Ever considered an outsider’s idea of a quintessential Rajinikanth film? Especially of the strata that generalize ‘South movies’ based on the ones they see dubbed on Hindi satellite channels. According to them, the superstar’s film contains flips (cigarettes, sunglasses and pretty much everything that he gets hold of), slow-motion action, […]
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“2.0”… Shankar’s sci-fi magnum opus is a colossal bore!
While watching 2.0 I was strangely reminded of director Shankar’s enviable oeuvre that, arguably, has not evolved in the best fashion over the years. For a filmmaker who enthralled us repeatedly with a bunch of full-blown commercial masala films right from early ‘90s, it is clear how he is losing […]
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Kabali – The superstar slays!
Watching a Rajinikanth film in Mumbai is a different experience. I spotted an amusing sight where a group of Marathi/Hindi speaking youngsters turned to up catch the superstar spell his magic as Kabali. Clearly, they had no clue of what the characters spoke. The applause and hoots subsided once the superstar made […]