Drishyam 2 (Review) – Builds as a drama, peaks as a thriller
The universe of Drishyam originates where most revenge sagas end. A predator threatens to disrupt a family and the ends up dead instead. If Drishyam…
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Master (Review) – The positives override the negatives.
Master is out on Amazon Prime, within few weeks of its release, thus giving a chance to people who stayed away from the theatres (and…
Sinam (Short Film) – The seething anger, that lies between the two extremes.
How much can one communicate in an 18-minute short? Apparently, all that you want to and some more, if the short being talked about is…
Maara (Review) – A canvas filled with deft strokes
What would happen if a film were adapted into a painting? “A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness and some fantasy” goes a famous…
Paava Kadhaigal (Review) – Sins of the father, family and society
The anthology kicks off with Sudha Kongara’s 3rd release in the lockdown and like her previous outings (the short in Putham Pudhu Kaalai and the…
Middle Class Melodies – Satisfying Sequence of the middle-class notes
Middle Class Melodies (MCM) is true to its name in every sense, it takes the single notes from different aspects of the middle-class life and…
Mookuthi Amman – Nayanthara Rocks, RJ Balaji jokes yet Mookuthi Amman never really takes off
Mookuthi Aman has all the crackers for a Diwali celebration – A Saami Padam, family entertainer with an entertaining family at the centre, A lady Superstar…
LUDO (Review): Mildly Chaotic but wildly fun Gameplay
Ludo begins with a dialogue by Anurag Basu (playing a mythical figure) that goes “If you arrive before time, there is no one to appreciate…
Soorarai Pottru (Review) – Splendid soar, slick touch down
Like the protagonist’s business venture, the movie takes its time to take off but soars majestically. Coming immediately after another story of an entrepreneur’s rise…
Gatham (Review) – Virtuosity in Deception
If you have watched the recent Anushka disaster, Nishabdam then Gatham begins with the hint of a bad déjà vu. Thriller set in the US,…
Laxmii (Review) – Neither horror nor comedy, it is a ‘Houseful’ of tragedy
The key factor that worked for the Kanchana movies in Tamil was that a guy afraid of the dark, ghosts and pretty much everything after…
Miss India (Review) – This house of tea is far from sublime
½ a litre of discarded Robin Sharma draft, 3 teaspoons of Philip Kotler management lectures and a leaf taken from the tradition and orthodoxy textbook…