Last month we published an article on how GST will negatively impact movie ticket prices. But is GST in itself so bad? The answer honestly is no. With some caveats, it is very acceptable. I’ll explain this as simple as I can. GST is the largest economic reform since India’s Independence and although we were […]
Author: Muthu Kumar
Since June 2006, Tamil Nadu state government has exempted collecting entertainment tax for movies that have a Tamil title and gets cleared with a U certificate with the view to promote Tamil culture. This has become a restriction for movie producers and directors; but we’ve also seen many creatively named Tamil titles over the past 11 […]
In 1983, one Stanislav Petrov made a decision that would forever change the fate of mankind. During the peak of the cold war between the USA and the USSR, USSR early warning systems detected that the USA had launched 5 nuclear warheads towards Russia. Had the higher authorities been informed of this, Russia would have […]
We recently published an article on how social media is becoming “amnesic” with the epidemic of the stories feature. But there’s a thin line between liking someone and being obsessed with them. Like a teenage schoolgirl wanting to be like the cool girl in class, the copycat spree is becoming ridiculous now. Following is a […]
Knowing my penchant for argument, my friend sent me this ScoopWhoop article claiming Christopher Nolan as a vastly overrated filmmaker early today Morning: As any true Christopher Nolan worshiper, I have the compulsion to reply to this article with my own. First of all, the article starts by stating a quote by Oscar Wilde – […]
If you’d been following OutFocus regularly you’ve noticed that we didn’t publish stories since December 31st. You thought maybe we’d forgotten. We did not. We’ve been busy. As some may know, we had a new update to the website talked about in this blog post. We’re also working on something we’ll announce some time next […]
It’s Christmas eve, so hope everyone is having a fun time. But, there’s always the existential questions that come out at the perfectly not-right timing. I recently finished watching West World and my friend promptly suggested that this question might be an after effect of that, but this has been a question in the back […]
So my cousin had this idea of taking me to this prequel to the Harry Potter world – Fantastic beasts and where to find them. I didn’t expect much and I’ve always not had the Harry Potter series in my top favourites list, but this was a new low. I can’t even list out all […]
Since the news that Trump actually won the US Presidential Election, I half dreamed of a great disaster to have happened – an earthquake or a volcanic eruption. The terror he inspires in even someone outside the US is immense. The red of the republican party feels a lot like a red warning sign this year. Donald […]
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans” There couldn’t be more truth to this quote. It was 7 PM on a Sunday – 31st July 2016. I was lying relaxed on the bed in our hotel room at Madurai as the final day of urban survey was over and I was eager […]