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As I write this article, there is this news about “Review Bombing” out there where filmmakers, producers, and one particular media handle are vehemently saying that YouTube reviews that come right after the movie’s release are the cause of the humongous crisis the industry is facing right now. Is that so? The particular media house… Continue reading Beyond Review Bombing: The Impact of ‘Release Bombing’ on the Film Industry

The most commendable achievement of Leena Yadav in House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths is the way how she designs a trajectory that makes the viewer contemplate more about the social and family structure rather than just being curious or shocked about the incident. Indeed the whole event and this 3 episode long documentary is… Continue reading House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

Friends: The Reunion is not just nostalgia. The one-and-a-half-hour-long show somewhere becomes a guide that shows people why such a show worked and is still popular after so many years. Yes, the happy tears of seeing your favorite characters and actors on screen reminiscing the good old days is definitely the high point here. But… Continue reading Friends: The Reunion

The new Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma has released at a time where the content in that documentary has significance unlike any time before.  We have been seeing constant debates about multiple things in social media that pretty much confuses us on which one to believe and which one to avoid. The core of the… Continue reading The Social Dilemma

When Rohan literally runs away from his home as his father Bhairav Singh chases him down the street, the background score has a rhythmic beat and that beat stops for a couple of seconds to indicate the defeat of Bhairav Singh. That small window where the beat stops before the music shifts to the next… Continue reading 10 Years of Udaan: A Movie That Spoke for a Generation

As I write this article, Bangalore Days written and directed by Anjali Menon has completed 6 years of its release. It was one of those rare multi-starrers in the last decade that created so much hype and managed to live up to those expectations. I have seen this movie twice from the theater, once or… Continue reading Bangalore Days @ 6: When Relatability Met Blockbuster

The year 2019 was indeed a great year for Malayalam cinema. From content-based movies like Kumbalangi Nights and Virus getting National level attention to hardcore entertainment packages like a Lucifer pushing the boundaries of commercial viability, on the whole, this year was a promising one. In this article, we will be talking about the new… Continue reading Malayalam Cinema: The Promises of 2019

When the 61st National Awards were announced almost every Malayali was pleasantly surprised when they knew that Suraj Venjaramoodu has won the best actor award along with Rajkummar Rao. The movie was Perariyathavar directed by Dr. Biju. Sadly that movie never got a strong release across the state and like how Suraj jokingly said in… Continue reading Suraj Venjaramoodu: The Actor Who Owned 2019