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• Atlee’s ‘Jawan’ has a terrific Shah Rukh Khan in full-on ‘mass’ mode, but the film itself is far from terrific
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• Readers Write In #626: Love-All: This Sudhanshu Sharma Directorial Is a Familiar But Sweet, Solid and Endearing Drama
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• Hemanth M Rao’s ‘Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A’ is a beautifully understated and very real romance, with dashes of a very real kind of poetry
• A solid boy-girl relationship/crime drama with an absolutely in-form lead lady, says Kairam Vaashi
• Nithin Krishnamurthy’s joyous ‘Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare’ / ‘Boys Hostel’ is both a chaotic comedy and an ode to the chaos of filmmaking
• Interview: Anand Deverakonda
• Readers Write In #625: Meet me by the seashore
• Interview: Hemanth Rao, Rakshit Shetty, Rukmini Vasanth (‘Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A’ live event)
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• With a predictable second half, ‘Toby’ fails to capitalise its crafty set-up and performances, says Kairam Vaashi
• Vignesh Karthick’s ‘Adiyae’ reduces its ‘alternate reality’ premise to a bunch of pop-culture jokes
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• Sai Rajesh’s ‘Baby’, now on aha, is overwritten but it’s also a fascinating study of three individuals in love who keep making foolish choices
• National Awards 2022
• Interview: Janhvi Kapoor
• Readers Write In #623: The void and the whale
• Readers Write In #622: Strand
• My interview with Cineulagam
• In ‘Ghoomer’ (Saiyami Kher, Abhishek Bachchan), R Balki spruces up a predictable underdog sports drama with trademark Balki-isms and a genuine sense of darkness
• Interview: Raj B Shetty (‘Toby’)
• Readers Write In #621: Venns of Jailer and Indian
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• Readers Write In #617: Chiranjeevi as Shankar is spectacular, easily overshadowing the original
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• Readers Write In #616: The never ending love affair with Rajini
• Nelson’s ‘Jailer’ is yet another watered-down attempt at fan service, but Rajinikanth is solid and Vinayakan is superb
• My interview with Kumudham
• Interview: Selvamani Selvaraj (the director of ‘The Hunt for Veerappan’, on Netflix)
• Readers Write In #615: An Amrish Size Void
• My interview with Samayam Seithigal
• Kairam Vaashi, welcome to Galatta Plus!
• Interview: Ramya Krishnan (‘Jailer’, Rajinikanth, etc.)
• Readers Write In #614: The Barbie movie – plastic, and fantastic with some toxic (masculinity)
• Interview: Talking Cinema with Vikramaditya Motwane
• Readers Write In #613: Assorted Thoughts / #AskBR on Maamannan
• The Galatta Plus Tamil Cinema Debut Directors Round Table 2023
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