First time in all my Tamil movie-watching in New York and New Jersey, I witnessed in person Friday night that massive hero worship of Tamil film ... [ Read More ]
Singam 2: Too Lite
Aiyyaa: Let’s hear it for the girl
When I was a teenager in Catholic school, somewhere in either Junior or Senior year, I remember sitting in Mass one day and hearing the priest tell ... [ Read More ]
Le Tamoul – for a change!
When recently directing a friend who was in Paris to the website for L'Harmattan bookstore there, and their amazing selection of Francophone African ... [ Read More ]
NY Indian Film Festival: A Boon for Tamil Film Fans
If you love Tamil movies, but you don't often get to enjoy them on a big screen in the NYC metro area, then today is your day. The Indo-American ... [ Read More ]
Life’s filmi soundtrack
This is a piece that appeared on Firstpost today, under the title How I met and fell in love with AR Rahman: On my commute to work the other day, ... [ Read More ]
Aaranya Kaandam
Just some quick thoughts based on seeing the film Aaranya Kaandam at last year’s SAIFF. Am going back tonight for a second viewing now ... [ Read More ]
Bitten by the Tamil movie bug
This originally ran in Firstpost on June 1. I’ve been obsessed with Indian film for some 14 years now and since I’ve started writing about those ... [ Read More ]