Articles Archive - Lensmen Reviews https://lensmenreviews.com/article/ Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi & English Content Reviews Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:45:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://lensmenreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-logo-lm-1-32x32.jpg Articles Archive - Lensmen Reviews https://lensmenreviews.com/article/ 32 32 8 Must-Watch Films at IFFK 2025: A Guide for Festival-Goers https://lensmenreviews.com/article/must-watch-movies-of-iffk-2025/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:45:42 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=20574 As we approach this year’s International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), it’s worth taking a look at some standout titles from the global festival circuit—films that have sparked conversations, won prestigious accolades, or left lasting emotional impressions. Here’s a curated list of eight films that I feel you shouldn’t miss at IFFK 2025, along with […]

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]]> Beyond Review Bombing: The Impact of ‘Release Bombing’ on the Film Industry https://lensmenreviews.com/article/beyond-review-bombing-the-impact-of-release-bombing-on-the-film-industry/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 15:36:15 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=17985 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 […]

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]]> House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths https://lensmenreviews.com/article/house-of-secrets-the-burari-deaths-netflix-documentary-2021/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:36:33 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=13526 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 […]

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]]> Friends: The Reunion https://lensmenreviews.com/article/friends-the-reunion-hbomax-special-2021-zee5/ Thu, 27 May 2021 13:01:48 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=13197 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 […]

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]]> The Social Dilemma https://lensmenreviews.com/article/the-social-dilemma-netflix-documentary-2020/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:04:06 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=12146 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 […]

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]]> 10 Years of Udaan: A Movie That Spoke for a Generation https://lensmenreviews.com/article/10-years-of-udaan-vikramaditya-motwane/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 10:14:59 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=11910 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 […]

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]]> Bangalore Days @ 6: When Relatability Met Blockbuster https://lensmenreviews.com/article/6-years-of-bangalore-days-when-relatability-met-blockbuster/ Sun, 31 May 2020 13:51:45 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=11777 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 […]

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]]> Malayalam Cinema: The Promises of 2019 https://lensmenreviews.com/article/malayalam-cinema-the-promises-of-2019/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:48:36 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=11264 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 […]

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]]> Suraj Venjaramoodu: The Actor Who Owned 2019 https://lensmenreviews.com/article/suraj-venjaramoodu-the-actor-who-owned-2019/ Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:15:41 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=11259 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 […]

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]]> October | A Look Back at Shoojit Sircar’s Melancholic Masterpiece https://lensmenreviews.com/article/october-a-look-back-at-shoojit-sircars-melancholic-masterpiece/ Sun, 14 Apr 2019 04:25:55 +0000 https://lensmenreviews.com/?post_type=article&p=9756 October is arguably the most well-crafted movie to have come out of Hindi film industry last year. It was a surprising mixture of a lot of things starting from the lead actor who is known to be a commercial superstar. The combination of Shoojit Sircar and Juhi Chaturvedi has always delivered movies that were heartening […]

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