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The Other Banana

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  • Episode 141: Director Series - Bala's Pithamagan

    August 1, 2025 · 1 hr 42 min

    We are back after a long gap to continue with our Bala series. This one is special. Pithamagan was special. As two stars Vikram and Suriya come together, Bala goes up a notch and delivers a film that is as timeless as it is strange and…

  • Episode 140: Director Series - Bala's Nandha

    April 14, 2025 · 1 hr 48 min

    It's been some time but we are back with the Bala series. This time we talk about the 2001 film, Bala's sophomore feature Nandha starring Suriya, Laila, Rajkiran, Saravanan, Karunas. This felt like a more assured Bala, more confident in…

  • Episode 139: Director Series - Bala's Sethu

    February 12, 2025 · 1 hr 38 min

    A new Director Series at The Other Banana We have long debated a series on director Bala. You could say that Bala is not Bala anymore and his films are increasingly becoming difficult to meaningfully engage with but, the Bala 1999-2010 was…

  • Episode 138: Meiyazhagan with C Prem Kumar

    October 7, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min

    We are returning after a while but with a biggie! Director and cinematographer C Prem Kumar joins us to talk about his latest film Meiyazhagan starring Karthi, Arvind Swamy, Sri Divya and others. The film has been warmly received by the…

  • Episode 137: On Kalki 2898 AD, Hanu-Man & Hindu Epics

    August 8, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min

    In this episode writer Aditya Mani Jha joins Deepauk and Aditya to talk about two 2024 films, both Telugu originals, and adapted-inspired from two Hindu epics - Mahabharata and Ramayana. One is Nag Ashwin's Kalki 2898 AD and the other…

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  • Episode 135: Films of Girish AD - Premalu, Super Sharanya & Thanneer Mathan Dinangal

    May 6, 2024 · 1 hr 22 min

    We at The Other Banana believe that director Girish AD is doing something incredible with the genre of romantic comedy and coming of age. With the recent big hit Premalu, that awed audiences across south India, we decided to take a look at…

  • Episode 133: Lijo Jose Pellissery's Malaikottai Vaaliban

    March 10, 2024 · 1 hr 13 min

    We couldn't ignore Malayalam cinema's great run in the first couple of months of 2024 so decided to talk about Lijo Jose Pellissery's Malaikottai Vaaliban which received a lukewarm to polarizing reception after huge expectations. Right…

  • On SU Arunkumar's Chithha, POCSO Act, Safety & More

    January 2, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min

    Hello. In the latest episode we visit one of the best films of 2023, SU Arunkumar's Chithha starring Siddharth, Sahasra Shree, Aafiya Tasneem, Nimisha Sajayan, Anjali Nair and others. Some trigger warnings might apply and this is a…

  • On Kannur Squad, Companion Films & Mammootty

    December 6, 2023 · 1 hr 7 min

    Hello! In this episode, Deepauk, Anantha and Aditya talk about Roby Varghese Raj's Kannur Squad starring Mammootty, Rony David Raj, Azees Nedumangad, Kishore and others. The film is a thriller based on a real squad of police officers who…

  • A deep dive into Lokesh Kanagaraj's Leo

    November 3, 2023 · 1 hr 31 min

    And we are back with an episode on one of the films of the year- Lokesh Kanagaraj's Leo. If you haven't yet heard of the film, crawl out of that rock and here we go- starring Vijay, Trisha, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun etc…

  • On Making Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side A with Hemanth M. Rao

    October 12, 2023 · 1 hr 18 min

    We return after a long long time. Various commitments kept us busy but we are back with a new season and we couldn't have picked up a better film to start. Hemanth M. Rao's Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side A released on September 1st and…

  • On Vinayak Chandrasekaran's Good Night

    July 12, 2023 · 1 hr 20 min

    The year for Tamil cinema hasn't been all that great so far but then comes along a film like Vinayak Chandrasekaran's Good Night. A superb character study and exploration of dynamics, the film-also written by Vinayak-stars Manikandan…

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About the show

A generation of impostors brought up on cinema. The Other Banana podcast is primarily Deepauk M(@complicateur), Aditya(@gradwolf), Anantha(@anantha), and Ashoka(@ABVan). We discuss films – mostly Indian – and analyse them in turn, roughly on a bi-weekly basis.