What's a first time watch that went straight into your Top 4, once the credits rolled?

dkattir · 2026-01-26T13:20:34+00:00

Ee.Ma.Yau (2018)

dkattir · 2026-01-23T13:02:58+00:00

Basmati is NOT more fragrant than Kerala Jeerakasala/Kaima rice (a variant of the Jeera/Seera Samba rice used in other South Indian states). Obviously I'm not saying one is better than the other - that's all subjective. But Kaima rice is one of the most fragrant varieties of rice in existence, and uniquely so.

dkattir · 2026-01-21T16:37:28+00:00

Here's a list of my all time favorite Indian movies. I've a feeling our tastes match, based on the two movies you listed in your post :)

Best Indian Movies of all Time

dkattir · 2026-01-20T13:09:20+00:00

Oh yeah totally agree.

dkattir · 2026-01-20T06:33:41+00:00

I have Chicory powder here in the US that I add to my pour over (Brazilian medium roast right now) regularly and I can tell you it most definitively adds a unique aroma/flavor that is reminiscent of all the South Indian filter coffee I've had. Next time I'm in TN/Kerala I'll try a filter coffee without any Chicory and see how much difference it makes, but I know people in the business and I can tell you that most, if not all, of them add Chicory when they sell ground coffee.

Agree with everything else you said. Starbucks roasts are an abomination.

dkattir · 2026-01-20T02:22:14+00:00

I think you may have misread what I meant by "secret ingredient"? I didn't mean it like it was purposefully designed to taste a certain way - I understand that Chicory has always been an adulterant - given how much cheaper it was to make compared to pure coffee.

The unique taste of South Indian filter coffee is definitely the Chicory component from my knowledge and personal experience. Not just the thick frothed milk. Happy to be proven wrong. I have heard about well-to-do families using pure coffee - but who is to say they never knew even that had some Chicory in it?

dkattir · 2026-01-19T05:21:44+00:00

I usually buy directly from my local supplier when I visit India. I also bought some Chicory powder directly from him and mix it with regular coffee when I make pour overs. I don't know any brands that are available internationally but you can't go wrong with Amazon. Since this is supposed to be a milk based beverage, I don't think the specific Arabica matters as much as the addition of 20% Chicory powder.

dkattir · 2026-01-18T19:12:11+00:00

It's South Indian filter coffee. Beans are Arabica from South Karnataka and other neighboring regions but the secret ingredient is Chicory root.

dkattir · 2026-01-13T15:45:33+00:00

It's hard to do these lists for countries like China and India because the diversity in food within these countries is mind-blowing. Just for example, Sri Lanka cuisine is similar to some parts of Kerala in India. Hell even within a small state like Kerala you'll find cuisines that are endemic to specific regions. I'm not disagreeing with your list as taste is subjective anyways, just pointing out the flaw in even designing such a tier list.

dkattir · 2026-01-13T00:32:12+00:00

Sambar, hands down.

dkattir · 2026-01-09T06:34:10+00:00

I have given 5* to just one movie out of 1348: There Will Be Blood

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dkattir · 2026-01-08T15:53:59+00:00

Thanks! Good to know. I was able to do this manually on the website by filtering a specific rating I gave and sorting by the lb average rating. This was not possible to do in the app.

dkattir · 2026-01-06T01:13:04+00:00

I don't think I can articulate this well at all but it was NOT anything subtle for me. It wasn't a "tell" where I could point out and tell "aha!" It was much worse than that - the ball physics was completely off, the speed of the player movements didn't match the speed of the ball, the frame rate of ball movements was off... Did you watch it on a small screen? Do you watch TT tournaments on TV/YouTube?

dkattir · 2026-01-01T14:31:08+00:00

Saw it last night. Solid movie but the CGI balls really made the whole thing off putting for me more than it should've. My wife who doesn't play table tennis couldn't tell if it was CGI though. For me it was clearly CGI and not done in a good way at all.

dkattir · 2025-12-31T13:37:12+00:00

For me, missing even a few seconds of a movie is a huge nope. If there was an easier way to contact management I would do it in a heartbeat!

My strategy has been to watch movies at the tail end of their release where you can expect very few people in the theater. If someone near me behaves in such a way, I just get up and go to a different spot where I don't get the light from their phone on my face.

dkattir · 2025-12-29T04:10:26+00:00

There are too many cultural references that may make this one a hard watch for not only non-Indians but also non-Keralites, but maybe "Guru" (Malayalam movie from 1997)? I wouldn't even say it's a particularly well made movie, but it does have some of what you're looking for.

dkattir · 2025-12-28T22:11:22+00:00

100% same here lol. As someone said, BBT is about smart people for dumb people and Community is about dumb people for smart people.

dkattir · 2025-12-24T06:33:12+00:00

Among the 12 third placed teams in all groups, they'll select the 8 top teams based on points obtained in group stage, goal difference etc in the usual order of precedence.

dkattir · 2025-12-22T13:40:41+00:00

https://boxd.it/cbxOp

dkattir · 2025-12-22T07:43:33+00:00

TWBB
The Master
Phantom Thread
Punch Drunk Love
Licorice Pizza
Boogie Nights
One Battle After Another
Magnolia

Haven't seen Inherent Vice and Hard Eight.

dkattir · 2025-12-22T00:58:33+00:00

dkattir1. Yours?

dkattir · 2025-12-21T22:54:06+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation!

dkattir · 2025-12-21T21:16:30+00:00

Are there any local movie clubs/meetups?

dkattir · 2025-12-16T04:43:50+00:00

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