Sreehari Nair wishes to write about that which is in the cultural air but absent from trending lists. You can e-mail the author at sreeharin@rediff-inc.com
Padmarajan's Thoovanathumbikal has become a part of Malayali mythology, just as its maker himself now possesses mythological status.
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is not a great show, but an efficient one, notes Sreehari Nair.
To an award show that's famous for honouring artists belatedly, we have sent as our official entry one of our major film-makers's weakest work yet, feels Sreehari Nair.
... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair.
What Director Mahesh Narayanan captures perfectly in C U Soon is the texture of our online conversations, observes Sreehari Nair.
'It's also a movie-crazed kid's idea of a great time,' discovers Sreehari Nair.
All through Moothon, you can sense Mohandas trying hard to empathise with her characters; I just wish she was interested in them, declares Sreehari Nair.
'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'What guides Monsoon Wedding through and through is Mira Nair's openness as a film-maker,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'Since Piku, Irrfan seemed content in delighting us with his finesse than striking a nerve.' 'Now, why was this so?' 'Why did our No 1 soul-searching actor suddenly decide that he'd rather be a heart-warmer?' 'Did those journeys take too much out of him?' asks Sreehari Nair.
These videos are like butterflies in a case, says Sreehari Nair. They have neither aged badly nor grown over-familiar.
This piece is a tribute to that corner of film criticism that they call subtextual film criticism.
Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.
The world according to Neeraj Pandey. Observed by Sreehari Nair.
A serial killer may be insane; a show about a serial killer need not be a celebration of his insanity.
Sreehari Nair reviews Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
Parasite's razor-sharp characterisations ensure that the picture is thoroughly entertaining though it falls short of greatness, declares Sreehari Nair.
'What was previously buried in the sands of time now gets buried by the weight of banality,' notes Sreehari Nair.
Sreehari Nair attempts to bring you up-close the pleasures of Javed Akhtar's poetry.
'Dibakar Banerjee isn't simply giving a particular fascistic regime the finger.' 'Here, he wants to offer us a preview of the invisible forces and human tendencies that drive fascism, blind conformity, and mass hysteria,' says Sreehari Nair.
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