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When the teaser for ‘Malayalee from India’ came out, I was looking forward for a fun entertainer from Nivin Pauly as the teaser was so much fun. But couple of days before the release, the team released another teaser which was quite serious. Thank god they released that and I was able to watch it... Continue Reading →
Varshangalkku Shesham (Years later) is a story of two friends, Venu (Dhyan Sreenivasan) and Murali (Pranav Mohanlal), from a town in Malabar to Madras in search of opportunity in cinema. Venu is a writer, who is grounded, humble and disciplined. Whereas, Murali is a talented musician, who exactly knows when the audience will clap. But... Continue Reading →
“Re-Introducing FaFa” said the teaser and the title card. And the film, his character & Fahadh Faasil’s performances totally justifies the re-introducing tag. He totally owns his character Ranga, a local gangster, with his never seen before animated performance. And Jithu Madhavan perfectly knows how to hype up this character and deliver a banging pay... Continue Reading →
In general, films based on sports are underdog stories. The protagonist or the team will have great passion for the sport, but have a problem that they have to overcome to be a winner. Irrespective of the sport or language, the plot line remains the same. The difference comes in writing and treatment of the... Continue Reading →
I am not a fan of horror films. The only few horror films that I have seen until now are because of my friends. One of the very few horror film that I voluntarily watched was ‘Bhoothakaalam’. The film was brilliant exploration of horror and mental health illness. When I heard he is collaborating with... Continue Reading →
Premalu is a romantic-comedy film revolving around Sachin (Naslen) who is hopelessly in one-sided love. The film starts with him proposing to the girl, after four years of college, on the last day. She rejects him. This leaves him heart broken. He then falls in love again with Reenu (Mamitha Baiju). Reenu is working in... Continue Reading →
Arun Matheswaran has a unique style of film language. When most of the directors used gatling gun as yet another weapon, he constantly built it up as ‘Eagle’ and electrifyingly brought it alive in his debut film, Rocky. In fact, he was the first one to use it much before the popular Kaithi. In Captain... Continue Reading →
Tamil cinema has changed a lot in this decade (2010-19), where more content driven films started gaining traction, definition of masala films has changed, etc. The decade saw the rise of three big stars, Sivakarthikeyan, Vijay Sethupathi and Arun Vijay and a bunch of directors who entered into the industry by making short films. Here... Continue Reading →
"Heavy dose of social message in a predictable structure and incompetent use of superhero concept" Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Abhay Deol, Arjun, Kalyani PriyadarshanMusic: Yuvan Shankar RajaDirection: P S Mithran Hero starts with a dialogue, “When asked about career in their young age, they say doctor, engineer but after completing education they say a hefty paying job”.... Continue Reading →
"A sharp, detailed, well written and engaging murder mystery" Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de ArmasMusic: Nathan JohnsonDirection: Rian Johnson Knives out is an investigative thriller revolving around the murder of a famous author Harlan Thrombay on the night after his birthday party. The investigation is carried out by a private investigator Benoit Blanc... Continue Reading →
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