Rebellious Thoughts

This phenomenon called Urbanisation promises a better life in cities. It would be very tempting ,to say the least, to leave villages/districts and settle in the dingy sub-urbs of cities. With this come a host of problems. Some known to all and some which are deliberately brushed under the carpet. Population/Population Density. When a family moves from a village and settles in a city and amasses huge amounts of wealth, it is nothing but natural for their relatives’ desire to emulate them. So, even they venture into the cities. Like this, the population of any city is always on the rise. Depletion of Ground Water Level. When the population density of a certain area is high, then even the water requirement of that area shoots up. Sometimes, it may be required to transport water from a nearby place to fill in the needs of the household in that area. This is because the ground water level of that region has gone down. People deserting their primary occupations. Some agraria

Google defines an anti-hero as, “A central character in a story, drama or film who lacks conventional heroic attributes.” ------------------------ In Tamil Cinema, we’ve had the privilege of watching big superstars donning the role of an anti-hero. Surprisingly, fans have flocked into the theatres for such films and made them blockbusters. Just like how Arnold Schwarzenegger beautifully portrayed a genocidal machine in the Terminator series, many stars down south have done the same and reaped well-deserved rewards. Before we get into the listicle, we’ll talk about the distinguishing characteristics of a villain and an anti-hero. Villains are characters whose evil actions are important to the plot. Anti-heroes can have attributes that aren’t necessarily evil. A good example can be Robinhood who used to steal from the rich and give it to the poor. Even though he was stealing, which is a crime, we somehow empathised with him after he donated the bounty to the poor. We can conclude

In cinematography , the Dutch angle is one of the cinematic techniques used to portray psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed. This is a technique used by film makers to showcase a disturbing shot by giving the audience a clue of what they will witness in the screen later. In the below picture, we can see visualise the building as a normal one without any mysterious or scary elements associated with it. This doesn't have the oblique or Dutch Angle. In the picture below, after adding a filter and equipping the Dutch Angle we can totally visualise the same house as one which has mysterious elements attached to it.  This technique has been exploited to the fullest in most movies. I vividly remember the Mission Impossible movie released in 1996 which used this technique.  There's an argument involving witty monologues between Tom Cruise and the antagonist shown with the Dutch Angle. Then there's an explosion in the huge fish tank in the hotel. T

"Macha, come da! We'll go watch Chamak." "No da. Wait for one more week. We'll go watch Sketch. The trailer is kadak. I'm not watching Chamak and all." "Maga.. But you stay in Bengaluru and choose a Tamil movie over a Kannada movie. What ra macha?" "Macha, I don't want to watch a movie without a strong storyline and the ones whose slapstick humour makes me want to slap the director." It was a cold morning on the 23rd of July, 2016. My family had decided to watch ,'Kabali' in Rex Theatre on arguably the most famous street of Bangalore- Brigade Road. Everything was going fine until I saw cosplayers impersonating the look of Rajnikanth in the film. The original jet black hair of the cosplayer was dyed in white colour. He was also wearing a grey blazer coupled with a grey waistcoat to amplify the look. Those lennon glasses had a tint of grey to complete the look. Fans' associations were sporting Kabali T-shirts, each

I was convinced of the fact that Kaala is dead after Haridada’s men set Dharavi on fire. Kaala, like a valiant man as shown throughout the movie, goes out and saves the people of Dharavi singlehandedly. Kaala is dead now(atleast to a neutral fan). What we see next is Haridev Abhyankar(Nana Patekar) entering Dharavi to perform the ‘Bhoomi Puja’, to construct apartments by demolishing the makeshift houses in the slum. As he smells the sand of Dharavi, a young girl(deliberately clad in black) throws a ball of black sand towards Haridada. Now the whole of Dharavi  join the girl and wreck havoc by throwing around black coloured powder. As Haridada looks at the crowd and is trying to come to terms with what is happening around him, he sees Kaala emerging from amidst the crowd. A neutral fan knows that Haridada is just hallucinating because he still cannot believe that Dharavi is revolting after Kaala’s demise. He is hallucinating images of Kaala because he still feels that Kaala is s

A TRIBUTE ARTICLE. Our hero is all that you wouldn't expect from a conventional hero. He has more attributes of a villain than a hero. Yes. These conventional blockbusters portray 'heroes' who have never had anger issues but when the villain does an unlawful activity in front of the hero, there is a sudden outburst of anger which was latent throughout a good part of the film. Then we see the stick-thin hero pulverizing the villain and his henchmen all alone. Then, like a bolt out of the blue, we have Vijay Deverakonda who plays Arjun Reddy after two hits(one as a supporting actor and the other as a lead actor) in Tollywood. This guy has broken the image of a perfect hero other heroes have been cashing in on. Millennials who were fed up of Indian cinema and were making Netflix rich, sat back and watched 'Arjun Reddy' unfurl its wings on screen. 'Arjun Reddy' will always be remembered as one of the cult classics of not just Tollywood but also as the pri