As ghilli vs okkadu debates go on to fill my timeline (and presumably yours), I’m only here to share a small piece that I wrote about the shared joy of watching a film like Ghilli at a single screen.
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A Vijay film sent people packing the theatres at 6am. Fans at this Bengaluru single screen certainly didn’t care if the film was 20 years old. Sruthi Ganapathy Raman writes about her FDFS experience of #Ghilli ’s re-release.

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ngl aavesham was like a brilliantly massy Vijay film with the right amount of subversion in the genre.

Haven’t waited for literally anything as much as the rains in this city in a while. 🌧️ #bengalururains

Now watching the re-release of Ghilli (a film that i forced my parents to take me as a kid at the now defunct Jayanthi theatre, Chennai) at 29, the same age as Vijay when the film released. Life has come a full nostalgic circle this 6am morning in Bangalore :)

Did skincare this morning with a nice toner-sunscreen and was feeling v happy with myself & my tiny glass skin effect. Got out of my room, mum wishes me a good morning and immediately says, ‘indha towel, why haven’t you wiped your face after washing it?’ im deceased 😭

The full article by Sruthi Ganapathy Raman is worth reading

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Have you ever wondered why there are so many cars in Kavaludaari? As the Hemanth M Rao film turns 5, we look at how the gripping thriller uses cars to move its story.

Few films convey the indescribable bond that is the uncle/aunt -niece/nephew relationship as minutely and perfectly as Chithha.

Some thoughts on Varshangalkku Shesham. Simply cannot get Amrit Ramnath’s rendition of varaveena out of my head. filmcompanion.in/reviews/malaya…

Election Commission of India I was checking my polling station online with my EPIC number and found that my polling station has been changed to Bangalore from Chennai without any action from my end! No address proof was changed in the last few years. How did this happen? Spokesperson ECI

Do you know about the 'Mallu Arjun' phenomenon?

Concluding Bunny's birthday on a special note, Vishal Menon explains how the Pushpa star rose to fame in Kerala.

#AlluArjun

Watch the video essay here: youtu.be/lzyKj9olw9k

On January 6th, a friend texted me. He'd found an injured dog by a garbage dump in Bangalore. It couldn't walk, it couldn't even stand. Most of its fur was gone, it was covered in sores. He didn't have the time to help it but sent me this picture. 🧵👇🏿

Beautiful sunset making up for the heat in Bangalore this evening.

As Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s ‘Super Deluxe’ turns 5 today, we look for life lessons from some of its most compelling characters — a thread 🧵