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Welcome to Zigarthanda

'Carpe Diem' said a man once.
My life was never the same after.

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funny how sometimes you just find things

Umbrella of Emotions

Among the vast sea of cinema and TV, there are always parallels and homages that give us a range of emotions every time we come across them. Here we call them the ‘Umbrella of Emotions’....
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Snippets

I remember cinema is not just a medium of entertainment. It mirrors life. It makes us feel things. Apart from above mentioned moments, many moments of cinema move me, you and a whole lot of...
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Spotlight

I remember cinema is not just a medium of entertainment. It mirrors life. It makes us feel things. Apart from above mentioned moments, many moments of cinema move me, you and a whole lot of...
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Recent Posts

feelings can creep up just like that

RRR – Behind and Beyond!

The conviction SS Rajamaouli had in his vision and his team’s oneness
in buying into his vision is what makes cinema like RRR possible.
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Kanguva – A Tale of Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

As years go by, Kanguva will be studied as how not to make an epic-scale movie without having the conviction to believe in your vision. READ MORE "Kanguva – A Tale of Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda"

Amaran: There Lived a Man…

As I read in some review, Amaran feels more like Vaaranam Aayiram
than Vishwaroopam, and that explains a lot, I guess.
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Aadujeevitham: Mundane Serenity vs Divine Turmoil

Aadujeevitham is a personal experience to contemplate the choice between what I would call a mundane serenity and a divine turmoil. READ MORE "Aadujeevitham: Mundane Serenity vs Divine Turmoil"

The Zone of Interest and
The Banality of Evil

When one of the greatest cinematic intercuts happens at the end of
The Zone of Interest, we are left to ponder on our own banalities of evil.
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Dune: Part Two,
A Prophecy Fulfilled?

Is Denis our own Lisan al-Gaib? Not sure about that, but he is my damn
favourite of the current lot for sure and Dune: Part Two justifies it.
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Suriya as Krishnan in Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) - Zigarthanda

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

ANDY DUFRESNE, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION


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