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…
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…
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…
Kappela (Chapel) is where innocence reaches out for dreams and encounters reality. The innocence is in Jessy, the serenity of her tiny village, even her…
Last time Sachy came up with a superb face-off that lightly pushes it’s small scale canvas to a huge sophisticated mainstream canvas. This time around,…
When the first few promo videos of Shylock, the new film of Ajay Vasudev, aired there was drops of hope. Since it’s a mass-masala movie…
Most Probably, Veteran Padmarajan would be the one who introduced stylish flourishes of serial killer genre to Malayalam Cinema, In the Joshiy directed Ee Thanutha…
Among the mainstream Kubriks in Malayalam Cinema, I have always envied ‘Sachi’ the writer. For the ambitious subjects he brings in all the time and…
Padmakumar’s film opens right away with the penultimate Mamangam, a duodecennial medieval fair held on the banks of Bharathapuzha where the Chaverukal plots to avenge…
In this years Kumbalangi Nights, written by Syam Pushkaran, Shammy (a patriarchy personified character) says to Saji, ‘Ramayanam ezhuthiyath etho kaattalan alle?‘ Isn’t Ramayana written…
Jallikattu is a traditional event in which a bull is released into a crowd of people, and multiple human participants attempt to grab the large…
Dineshan falls in love with Shoba on the day of his ex’s marriage. He is a hero who have a lot of flaws. Dineshan is…
Set in 1985, Porinju Mariyam Jose tells the story of friendship, love and revenge against the backdrop of a church festival in Thrissur. As the…