Parasite
Genre: Thriller, black comedy Language: Korean Director: Bong Joon Ho Rating: ★★★★★ Just when the entire world started to throw more light on the K-pop and K-drama culture, came the black comedy Korean film Parasite. A movie that wasn’t recognized much initially in India until it was nominated for the Oscars. Never has the Academy Awards chosen a non-English movie for the Best Picture category. This stimulated the world’s curiosity and interest. I have never seen so many people talk about a Korean movie in Tamil Nadu. The theatres were filled with not just the movie-buffs and K-culture followers but also other people. When a neighbour uncle who has watched (mostly) Tamil and (sometimes) English movies asked me about that film, I must say I gaped at him for at least half a minute. But then, there was also this huge bunch of audience who went ...