The nature documentary is inherently preservationist, but Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan’s “Nocturnes” offers environmental persuasions not through verbal arguments, or even an aesthetic appreciation. Rather, its meditative, hyper-fixated approach to process — as seen through the eyes of seasoned lepidopterists — proves so hypnotic that any appeals or augments the movie makes are deeply felt before they’re intellectually understood. The pieces snap into place eventually, but the “how” is foregrounded so forcefully and poetically throughout that viewers will likely come to care about these creatures, and this field of study, well before they understand the very real and pressing reasons they should.
In northeastern India, bordering Bhutan, scientist Mansi and her indigenous assistant Bicki (belonging to the local Bugun tribe) partake in the nightly ritual of suspending a cloth sheet and illuminating it with bright lights in the middle of the forest. Slowly, but surely, hundreds of moths flock to this makeshift station,...
In northeastern India, bordering Bhutan, scientist Mansi and her indigenous assistant Bicki (belonging to the local Bugun tribe) partake in the nightly ritual of suspending a cloth sheet and illuminating it with bright lights in the middle of the forest. Slowly, but surely, hundreds of moths flock to this makeshift station,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Variety Film + TV
MollywoodDhyan said that his father’s comments mean that the “rebel” in him is back, adding that healthy things can be said about others. However, he said that Sreenivasan’s comments on Mohanlal went beyond all limits.Screengrab/THECUEActor-director Dhyan Sreenivasan, son of Sreenivasan, the senior all-rounder in Malayalam cinema, has said that his father’s comments on Mollywood superstar Mohanlal caused him hurt. “No matter whether it is true or untrue, what was the need for saying it now?” Dhyan commented on his father’s remark that Mohanlal is a “hypocrite.” Dhyan was speaking in an interview with the YouTube channel Milestone Makers. Sreenivasan had earlier spoken about the issues between him and Mohanlal in an interview with The Indian Express. “There were plenty [of issues]. I have openly called out his hypocrisies and want to write about all of it before I die,” Sreenivasan said. Dhyan said that his father’s remarks hurt him.
- 4/18/2023
- by AjayR
- The News Minute
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