Frequently Made Mistakes Episode 3 Frequently Made Mistakes Episode 3 – The Disciple | Video Credit: The Hindu Why do some indie and arthouse films feel like they’re going in circles? In this episode of Frequently Made Mistakes, filmmaker, screenwriter and film critic Sudhish Kamath unpacks one of the most common storytelling traps in modern cinema: […]
FOMO Fix: Episode 6 Retro | Four Seasons | Thunderbolts | Rehearsal | Video Credit: The Hindu The day you find your purpose… or realise you’ve wasted 200 bucks on a bad movie. This week on FOMO Fix, I, Sudhish Kamath, help you navigate stories about people chasing meaning while the world burns around them. […]
Watch: How Hindi cinema changed after the pandemic: SRK, OTT, Box Office & more | Rolling Episode 1 In the first edition of Rolling, the new monthly podcast series on the latest trends in Hindi cinema, film critic and filmmaker Sudhish Kamath talks to Ranimol T.A. (producer and talent manager), Sethumadhavan N. (producer, distributor, and […]
A new chapter in movie-watching has arrived in Bommidi, a small town in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district, with the launch of the state’s first Mobile Digital Movie Theatre (MDMT). Popularly referred to as the “balloon theatre,” this initiative by Picture Time brings the multiplex experience to smaller towns. Built using a fire and weather-resistant inflatable […]
Watch: Kesari 2, #1 Happy Family USA – Revisionism & Representation | FOMO Fix When does creative liberty cross the line into propaganda? On this week’s FOMO Fix, Sudhish Kamath dives into Bollywood’s obsession with rewriting history — and how filmmakers like Tarantino and Sorkin show a smarter, more honest way to do it. In […]
Watch: Is Andaz Apna Apna still relevant? | FOMO Fix Film critics and buddies Raja Sen and Sudhish Kamath take a nostalgic deep-dive into Andaz Apna Apna, the cult comedy classic re-releasing in cinemas this week. From crime master Gogo’s chaos to Salman’s scene-stealing comic timing, they debate whether the film still works today — or if it’s just a […]
Anant Mahadevan interview for Phule | Video Credit: The Hindu ‘Phule’, the biopic on social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and Savitribai Phule, is set to release in theatres on April 25. It was originally supposed to release on April 11, but it has been delayed due to objections raised by the Brahmin community and not […]
Watch: FOMO Fix: The good, the bad and the ugly on film and TV this week What do Ajith Kumar’s Good Bad Ugly, Black Mirror’s terrifying tech futures, and a sex-positive show about cancer have in common? They’re all part of this week’s FOMO Fix — where we break down the most hype, most trippy, […]
Chennai hosts Red Bull Moto Jam | Video Credit: The Hindu It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a bike. And it’s up in the air. At the recently-held Red Bull Moto Jam in Chennai’s Island Grounds, bikes flew in the air and cars raced sidewards. Even as the motorists had fun with their […]
GI tag for shehnai instrument | Video Credit: The Hindu Varanasi’s rich cultural and craft heritage has earned national recognition, with several traditional products recently receiving Geographical Indication (GI) tags. Among the newly certified items are the Banarasi Shehnai, the iconic Banarasi Tabla, and the spicy Banarasi Bharwan Mirch — all officially recognised recently by […]
