Anju Devadas

She/Her

I would die of passion than of boredom.

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

Can we truly seperate the art from the artist? Should an artist’s personal controversies overshadow the cinematic achievements on screen?

Read my take on this complex and controversial ethical dilemma published on @highonfilms__

https://t.co/mqtCbL3raZ

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

'Rain ticks on the roof like regret.
A moth eats through her diaries.
The mirror sighs.

Her hands grow transparent,
pages flutter from them
like birds dying mid-flight.'

"The Madwoman in the Attic" - poem by @anju_devadas https://t.co/q8PCpZRTPL

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

The Madwoman in the Attic - Poem by @anju_devadas:

‘Ink spills like blood,
blotting the margins of her name.
Each word a bone,
each sentence,
a noose of syntax.’

https://t.co/q8PCpZRTPL

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

Highlights of recent poetry on The Chakkar, including work by Saurabh Suman, @anju_devadas, Gopi Kottoor, Prahi Rajput, Parismita Kakati, Ayaan Halder, and @silentoars https://t.co/yXSL6a7PD4

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

Poem by Anju Devadas R D: ‘They say the river hums here, / but no one sings along. / In this village, silence grows / like moss on every wall.’

https://t.co/HEUvusVjr8

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

‘They hum of rivers unbound,
of tongues like kites
cutting through the wind,
of a day when thread burns
to ash in the hearth.’

“The Village of Sewn Mouths” - Poem by @anju_devadas https://t.co/HEUvusULBA

[The Chakkar @TheChakkar]

The Village of Sewn Mouths: Poem by @anju_devadas

‘They say the river hums here,
but no one sings along.
In this village, silence grows
like moss on every wall.’

https://t.co/HEUvusULBA

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

From Shammi, the portrait of toxic masculinity to the flamboyant yet vulnerable Ranga, FaFa's characters shift effortlessly between swagger, menace, and villainy. Here are the ten performances that stayed with me, published on @highonfilms__

https://t.co/ENy5VLc7gz

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

My top 10 picks of the best Malayalam movies of 2025 published on @highonfilms__

Find out which ones made the cut and drop your picks of the year...

https://t.co/PyN20KWLVE

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

Lokah positions itself as Malayalam cinema's answer to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and perhaps an evolution of it.

Read my review of Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra on @highonfilms__

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As Sholay marks fifty years today, its legacy as the definitive “curry western” and as a cultural touchstone that reshaped language, music, and cinematic form invites renewed critical reflection. Read my piece on @highonfilms__

https://t.co/R4XJrUpo7P

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

Read my article titled "The Rajinikanth Effect: How Thalaivar’s Meteoric Charm Forged A Cultural Phenomenon" published on @highonfilms__

https://t.co/et1pYf1OfA

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@rukhaiyaar @shikhar2907

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

Trace the Superstar's journey through decades of cinematic evolution, cultural myth-making, and mass psychology — a man who never set out to be anyone but himself, yet became the quintessential hero for generations. Read my piece on @highonfilms__

https://t.co/et1pYf2m58

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

Read my article on @highonfilms__ on the complexity of Kore-eda's cinematic families, with particular attention to his depiction of children, role reversals in caregiving, and the reconstitution of familial forms.

@DeepshikhaDeb5
@shikhar2907
@rukhaiyaar
https://t.co/oaSamDBRzl

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

Read my take on the compelling intertextual bridge between Malayalam cinema and Russian literary modernism. Find the Dostoevskian parallel in G. Aravindan's Chidambaram published on @highonfilms__

@DeepshikhaDeb5
@rukhaiyaar
@shikhar2907

https://t.co/rJfTYwHQg5

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"Exploring guilt, desire & redemption in G Aravindan's #Chidambaram (1985). Nuanced portrayal of gender & moral responsibility. Visual & sonic mastery. Parallels with Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov.

Read my piece on @highonfilms__

https://t.co/rJfTYwHiqx

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

Read my article on @highonfilms__ about how cinema has reconfigured the nymphet figure—what we might now call nymphetmania—by examining a constellation of films from the mid-20th c to the 2010s.

@DeepshikhaDeb5
@rukhaiyaar
@ciinemaspeaks
@shikhar2907
https://t.co/lwHFtz7keB

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

Check out my article on @highonfilms__ Memory loss in Indian cinema - a narrative device, psychological insight, and socio-cultural reflection, explored across diverse cinematic traditions.

https://t.co/7UfyYvCzY4

@DeepshikhaDeb5 @rukhaiyaar @shikhar2907 @ciinemaspeaks

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Read my article exploring the motif of memory loss in Indian cinema — a cross-regional analysis of trauma, masculinity, love, and identity.

Check it out on @highonfilms__

@DeepshikhaDeb5
@rukhaiyaar
@shikhar2907
@ciinemaspeaks

https://t.co/7UfyYvC28w

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

#365days365stories
#Day126_Story126

S: Heart Lamp
A: Banu Mushtaq

Mehrun, a mother of three, decides to end her life after Inayat, her husband, acquires a second wife. She turns to her natal family, only to be met with platitudes, victim-blaming, and concern for family honour.

[Anju Devadas @anju_devadas]

#365days365stories
#Day125_Story125

Story: കടൽ
Writer: ടി. പത്മനാഭൻ

സംഗീതത്തെ മാത്രം സ്നേഹിക്കുകയും പ്രണയിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന അമ്മ. അത് ഒരു സാഗരമാണെന്നും അതിൽ ലയിച്ചുചേരണമെന്നും ആഗ്രഹിച്ചിരുന്ന അവർക്ക് അതിനു കഴിയാതെ പോകുമ്പോൾ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന ദുഃഖവും നിരാശയുമാണ് കഥയുടെ ഇതിവൃത്തം.