A few years back there was a time where Sathyan Anthikkadu was making these repetitive preachy movies like Rasathanthram, Innathe Chinthavishayam etc that will have a hero giving moral science class to a group of people. If you are someone who feels that those movies are good because it had a relevant message, then I… Continue reading Ittymaani: Made In China
Love Action Drama
Love Action Drama is an ultimate Nivin Pauly show. But the problem is that it is only a Nivin Pauly show. I am someone who has enjoyed watching movies like Thattathin Marayathu, Oru Vadakkan Selfie, etc. Those films may not be monumental cinematic achievements, but they were thoroughly engaging and all of them had a… Continue reading Love Action Drama
Angry Birds 2
Humor has always been the one key thing that helped the animation films in generating an appeal. Most of the animation films, in the beginning, were written beautifully and the humor had a blended feel. As the market for it grew, filmmakers and studios kind of had a misconception that it was only the humor… Continue reading Angry Birds 2
Pattabhiraman
Looking at Pattabhiraman as a movie from the duo that delivered movies like Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare, Aadupuliyattam and Chanakyathanthram you will be surprised at the decrease in the level of mediocrity. But does that mean Kannan Thamarakkulam and Dinesh Pallath have finally managed to make a good cinema? Absolutely not. Pattabhiraman is strictly for… Continue reading Pattabhiraman
Porinju Mariam Jose
There is an ongoing debate about whether there is a notion among people that only realistic cinema is considered as good cinema as almost all the well-accepted movies followed that treatment in the recent past. Even though you can’t call Porinju Mariam Jose as a novel idea, one of the main takeaways for me after… Continue reading Porinju Mariam Jose
Comali
The one-liner concept of the idea of a guy waking up from coma after 16 years and not being able to cope with the technological advancement is indeed a fascinating thought. Comali, the new Jayam Ravi movie gave us a feeling that the movie is trying to explore that particular concept when its trailer released.… Continue reading Comali
Batla House
When you approach a real-life incident based cinema that is still controversial even after the people involved in it got a clean chit from authorities, the situation is extremely tricky. You will have to take a stand and make that stand believable. Batla House, the new John Abraham movie directed by Nikhil Advani is one… Continue reading Batla House
Mission Mangal
In the new movie Mission Mangal, almost every character is drawing inspiration from things they see in real life. One’s trick to make Poori becomes the foundation of the project and at a crucial point, one character switches off the power of the main system and turns it on remembering what her husband said when… Continue reading Mission Mangal