Balan The Boy is directed by Chidambaram, whose last film was the much-acclaimed survival drama Manjummel Boys. It is written by Jithu Madhavan, whose last film as a director was Aavesham, a black comedy that, in a sense, was a survival drama about college kids. Both of them come together for this film, which is... Continue Reading →
Looking far back at Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu and Poove Poochuda Vaa!
(This piece was written for the news website thenewsminute.com and was first published on the 27th Oct,2019 and can be read here: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/nokkethadhoorathu-kannum-nattu-revisiting-malayalam-film-launched-nadhiya-111284 Malayalam cinema has always had the reputation of being close to realism while other language cinema, with the exception of perhaps Bengali, was seen as tilted towards fantasy and larger than life stories. Once... Continue Reading →