Bhuvanesh Chandar

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Bhuvanesh Chandar

It’s been over eight years since the likes of Mirzapurand Sacred Games introduced original long-form content on streaming to Indian audiences. Yet, except for a few hits and misses, it remains an untapped format in most regional languages. With tension building in the theatrical distribution circuits, you expect regional languages like Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada to be more receptive to the alternate streaming space and other storytelling formats.

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Bhuvanesh Chandar

Another Friday, another Tamil film that squanders its potential and settles for less. Kingstonis yet another horror flick diluted by commercial compulsions, with a loud, distracting score drowning any chance to be transported into its world. And after 2024’s Sorgavaasal, this is another feature film that rushes to unfurl its overstuffed narrative, with many confusingly connected arcs, and no feeling for scenery or suspense.

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Bhuvanesh Chandar

While stepping into films like Aghathiyaa, you need to set your expectations right, something the promo material of the Pa Vijay-directorial fails to do. So when the film opens with a drone shot swooping us into a palatial bungalow replete with translucent ghosts and a Piano-playing French woman whose head can turn 360 degrees, you might have to recalibrate your expectations from a usual horror-comedy to an old-school and corny horror drama.

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Bhuvanesh Chandar

Before 2022’s Suzhal - The Vortex, pundits would have disregarded the belief that a Tamil streaming series could get as much post-release buzz as a mainstream theatrical film. Filmmaker duo Pushkar-Gayatri deserve credit for setting Tamil long-format storytelling in motion on Prime Video, and the streamer’s courage to pump money into original Tamil series like Vadhandhi, The Villageand Inspector Rishiwas evidently propelled by Suzhal’s success.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Bhuvanesh Chandar

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