S. R. Praveen

S.R. Praveen grew up, like children of frequently transferred bank officials do, across Indian cities from Calcutta to Palakkad to Coorg and Thiruvananthapuram. He learnt to love the first James Bond movies he was taken to as a three-year-old in Calcutta, grew up admiring Malayalam movies of the 90s, and as a teenager picked up CDs of world cinema from Thiruvananthapuram's famed bootleg streets. In 2012, he joined The Hindu, where one of his roles was that of film critic. He is also a member of the Film Critics Guild.  

This book on Malayalam cinema marks the culmination of years spent watching, questioning and writing cinema as both art and experience.