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Shortfilms: The Three ‘Memories’ of my B.Tech life

Films have been an integral part of my life since childhood, all thanks to my father. He was a Chiranjeevi fan and took me to Indra 4 times at the time of its release. …

Movies

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Shortfilms: The Three ‘Memories’ of my B.Tech life
Shortfilms: The Three ‘Memories’ of my B.Tech life

May 31

Monthly Review: May’22

I had a long list of movies suggested by my friends from the previous months. I thought of watching them, talking to my friends, and writing about them here in this blog post. But it didn’t happen. I watched only four movies this month, out of which I completed two…

Movies

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Monthly Review: May’22
Monthly Review: May’22

Apr 30

Monthly Review: April’22

Beginning of a financial year, two films from neighbouring states broke records, the episodes of the last season of Better Call Saul premiering on Netflix, temperatures going upwards of 43°C are among many things that happened in April. I started this month with tiredness owing to work and asked for…

India

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Monthly Review: April’22
Monthly Review: April’22

Apr 14

RRR: Rajamouli’s remarkable effort yet again breaks the barriers.

After multiple postponements owing to the Covid, our much-awaited RRR released last month, on 25th March 2022, took the screens by storm. …

India

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RRR: Rajamouli’s remarkable effort yet again breaks the barriers.
RRR: Rajamouli’s remarkable effort yet again breaks the barriers.

Apr 1

Monthly review: March’22

End of the financial year, the beginning of the Summer season, and the birthdays of people I love, I had a good month of 31 days in the name of March this year. And the much-awaited and majestic RRR released. I watched a couple of movies, roamed around Hampi on…

Movies

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Monthly review: March’22
Monthly review: March’22

Mar 26

Decoupled on Netflix: Shines in parts but lacks continuity.

Madhavan has enjoyed his loyal fanbase for many years since his debut with Mani Ratnam’s Alaipayuthey (Sakhi). Although known for his romantic and light-hearted flicks, he was never confined to chocolate-boy roles and experimented with the parts in Kannathil Muthamittal, Yuva, and many more. While I enjoyed his works, including…

India

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Decoupled on Netflix: Shines in parts but lacks continuity.
Decoupled on Netflix: Shines in parts but lacks continuity.

Mar 19

Exploring Hampi in two days (on a weekend)

Hampi is one of the places I have visited many times since childhood. My relatives stay in a nearby town (Hospet), and whenever I go there, they used to take me to Hampi and have darshan at Virupaksha Temple and Yantrodharaka Hanuman Temple. In 2020, just before the Covid hit…

Hampi

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Exploring Hampi in two days (on a weekend)
Exploring Hampi in two days (on a weekend)

Mar 1

Monthly review: Feb’22

Okay, I was lazy enough to write this on the first of March. Honestly, I didn’t want to write blogs for a couple of days, but I promised myself that I’d show up at the beginning of the year no matter how short the content was. In February, I read…

Books

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Monthly review: Feb
Monthly review: Feb

Feb 4

Maanadu & Minnal Murali: Intention is important

At the end of 2021, we witnessed two mainstream films with strong writing with no loose ends and equally powerful antagonists: Venkat Prabhu’s Maanaadu and Basil Joseph’s Minnal Murali. While Maanaadu had a blockbuster theatrical run, Minnal Murali opted for direct streaming on Netflix, beneficial to the makers. While I…

Movies

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Maanadu & Minnal Murali: Purpose is important
Maanadu & Minnal Murali: Purpose is important

Jan 30

Monthly review: Jan’22

To begin my movies this year, I chose to watch Minnal Murali, starring Tovino Thomas, streaming on Netflix. I wrote a dedicated blog post on my thoughts on the film. You can find it here. For a long time now, I have been trying to explore the films of Vamsy…

Movies

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Monthly review: Jan’22
Monthly review: Jan’22
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