Cinema In the south: Local flavour, global reachC.S. VENKITESWARANThere has been a radical change in all areas of film-making in the new millennium. But the crisis of the local and regional in globalised times is tha
Archiving an archivistC.S. VENKITESWARANAn anthology of P.K. Nair’s writings provides one a glimpse into the heart and mind of a diehard cinephile who was also an archivist, a chronicler a
Interview Conversations on multiplicityC.S. VENKITESWARANInterview with Sudarshan Shetty, curator, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016.
Deconstructing a potboilerC.S. VENKITESWARANAn eminently readable book that will delight any cineaste for its sheer passion for cinema and for the delightful theoretical dexterity with which it
Image and image-makingC.S. VENKITESWARANA close look at the often unseen and unacknowledged but thrillingly unpredictable processes that go into the making of magical images and sounds on sc
Mapping themes in Adoor’s filmsC.S. VENKITESWARANA panoramic and intense study of Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s work in all its diversity and complexity.
Interview: Riyas Komu ‘It is my attempt to reclaim fearlessness’C. S. VENKITESWARANIn conversation with Riyas Komu.
Exhibition Experiments with truthC.S. VENKITESWARANRiyas Komu’s work “On International Workers’ Day, Gandhi from Kochi”, which layers a Gandhi image against a background reminiscent of the red
PK Fable for the timesC.S. VENKITESWARANPK is a film that, through an alien figure, throws up point-blank questions about religious beliefs, customs, rituals, temples of gods, priests, godme
Malayalam New trails of discoveryC. S. VenkiteswaranCinema was adopted enthusiastically by the pluralistic society of Kerala, just emerging from feudalism and casteism in the early 20th century, as an i
Portrait of a patriarchC.S. VENKITESWARANThilakan (1938-2012), the quintessential father figure in Malayalam cinema, stood out for his ability to bring raw and untameable energy into his perf
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowStepping into a male bastionWith their entry, it’s curtains for a 90-year-old, male-only tradition at the Kalamandalam.
