Musthafa Azeez

Indian born and raised in Qatar and currently making plans to be buried in Canada. Voracious reader, avid cinephile, self-published author of a crime novel and a freelance journalist.

Genre-Sliding In Malayalam Cinema: Exploring Rorschach and Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey

Most movies are crafted to fit within particular genres. CID Moosa is a comedy movie. Some movies fit into two or more...

“One-Time Watch” Is A Pointless Phrase

You’ll find the three words in countless reviews of Malayalam and Hindi movies, but almost never in Western media. So what exactly...

Seven Words That’ll Break Your Social Media Habits

Like most of you, I’ve been increasingly struggling to control my social media usage and habits. Our shared problem manifests individually in...

Why Malyalis Fans In Qatar 2022 World Cup Have Stirred Up A ‘Fake Fans’ Controversy

The 2022 World Cup that’s about to start in Qatar is undoubtedly the costliest. By a mile. While the second costliest one...

Why Married Malayali Men Should Mansplain

As a relatively educated Malayali man, like many of my peers who follow western media, I thought I understood and endorsed most...

How the Gulf Behaves Like A Bad Boyfriend

To explain how the Gulf countries behave like bad boyfriends to millions of Malayalis, there are three disclaimers we should first cover.

Bhasi’s Problem: Changing How Actors, Interviewers and Audiences Interact

Recently, while promoting his upcoming movie Chattambi, actor Sreenath Basi ended an interview after getting increasingly frustrated with the interviewer’s line of...

Attention Please: Can Movies Be Compelling Enough To Forgo Closure?

There are many things to admire about Jithin Issac Thomas’s Attention Please. The two-hour-long movie takes place in just three shooting locations,...