Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Interstellar 2014

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 14 Mar 2025

  IMAX re-release, Chennai

  I’ve come to love this movie more with every rewatch.

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  Thalapathi 1991

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 15 Dec 2024

  The atmosphere at Rohini theatre was electric. The sheer amount of talent and craft that came  together for this for this epic is insane.

  It delights me to no end that in a movie directed by Mani Ratnam, shot by Santosh Sivan, starring Rajinikanth, Mammooty, Shobhana, Nagesh and so many other legends, the biggest cheers by far were for Ilaiyaraaja’s score and songs. 

  The sun should be so grateful that it was shot by Santosh Sivan, scored by Ilaiyaraaja to godly music, and that Rajinikanth acted alongside it.

Popular reviews

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  Perfect Days 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Aug 2024

  Finding beauty in the mundane. Finding the mundane beautiful.

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  C'mon C'mon 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Feb 2022

  Sometimes you just need to yell "I'M NOT FINE AND THAT'S A TOTALLY REASONABLE RESPONSE" in the woods with an emotionally withdrawn, awkward, affectionate and ultimately sensitive father figure and things will be alright.

  I don't think I'll fully understand why or how this movie affected me so much. I tried resisting for a while, nitpicking it internally etc etc. But somewhere along the runtime, without my knowing, I just let it all wash over me: the beautiful visuals and…

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