The Seamless Western Ghats In a scene from Kamal Haasan’s Anbe Sivam, Madhavan’s character declares, “Love is a feeling,” to which Kamal retorts, “Communism too is a feeling.” If Anbe Sivam symbolized communism as a feeling, then Lenin Bharathi’s Merku Thodarchi Malai (MTM) epitomizes communism as an ideology and way of life for the landless … Continue reading
Author Archives: Prakash J
2016 / English / Movie Review
Westworld (2016)
In Ford We Trust No more a benchmark for Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Turing test in today’s times is more a hobbyist’s indulgence than a purist’s pursuit. To say the least, the test has become something of an anachronism. Yet, its usage in popular culture has anything but diminished. HBOs latest sci-fi TV series Westworld … Continue reading
2016 / English / Movie Review
The Invitation (2016)
The Invitation I Wish I Had Declined One of the characters in The Invitation says to the other: “Until you stop making a joke out of everything, you’ll never learn a thing and nobody will care about what you think” The Invitation could have done with its own advice and not succumbed to being pretentious. … Continue reading
2015 / Hindi / Movie Review
Tamasha (2015)
Dekh Tamasha Dekh! If your grouse with Tamasha is that “…it’s the same damn story”, then just give the poster a second glance that clearly states: Why Always the Same Story? Continue reading
Furious 7 (2015)
Papa Do Preach There are more money shots in Furious 7 than a dozen action flicks put together. Now, that’s pure escapist fare. One that lures the entire strata of society—from the Bourgeoisie to the Proletariat—into its make-believe world. Continue reading
2014 / English / Movie Review
Interstellar (or) How to Transcend Space and Time for Dummies
Numerous nights have I spent gazing the skies, sliding my fingers across the stars to trace the borders of my favorite constellation, “Hey! there’s the Big Dipper, or is that Scorpion? Look, how Polaris lights up the sky in Ursa Minor”, I would quip to my friend. In that stillness of the night, time too … Continue reading
2014 / English / Movie Review / Short Take
Fleeting Thoughts on Chef, Lucy, Neeson, Blue Ruin and Rover
Jon Favreau’s Chef did the impossible. It pulled me out of hibernation. Much like the movie’s premise to do your own thing, and to do what you do best, Chef worked for me at the meta level and gently nudged me to re-start writing about movies. So, DUN…DUN…DUN…presenting the resurrection of Prakash J with four … Continue reading
