Sanju Weds Geetha 2, starring Srinagar Kitty and Rachita Ram, revisits that emotional worldnot as a direct sequel but as a different take on love and longing, inevitably inviting comparisons with its predecessor. The film opens with a melody that mirrors the sombre weath

Pravinkoodu Shappu opens with a shot of a dead man hanging. This chilling scene is accompanied by the iconic song Thumbi Vaa, with ONVs lines Thumbi vaa thumba kudathin thunjathaayi unjaalidam matching starkly in contrast with the visuals of the dead body hanging. In another crucial scene, after a man commits murder by drowning someone, we see him casually humming the line Ente balagopalane enna theppikkumpam padadi. These two scenes give you a brief idea of how the film worksa thriller with biz

For people who have lived in Chennai for over two decades, the name P James would rekindle a familiar memory that has been long buried. For many, the magician, known for his guerrilla advertising on walls all over the city, he was a mysterious person who felt like magic personified. So, when Ravi Mohan (Siddharth) takes the form of P James for an act in Kadhalikka Neramillai , you anticipate magic to conjure up the spirit of love in this contemporary love story. Siddharth and Shriya (Nithya Mene

For a straightforward mainstream entertainer, Anil Ravipudis Sankranthiki Vasthunam has several flashback sequences in the first half that constantly jolt us in and out of the story. In one of them, we see how Raju (Venkatesh) and Bhagyalakshmi (Aishwarya Rajesh) meet and instantly hit it off. As the two actors hit impeccable comic timing, with their characters exchanging rhythmic sweet nothings, we realise that the true charm of the latest Venkatesh starrer lies in its ludicrous, over-the-top l