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Sreehari Nair

Sreehari Nair wishes to write about that which is in the cultural air but absent from trending lists. You can e-mail the author at sreeharin@rediff-inc.com

All stories by Sreehari Nair

Ulajh Review: Diplomatic Doldrums
Rediff.com2 Aug 2024

Ulajh strikes you as an attempt at statement-making gone horribly wrong, a punchline...

Jasprit Bumrah Beyond Numbers
Rediff.com12 Jul 2024

159 dismissals in 36 Tests, 149 dismissals in 89 ODIs, and 89 dismissals in 70 T20s are...

The Problem With Ullozhukku
Rediff.com2 Jul 2024

People turn a corner and overhear secrets, men change stripes so as to acquire shades...

Aavesham: The Psycho As Self-Designated Guardian
Rediff.com24 Apr 2024

Watching Aavesham is like sprinting through the whole history of our mass-masala movies...

What Makes Malayalam Cinema So Distinctive?
Rediff.com11 Apr 2024

The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a...

Why Aattam Is A Masterpiece
Rediff.com21 Mar 2024

What follows is essentially a long scene set in a single location, and you watch in...

Bramayugam: Movie Love or Masochism?
Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

You will appreciate the Mammootty of this movie better if you do not take the servile...

Is He India's Finest Director Of Romcoms?
Rediff.com28 Feb 2024

Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes...

Malaikottai Vaaliban: 10 Truths That May Hurt
Rediff.com20 Feb 2024

Since nothing irritates Lijo Jose Pellissery more than a throwaway critical judgment,...

Fighter: Blood On The Dance Floor
Rediff.com7 Feb 2024

Siddharth Anand's artistry bespeaks an upbringing filled with GI Joes, plastic combat...

Why Merry Christmas Left Me Feeling Shortchanged
Rediff.com27 Jan 2024

If you have never seen Sriram Raghavan fly, you would hardly realise that this time, he...

7 Cliches Of Movie Criticism & Reporting
Rediff.com19 Jan 2024

This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you...

Kaathal: Demystifying The Indian Superstar
Rediff.com2 Jan 2024

'As I watched Mammootty 'try out' Mathew Devassy, I could hear from my theatre seat the...

2023 At The Movies: A Double Take
Rediff.com27 Dec 2023

It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk...

Chamak Review: Fast Forward To Isha Talwar
Rediff.com8 Dec 2023

It's not uncommon for performers to become bigger than the stories they are placed in...

Kadak Singh Review: Requiem For The Moaner
Rediff.com8 Dec 2023

ITo steer clear of sanctimonious newspaper stories all your life, and then be saddled...

I Don't Get this Indian Cricket Team
Rediff.com10 Nov 2023

They represent a new tribe whose grace and skill-sets lie well beyond my comprehension,...

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil
Rediff.com18 Oct 2023

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have...

Our Biopics Are Bad, But There's Hope
Rediff.com13 Oct 2023

I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted...

800 Review: Watch Out For The Spin
Rediff.com6 Oct 2023

800 gets so lost in celebrating its grand subject that it forgets something...