1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (77+ words) Baradwaj Rangan Interview: Vishal Bhardwaj, Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra (‘Lust Stories 3’) So we spoke about the Hindi word for orgasm…. which Vishal Bhardwaj calls “manzil” in his episode, as in “destination”. A media-friend saw this interview and wrote…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (533+ words) Baradwaj Rangan Readers Write In #1125: Haiwaan: An enjoyable albeit overlong thriller involving a blind man and a psychopath Haiwaan, directed by Priyadarshan, is a thriller that involves Shyam (Saif Ali Khan), Parshuram (Akshay Kumar), Judge Pradhan (Boman Irani) and a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (547+ words) Origins and Early Encounters: Bang on Debut, Experiments and Inspirations: One hallmark of his style was the prominence he gave to string instruments. While predecessors and contemporaries such as Devarajan, Ilaiyaraaja, Johnson, M.G. Radhakrishnan, Jerry Amaldev, and Shyam had all used…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (560+ words) Baradwaj Rangan Readers Write In #1126: Epic: A formulaic, overlong romantic comedy Epic, directed by Aditya Haasan, tells the story of a young man and woman in their early twenties. Aditya (Anand Devarakonda), who lives with his parents, is a short…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (378+ words) Baradwaj Rangan Ben Rekhi’s ‘Last Man in Tower’ is a wonderfully textured drama about holding on to the past versus moving ahead with the rest of the world After ‘Aligarh’ and ‘Bhosle’, Manoj Bajpayee adds another elderly man to his…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (399+ words) Baradwaj Rangan PS Mithran’s ‘Sardar 2’ is an overlong spy thriller that needed more surprises, more thrills Karthi continues with his double role of father Chandra Bose and son Vijay Prakash. The first film had the son in angst about the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (349+ words) Baradwaj Rangan Mathimaran Pugazhendhi’s ‘Mandaadi’ is a rock-solid drama set against a boat-racing background Soori gives an affecting physical and emotional performance as Kaali, a man from Ramanathapuram who’s an ace boat racer. He quits for some reason and – as…...

5+ day, 8+ min ago   (45+ words) baradwajrangan.wordpress.com Interview: Manoj Bajpayee, Divya Dutta, Ben Rekhi, Rana Daggubatti (‘Last Man in Tower’) This is a damn fine movie. In theatres this week. LikeLiked by 1 person Follow Blog via Email...

1+ week, 1+ min ago   (18+ words) Interview: Parvathy Thiruvothu (‘Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar’) Baradwaj Rangan Interview: Parvathy Thiruvothu (‘Pradhama Drishtiya Kuttakkar’) Follow Blog via Email...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (530+ words) Baradwaj Rangan Readers Write In #1120: Mirzapur: The Movie is watchable but adds little to the existing universe Mirzapur: The Movie, directed by Gurmeet Singh, is set between episodes 6 and 7 of Season 1. The film is set before Akhandanand grows wary of…...