From Malayalam pulp-popular genre to classics, films interest me in every single aspect. I’ve been watching films from various perspectives, since my childhood, both for entertainment and as a serious tool for creative expression. I see my understanding of films growing.

But why would I not just watch films but write about them? Every time I watch a film, there’s something I see, I see something other than what everyone else can see. I must agree everyone sees films differently, from a large, wide-canvas way to the minute details. And when I say I see, I don’t just mean a physical sensation of "seeing," but experiencing, feeling.

When I watch a film, I think it is important to analyse the film in various social-cultural-political perspectives. Its visual message, impact. These kinds of readings are very important in learning various aspects of the society, its history and its growth.

Learning to write about films and learning to analyse them are very important to me.
To know if what I see is what I should focus on, to see new elements on the screen which I never realised existed.

Gargi H

Gargi H is a freelance writer. She has also translated a few works from English to Malayalam and Malayalam to English. She is very interested in films. She plans to work as a writer who could write for and about films soon.