When I walked out during the interval of the movie Valiyaperunnal to grab a cup of coffee, I heard someone in the audience say that Ittymaani was far better than this. And when the movie ended, the almost full house audience walked out without much of a response. The attempt of debutant director Dimal Dennis… Continue reading Valiyaperunnal
Prathi Poovankozhi
Prathi Poovankozhi is a movie based on the short story Sankadam by Unni R. What’s so interesting about the story of the movie is that it sort of has realness in the way it treats the situation through which our main character goes through. If a movie like Ozhivu Divasathe Kali exposed the inherent discrimination… Continue reading Prathi Poovankozhi
Driving License
Writer Sachy has a knack to find interesting conflicts in his stories and the new movie Driving License featuring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Suraj Venjaramood is a product of identifying one such peculiar conflict. Somewhere along the line Driving License becomes a study about that fine line between ego and self-respect. Driving license is a little bit… Continue reading Driving License
Mardaani 2
The political climate of our country currently has this atmosphere where everyone is frustrated about the way rapes are happening frequently. Debates about the death sentence, immediate execution, etc is happening and the most popular influential art form in the country, cinema also took part in the debate. The anger in people was such that… Continue reading Mardaani 2
Jumanji: The Next Level
The first Jumanji movie was a surprisingly entertaining experience for me. The quirks, wits and the meta jokes made it quite an enjoyable popcorn flick that you won’t regret watching. When it comes to the sequel Jumanji: The Next Level, what you miss is the entertainment quotient. If you were giggling and laughing throughout the… Continue reading Jumanji: The Next Level
Stand Up
In this era of Me Too and Times up, we have seen a few films in many languages that dealt with abusive relationships, the idea of consent, misogyny, patriarchy, etc. Movies like Uyare, Pink and to a good extent the new film Kettyolanu Ente Malakha dealt with similar ideas and won the hearts of the… Continue reading Stand Up
Mamangam
Almost 1 hour into the film Mamangam and somewhere at the beginning of the second half, we hear people giving an account of what they have heard about the valour of one particular assassin. They are describing his act as magical or superhuman on many levels and the problem is that we as an audience… Continue reading Mamangam
Kettyolanu Ente Malakha
There is a small scene in the movie Kettyolanu Ente Malakha where a lady jokingly talks about her sex life. She is talking about marital rape with a dismissive smile on her face. It’s a scene that may have began as a tiny scene to show the humiliation of Sleevachan our hero, but it eventually… Continue reading Kettyolanu Ente Malakha