I won’t say that on a writing level, the new Meghna Gulzar film Sam Bahadur is a phenomenal achievement. The movie, written by Meghna along with Shantanu Shrivastava and her Raazi collaborator Bhavani Iyer, has opted for a very linear format to capture the events in Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw’s official life. But towards the… Continue reading Sam Bahadur Review | Vicky Kaushal’s Phenomenal Performance Elevates This Biopic Above Its Generic Beats
Author: Aswin Bharadwaj
Founder and editor of Lensmen Reviews.
Animal Review | Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Arjun Wick Is an Exhausting Overdose of Gore With a Towering Ranbir Kapoor
When the Arjun Reddy remake Kabir Singh was met with heavy flak from critics about the level of toxicity in that movie, Sandeep Reddy Vanga responded to all that by saying his idea of romance involves abuse, and he even said that with his next film, he will show the world/ critics what he can… Continue reading Animal Review | Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Arjun Wick Is an Exhausting Overdose of Gore With a Towering Ranbir Kapoor
Dance Party Review | Sohan Seenulal’s Creative Atom Bomb Has the Potential to End Review Bombing
Sometimes, when I watch movies that can’t even be called trash, I am amused by how another human being was convinced to invest money in such a creation. I mean, if someone had secretly recorded the director convincing the producers of the movie that this had the potential to earn money and praise from the… Continue reading Dance Party Review | Sohan Seenulal’s Creative Atom Bomb Has the Potential to End Review Bombing
Philip’s Review | A Bitter-Sweet Feel-Good Family Drama That Needed a Bit More Fine-Tuning
Philip’s, directed by debutant Alfred Kurian Joseph, is a movie that comes from the same team that made the 2019 movie Helen. While Alfred served as a co-writer in that Mathukutty Xavier film, here, Mathukutty is in the role of the co-writer. Even though the roles have been swapped between the two, in terms of… Continue reading Philip’s Review | A Bitter-Sweet Feel-Good Family Drama That Needed a Bit More Fine-Tuning
Antony Review | A Passable Action Entertainer With Familiar Beats
At one point in the movie Antony, the priest played by Chemban Vinod Jose, talks about the peculiarity of the unlikeliest relationship between two individuals and gives the credit to the almighty for making such things happen. This Joshiy movie is trying to tap into the warmth and jovial side of one such relationship. With… Continue reading Antony Review | A Passable Action Entertainer With Familiar Beats
Maharani Review | An Unremarkable Comedy With a Bloated and Dragged Script
There is a scene in the second half of the movie, Maharani, where the hero Viji tries to find out where the leading lady Rani is, and the hilarious loop in that conversation actually cracked me up. Even the audience inside the theater, who weren’t responding till that point also laughed out loud for that… Continue reading Maharani Review | An Unremarkable Comedy With a Bloated and Dragged Script
Kaathal – The Core Review | Jeo Baby’s Mammootty Starrer Queer Drama Is Nothing Short of a Triumph
SPOILER ALERT! Something that wasn’t revealed in the promos of the film will be disclosed in this review. Reader discretion is advised. The immediate feeling I got after watching Jeo Baby’s latest film Kaathal was a sense of pride because the Malayalam movie industry came up with such a layered and rooted story about homosexuality… Continue reading Kaathal – The Core Review | Jeo Baby’s Mammootty Starrer Queer Drama Is Nothing Short of a Triumph
The Face of the Faceless Review | A Sincere Vincy Can’t Salvage This Preachy, Bland Biopic
Some movies are not really trying to be memorable or impactful through the cinematic craft. They have only one agenda, and that is to document an event or a person. The Face of the Faceless, directed by Shaison P. Ouseph and written by Jayapal Anandan, is one such attempt. Even though the sincerity in Vincy… Continue reading The Face of the Faceless Review | A Sincere Vincy Can’t Salvage This Preachy, Bland Biopic