The first memory that the trailer of ‘The Disciple’ evoked was ‘Whiplash.’ I thought the movie is a rehash for an Indianized version. But the brand of Chaitanya Tamhane (Court, 2014) was enough for giving it a try. Some parallels do exist. The Guruji of ‘The Disciple’ is a hard taskmaster like Fletcher (Whiplash). Both …
Ever since I have left school, I have never seen (and probably you would also) a teacher of a knotty subject like mathematics, in a lecture, spending more than half of his time, with both thumbs attached firmly to the belt loops in his jeans. He was the cool dude of the school, for him …
Creators from ‘Bat in the Sun’ have used crowdfunding (IndieGoGo) for their project “Batman: Dying is Easy.” It is a rather well-made short movie. If we want to search, we might find some dissatisfaction with the acting, but the VFX is almost flawless. The short film is a battle of wits, focusing more on …