A cultural critic and journalist, Prathyush Parasuraman has a newsletter at prathyush.substack.com ...

Superman's groundbreaking debut in Action Comics #1, with 600 million copies sold, marked the birth of the superhero genre and solidified the Man of Steel as a cultural icon. Eiichiro Oda's "One Piece ...

Writer, film critic, Retired Federer enthusiast.Bad Newz Review: It’s Vicky Kaushal vs Bollywood Nostalgia and Pop-Cultural Winks ...

In the midst of the pandemic, the Chhattisgarh police in Raigarh decided the best way to encourage public safety measures was to use Bollywood film dialogues in their posters, re-interpreting Bachchan ...

There's a fantastic "mass" scene, set around a swimming pool, where the protagonist stuffs himself with biriyani — it's a stunning few minutes of a purely physical performance.

Kreem’s delayed public appearance feels both long overdue and a bit ironic considering he is no stranger to us, in a way even a part of us. The time is ripe for a look-back ...

Before him, a film mounted on a huge scale would be described as being “like a Hollywood movie.” Now, we just say it looks… like a Shankar movie ...

Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout is the sequel to Silence… Can You Hear It? (I could not), the 2021 crime thriller that marked the beginning of a tacky whodunit franchise starring Manoj Bajpayee ...

There is no mainstream filmmaker in India who – for over 35 years – has pushed himself and his art the way Mani Ratnam does, with each new film an attempt to challenge the boundaries of mainstream ...

Here's another father-son link. Why does Sharath (Sharafudheen, imbuing a small part with charm and humour) offer Aadhi shelter, when he could use the five-lakh bounty Narayana Reddy offers? Because ...

We have a screenplay — a bible that interconnects complicated characters in its universe — that moves like a cheetah. Nothing is really just a coincidence in Maharaja. Which means an adorable but ...

Ramkumar Balakrishnan’s Parking, is a small film about a small parking space that frays the relationship between two neighbours of varying worldviews and generations. But what do we often say about ...