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• 10 Questions: Sudeep (Vikrant Rona)
• Islahuddin’s ‘Nodi Swamy Ivanu Irode Heege’, on Zee5 and starring Rishi, is a tedious try at non-stop quirkiness
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• Interview: Dhanush, with The Russo Brothers (The Gray Man)
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• Despite some pacing issues, Abrid Shine’s ‘Mahaveeryar’, with Nivin Pauly and Asif Ali, is an utterly original creation that’s bizarre in the best way
• Interview: Adivi Sesh (Major)
• In Anthony and Joe Russo’s The Gray Man, now on Netflix, the characters matter less than the series of not-bad action set pieces
• Readers Write In #472: Vikram- Lucifer- Pettai: The curious case of The Fanboy Movies. And How Vettayadu Vilayadu is the OG one for me
• My interview by a USC student
• Srijit Mukherji’s ‘Shabaash Mithu’, starring Taapsee Pannu, is a not-bad biopic that has its moments
• Interview: Taapsee Pannu (Shabaash Mithu)
• Sai Pallavi and Kaali Venkat are in top form in Gautham Ramachandran’s ‘Gargi’, a beautifully made drama about a woman’s fight for justice
• Interview: Sai Pallavi (Gargi)
• In ‘Iravin Nizhal’, R Parthiban pulls off a technical feat that’s always fascinating, even if the film remains a bit distant
• Interview: Naga Chaitanya (Thank You)
• Interview: R Parthiban (Iravin Nizhal)
• Anucharan’s disappointing ‘Panni Kutty’ is a satire on superstition with just a few mild laughs
• Nithin Lukose’s ‘Paka’, on SonyLIV, is a powerful Romeo-Juliet story that puts aside the romance to focus on the endless cycle of revenge between the two families
• Tanglish Talks: Gratitude
• Interview: Kichcha Sudeep (Vikrant Rona)
• Readers Write In #471: Vikram 2X: My experience watching the movie in two continents
• R Madhavan’s ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ tries to do too much, resulting in very little insight into its protagonist
• Interview: Manoj Bajpayee
• The Galatta Plus conclave, Session 2: ‘The changing landscape of Indian cinema’
• Readers Write In #470: The OX- 20 years gone, but not forgotten
• Lights, Camera, Analysis: Prashanth Neel (KGF 1 & 2)
• Readers Write In #469: Random Ramblings of a Mediocre Mind
• Gagan Dhuan Dhuan
• Readers Write In #468: Song of the Road – Novel and Film
• Interview: Sai Pallavi and Rana Daggubati (Virata Parvam)
• Interview: RJ Balaji (Veetla Vishesham)
• Jis Joy’s ‘Innale Vare’ is a pretty engaging thriller with Asif Ali and Nimisha Sajayan in top form
• Readers Write In #467: The need for superheroes in a modern society
• Rakshit Shetty and the labrador are terrific in Kiranraj K’s ‘777 Charlie’, but the film’s ambition is not matched by the execution
• Readers Write In #466: The Thrill of Top Gun and Tom “Maverick” Cruise
• Lights, Camera, Analysis: Lokesh Kanagaraj (Vikram)
• 10 Questions: Rakshit Shetty (777 Charlie)
• Event in Chennai
• 10 Questions: Nani / Nazriya Nazim (Ante Sundaraniki)
• Chandraprakash Dwivedi and Akshay Kumar serve us a tedious and overly talky historical epic
• Lokesh Kanagaraj and Kamal Haasan make history by giving Tamil cinema its first real genre-specific “action movie”
• 10 Questions: Lokesh Kanagaraj
• Readers Write In #465: In ‘Toolsidas Junior’ Other than Snooker, Motivational Lessons to Learn
• Abhijith Joseph’s cop-thriller ‘John Luther’, starring Jayasurya, has some good ideas that are let down by the writing
• Interview: Rakshit Shetty (777 Charlie)
• Rajeev Ravi’s ‘Kuttavum Shikshayum’, starring Asif Ali, is a superb police drama that ditches easy thrills for solid procedural detail
• The Galatta Plus conclave, Session 1: ’35 years of NAYAKAN’
• Anubhav Sinha’s ‘Anek’,  with  Ayushmann Khurrana, takes us into the problems in the North East, but the socio-dramatic punch of this duo’s earlier work is missing.
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