Remaking Srinivasan's Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala

All those who have seen Srinivasan's award-winning Malayalam film Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala know that cinematographer-turned-filmmaker Thankar Bachan's new film Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy is a......

Review: Ammavin Kaipesi is melodramatic

Even though its heart is in the right place, too much melodrama brings Tamil film Ammavin Kaipesi down, writes Pavithra Srinivasan.Director/cinematographer/writer Thankar Bachan has always had a......

Review: Pallikoodam

Children walk to school, but run back home. Yet, sometimes, school is more than a home. That is perhaps why Thankar Bachan, who has sprinkled splotches of nostalgia on the Tamil cinema canvas, has......

Pallikoodam music is enjoyable

Director Thankar Bachan's Pallikoodam is based on his own novel, Kalavupona Paguthikal. The movie stars Narein in the lead role as a district collector, with Sneha as a schoolteacher. The director......