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Movie Review | Gargi - An Unsolved Mystery

A review of the movie 'Gargi', explaining the deeper social significance behind it.

Anshuman Panda 7 min read

Cinema And Books

Movie Review | Kalki 2898 AD

Where Kalki 2898AD elevates itself is where it pulls from the eternal lore. Where it tugs on archetypes and plot-lines seared deep in the Indian psyche. In its brief brush with itihāsa-purāṇa is where it briefly promises to ascend.

Amritanshu Pandey 7 min read

Cinema And Books

Kasinathuni Vishwanath and His Vast Cultural Legacy

K. Vishwanath influenced a whole generation, shaped popular culture, and even public morality. A man of culture, class, and dignity, he embodied our civilizational values. He leaves an unfillable void in cinema.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 8 min read

Dharma Today

Kerala Story - A Horrifying Tale of Supremacist Ideology in Practice

Here is a thought experiment, read this without thinking ‘Islamophobia’. Read this with an intent to learn facts. A review of the film The Kerala Story from the ground up.

Kavita Krishna Meegama 32 min read

Cinema And Books

The Abuse of Art - Propaganda in Shyam Singha Roy

The Hindu conception of art is diametrically opposite to the movies being made today. This piece analyses the the abuse of art in the 2021 movie Shyam Singha Roy.

Anshuman Panda 12 min read

Cinema And Books

Balagam - a Telugu Film on Kula Rituals that Belies Marxist Sociology

This movie demands a dispelling of the niceties though. It compels us to sit up and shake things a bit. It does so not with any explicit agenda but just by being itself, by ignoring us. In fact, it is the precise absence of any agenda, that easy self-awareness that lends authenticity. It is like our Civilization - Organic, Flowing and Continuous.

Raghava Krishna 6 min read

Cinema And Books

Kāntāra and Universe of the Bhūtas

A review of the massively successful Kāntāra, appreciating the film’s foray into Karnataka’s lesser known Bhūta universe, along with an account of the tradition itself.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 13 min read

Cinema And Books

Swarnakamalam and the Value of the Performing Arts

A glimpse into the timelessness of the traditional arts, conveyed through superior cinema: Swarnakamalam; and the discussion of modernity threatening the value of traditional systems in its lyrical expositions.

Sai Priya Chodavarapu 6 min read

Cinema And Books

Our Deities are Waking Us Up – What Kantara Means to Hindus

Have no doubt; the deities are waking us up to their presence like never before. They are willing to travel from their forests, kśetras onto the screen and talk to us, to tell us: Oh children, don't remain blind anymore to our presence. Take refuge in us. We are here with you every moment.

Ramachandra Roddam 11 min read

Cinema And Books

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Movie Review | Gargi - An Unsolved Mystery

Movie Review | Kalki 2898 AD

Kasinathuni Vishwanath and His Vast Cultural Legacy

Kerala Story - A Horrifying Tale of Supremacist Ideology in Practice

The Abuse of Art - Propaganda in Shyam Singha Roy

Balagam - a Telugu Film on Kula Rituals that Belies Marxist Sociology

Kāntāra and Universe of the Bhūtas

Swarnakamalam and the Value of the Performing Arts

Our Deities are Waking Us Up – What Kantara Means to Hindus