Mangalassery Neelakandan: The feudal Hooligan
Malayalam cinema saw the rise of many feudal lords in films like Padmarajan’s Thoovanathumbikal, I V Sasi – Ranjith team’s Devasuram, Ranjith’s Chandrolsavam. We have…
Articles by Anjali Chakkoth
Mixing Different Genres: New Age South Indian Cinema
Cinema surrounds us. My child will be born into the language of cinema. It has become a necessity for entertainment. There is not a single…
Pets in Malayalam Cinema | Koode and Bangalore Days
The cheerful dog Brownie in Anjali Menon’s Koode, the lovable retriever Naughty in Bangalore days, the cat that roams around when Faizi is trying to…
Malayalam Cinema: Great movies killed by the audience
Literature and art have become more tolerant to diversity, and we can see representation of all the communities, today. Earlier the scenario in cinema was…
Mani Ratnam Effects | Mirror, Rain, Train
The late 80s witnessed the dawn of a whole new era in Indian Cinema. Although his first film Pallavi Anu Pallavi (Kannada), released in 1983…
Indian Cinema: Dark is Ugly? | Rajinikanth to Vinayakan
It is a matter of great inspiration that our artists and films are being recognised internationally, if not at the national level. Although neglected and…
Music in Indian Cinema | AR Rahman to Sushin Shyam
Indian cinema is a very fertile breeding ground of musicians and lyricists. We have been blessed with numerous songs which continues to play on our…
Censor Boards and Uncensored Warnings | Indian Film Industry
In our country, everyone, from a five-year-old to a seventy-year-old, knows their favorite movie’s showtimes. We need awards for those meticulous souls who triple-check showtimes,…
The Unsung Heroes of Indian Cinema: Scriptwriters
The 80s and 90s are called the golden era of Indian cinema when we have made great and memorable contributions to world cinema. The recent…
South Indian Cinema: The Aryan Colonised | Anjali Chakkoth
In the second attempt at a one-actor genre in South Indian cinema, legendary actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Mohanlal, Mammootty, and others recommended…
Hall Of Fame: When we live within Cinema | Anjali Chakkoth
As a society yearning for attention, fame on social media is one of the biggest standards by which talent and standard of living is measured….
Perceiving Cinema: Social Media Review Writers
“Porinju Mariam Jose” was one of those “hit” movies which had recently disappointed me in cinematic experience. There have been numerous movies which have faced…