This December gave us a self-aware and fleet-footed film Minnal Murali, as well as a superficial and unoriginal new series Decoupled. Raja Sen's verdict about the month gone by.
This November turned out to be a uniformed month, giving us a super film about ghastly policemen (Suriya’s Jai Bhim), and a ghastly film about super policemen (Akshay Kumar’s Sooryavanshi).
We celebrate The Best, The Worst and The Most Unexpected across Indian film and television in October in this report card. A powerful film about an Indian revolutionary became the film of the year.
September’s report card is here – a superlative Suraj Venjaramoodu in Kaanekkaane, Arvind Swami heralding the return of MGR in Thalaivii and an Akshay Kumar film that never feels compelling.
Raja Sen shares an entertainment report card of the month gone by. This August, one film dealt with communal hate, one film embodied the hate, and one film turned out too strange to hate.
Raja Sen singles out The Best, The Worst and The Most Unexpected across Indian film and television in the month gone by. This July, two movies wore boxing gloves, but only one of them scored.
Raja Sen writes about the best, the worst and the most unexpected across Indian film and television in the month gone by. Consider it a report card. In June, it began and ended with one actor.