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Thoughts on ANIMAL: A Misunderstood Film
Sandeep Reddy Vanga's latest film is absurd, irreverent and delightfully bloody but it is never misogynistic
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Raghul

October 2023

Why Are Flowers Beautiful?
The fascinatingly complex story behind the seemingly simple
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Thoughts on Leo: Vijay's Best & Lokesh Kanagaraj's Worst
Shockingly vacuous and disappointing film
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Raghul

August 2023

Jailer: Not A Rajni Film But A Nelson Film With Rajni In It
With Jailer, you can see a lot of ideas borrowed from Nelson’s first film, Kolamavu Kokila. With these throwbacks, Nelson goes back to what worked for…

July 2023

Thoughts on Maamannan
Mari Selvaraj delivers three times in a row
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June 2023

Post #50: Reflecting on 2 Years of bitsoveratoms
“Writing is a space where I can be free in every sense, where I can say whatever, go wherever I want to.” - Karl Ove Knausgård When I started…
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[Against Mainstream #4] The Pleasure Of Growing Old
Worrying about aging is overrated
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May 2023

Trade-Offs As An Antidote to Decision Paralysis
Simplifying hard decisions and minimizing regrets
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[Against Mainstream #3] The Poiēsis of Progeny
Why isn't adoption more common?
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April 2023

On Horror Films
There are merits to the common plot devices of this genre
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[Against Mainstream #2] Contra "I wish I was taught xyz instead of trigonometry in school"
A rant about the "pointless education" myth.
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Thoughts on Viduthalai: Part 1
Raw, gritty and disturbingly realistic.
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