Bheemasena Nalamaharaja (Review): A hodgepodge of ingredients that is far from a gastronomic delight
Daane Daane pe likha hai khane waale ka naam (each grain of rice has the consumer’s name ingrained) goes the famous saying. The thesis of…
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Mirzapur 2 (Review): Great acting, greater gore but hardly delivers more
When the season 1 becomes monstrous hit across the country, it weighs on the makers to come up with a worthy season 2. This weight…
Putham Puthu Kaalai (Review) – The anthology of Hope
In the times of a pandemic outdoors and an epidemic on prime time indoors, this anthology brings in two key missing elements: hope and candour….
Zakariya’s Halal Love Story and its political versus genre context
Zakariya’s new film told through the format of a meta-movie is intrinsically a spiritual successor to Blessy’s Kaazcha (2004) and Rosshan Andrews’ Udayananu Tharam (2005)….
Silence (Tamil/Telugu) – is far from golden
To tweak Christopher Hitchens quote: Everyone has a story inside them, and in most cases that is where it should stay. Silence, with a story…
Cargo (Review) – High concept amalgamation of mythology, sci-fi and emotions.
Cargo starts with an ‘advertisement from earth’ featuring a Loneliness Detective (Biswapati Sarakr of TVF fame) who pitches himself as a cure for the viewer’s…
V (Movie Review) – An Arid outing with nothing to boast about
V should have had a theatrical release. Not because it is visual spectacle deserving of the silver screen, but because theatres can be breeding ground…
CU Soon review: An ingenious found-footage thriller punctuated by solid drama
The lockdown has pushed creative artists, especially filmmakers, to think out-of-the-box. As a result, many imaginative attempts came into limelight. Pandemic thriller, lockdown film.. as…
Maniyarayile Ashokan reclaims back an already celebrated 90’s mediocrity
An aerial view of the countryside―(drone shot, of course), a village enchantress who eventually elopes with the postman, an old 80’s style village junction, unrealistic…
In Search of the Lost: Liar’s Dice and Moothon | Geethu Mohandas
A man runs, staggering into the mountainous snow enveloped lands of Himalayan villages leaving behind him a long trail of deep footprints in the snow…
Sadak 2 (Review): A soulless, painful road to perdition.
Pirated Video cassettes, weekly Chitrahaar and Kumar Sanu ruling the charts– those were the simpler days of Sadak’s release. Sadak was a simplistic rendition of…
Raat Akeli Hai – A social commentary masquerading as a whodunit
Raat Akeli hai by first time director Honey Trehan is as much a hard-hitting social commentary on the rampant male chauvinism as it as crafty…