For the last few weeks, I feel like I have lived in America’s first public hospital New Amsterdam, albeit a fictitious one in New York. My free time was filled with binge-watching this NBC show with 89 episodes on Netflix India and subsequently on JioCinema almost every day for a…

The White Lotus, Season 1 is an acclaimed black comedy that follows three sets of guests staying for a week in a luxury resort in Hawaii, which is managed by a dysfunctional resort manager. The show explores the complex human emotions of a modern family, a newlywed couple, and a…

I was invited to deliver a guest lecture on “The skills needed for the 21st century” at Zoho’s campus in Chennai near Guduvanchery last Friday (23rd June 2023). The audience, over hundred people, was a mix of Zoho employees from various departments, both young and experienced. The event was organized…

A throwback to a few months back to my college silver jubilee reunion that happened in Chennai 🌇. A long-overdue celebration, thanks to the pandemic! They said, “It’s a 90s Tamil cinema-themed costume party.” I said, “I got this!” 🎬🕺I spent the previous few weeks researching on the web, doing…

Varisu (2023), is an all-out Tamil Nadu father-and-son sentiment film that has been made on a Bollywood film set background. Single-handedly Vijay entertains the audience for the three hours of running time. Director Vamshi Paidipally utilises the best of Vijay, which in my view is not his dance or action…

What a movie this was! A thriller with non-stop action, Shah Rukh Khan with a muscular and sculpted physique, breathtaking Deepika Padukone, a ruthless villain in the form of a toned John Abraham and the entire screenplay happening in locations outside India. I appreciate the director Siddharth Anand and his…

Our Great National Parks, a nature documentary blew my mind with its stunning 4K visuals, coverage of extremely hard-to-reach wildlife forests on land & water, and a well-written commentary. Complimenting these was the majestic voice of the former American President, Barack Obama. If you have a Netflix subscription and even…

We have seen TV series that is about love, friends, colleagues, family, community, mystery, theft, greed, and even games. But, only Rowan Atkinson CBE can produce one about a bee and him, nothing more. Man vs. Bee (2022) was utterly unbelievable and stupid, yet wholly funny. In the two hours…

Rocketry (2022) is the directorial debut of actor R Madhavan. I saw the Tamil version of the multilingual film, which was also…