Sunitha Palaveettil

Sep 18, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Haider Abbas |Suresh Nellikode |Udayakumar Vijayan |Sunitha Palaveettil

I watched the three-parts docu-series ‘Angry Young Men’ based on the lives and times of the writer duo Salim-Javed, with quite an attention, as both these men, despite the fact, to have changed the tide of Indian cinema, are yet most reviled for the only one fact. They are Muslims or have Muslim names. Their children also have the same.

Sep 17, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Suresh Nellikode |Udayakumar Vijayan |Sunitha Palaveettil |Debarati Gupta

As Canada embraces the beauty of autumn and steps into the chilly onset of winter, the city of Toronto once again witnessed the curtain fall on the ‘festival of festivals.’ Over 250 films, representing 70 countries, captivated an audience of nearly 350,000 across 25 venues over the course of 11 days.

Sep 16, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Sunitha Palaveettil |Debarati Gupta |Vidyarthy Chatterjee |Udayakumar Vijayan

Tathagata Buddha says: “Be The Light Unto Yourself!”Director Pa. Ranjith’s Thangalaan is a surprising package that equals the making of Hollywood magnum opus of the 60’s ‘Mackenna’s Gold’.  It’s also a wayward cinema that redefines how Indian cinema has to be made hereafter. While the North of India got the growing audience to watch the dubbed version of this Tamil movie, down the south, in it’s native state, the audience got split into the below categories. 1.

Sep 11, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Junaid Ahmad |Bharat Dogra |Sunitha Palaveettil |Suresh Khairnar

Tariq Ali, despite being solidly left wing all of his life, and despite the fact that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s politics is not his cup of tea, the preeminent British-Pakistani writer and activist remains committed to intellectual honesty even when it reflects a political phenomenon with which he disagrees: On Pakistan: 8:45 – 12:05 Such a sober assessment of politics in Pakistan is more relevant than ever, considering the courageous resurgence this past week of this movement against...

Sep 11, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Debarati Gupta |Vidyarthy Chatterjee |Suresh Nellikode |Sunitha Palaveettil

Siddiq Paravoor’s The Land of Solomon is a poignant exploration of the human spirit and the enduring power of identity, belonging and the value of one’s roots. The movie follows Solomon who, with unwavering determination, resists selling his ancestral land and home, despite being torn between this connection and his love for his wife Clara and his son.