The caste of sound

Cultural power play and the changing aesthetics of film music

Come war or tsunami, the Chennai Music Season has never been cancelled since its inception. But by not making an exception for the city’s devastating floods, it has proved itself to be an anaesthetic bubble impervious to the world around

Aesthetics is not a matter of arts alone in an age of stifling cultural battles

What is it that makes Baahubali a film that reflects the age of Narendra Modi?