Small-town India shines right through in these movie gems.
'Once Mohanlal's ever-swelling entourage grasped his enormous worth, once it realized that the innate Mohanlal appeal could be profited from, it set about to exploit, to make uproars, to create the Mohanlal brand.' 'And he wasn't meant to be a brand. He was meant to be an artist, a tireless explorer of the unique seas inside him,' asserts Sreehari Nair.
Every film that Sriram Raghavan makes is a compendium of ideas and sensations that tickle him. Trying to remake a Sriram Raghavan film is like getting excited by somebody else's goosebumps, observes Sreehari Nair.
Malayalam star Prithviraj talks about the changing times in Malayalam cinema.
Theatre director, Joy Matthew has made a comeback to films after 26 years and he is busy like never before.
'It's only in the last seven years, I have taken acting seriously.'
Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade.
This piece is a tribute to that corner of film criticism that they call subtextual film criticism.
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
'Movie plots clearly don't excite director Dileesh Pothan as much as true stories where life had come dizzyingly close to becoming like a movie and then, had fused back with life.' 'This means that a conversation he overhears at a tea shop is more likely to give Pothan a setting for his next picture than a brainstorming session inside a conference room,' says Sreehari Nair.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances