ARM, aka Ajayante Randam Moshanam, is one movie that has an evident earnest effort behind it. Even though it has Tovino Thomas in a triple role, the movie is not really designed as a star vehicle. I remember when Malaikottai Vaalibhan was released, the makers had to tell the audience they should view it as… Continue reading ARM Ajayante Randam Moshanam Review | A Sincere Effort That Needed a Bit More Refinement
Author: Aswin Bharadwaj
Founder and editor of Lensmen Reviews.
Call Me Bae Review | A Gen-Z K3G Poo in a Shallow and Delusional Woke Premise
Imagine Poo from Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum in the Instagram era. Now imagine the same Poo being someone who can topple and expose someone like Arnab Goswami in a prime-time news debate. Can you sense a sharp contrast in the tone? Created by Ishita Moitra and directed by Collin D’Cunha, the latest Amazon Prime Video original Call… Continue reading Call Me Bae Review | A Gen-Z K3G Poo in a Shallow and Delusional Woke Premise
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack Review | A Taut Exploration of Complex Diplomatic Negotiations
The hijack of IC 814 is one event that is considered a security agency failure in the history of Independent India, as we had to release terrorists to save our citizens who were trapped inside that plane. However, the new Netflix series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is not trying to be a political criticism, and the… Continue reading IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack Review | A Taut Exploration of Complex Diplomatic Negotiations
The Greatest of All Time Review | An Aged Script With an Unnecessarily De-aged Vijay
The Greatest of All Time by Venkat Prabhu is a wannabe film that tries too hard to be this Mission Impossible kind of film. The problem is that the script has certain bullet points for the story to move from one point to another. But the writing is struggling to move things smoothly. On top… Continue reading The Greatest of All Time Review | An Aged Script With an Unnecessarily De-aged Vijay
Virunnu Review | The Only Thing Fresh About This Fossil of a Film Is the New Anti-tobacco Ad
In the first half of the new Kannan Thamarakkulam movie Virunnu, we get to see this Nanmamaram hero who is taking RCC patients for free in his autorickshaw, not taking alcohol because he might have to donate blood for someone and even stalks his sister for her good. Looking at the sheer lack of any emotions… Continue reading Virunnu Review | The Only Thing Fresh About This Fossil of a Film Is the New Anti-tobacco Ad
Vaazhai Review | A Well-Crafted Tale That Depicts the Depth of a Tragedy From a Different Point of View
Vaazhai from Mari Selvaraj is a story that is based on something that really happened in the director’s life, and at the end of the film, we get to see photos of newspaper articles of the main event that took the lives of 20 people. What is cinematically compelling about Vaazhai is how Mari Selvaraj uses the visual… Continue reading Vaazhai Review | A Well-Crafted Tale That Depicts the Depth of a Tragedy From a Different Point of View
Bharathanatyam Review | A Humorous and Sensitive Take on the ‘Mookambika’ Cinematic Trope
SPOILER ALERT! The trailer of the movie Bharathanatyam has a very chaotic tempo, and in the promotional interviews of the movie, they haven’t revealed the film’s plot. So Krishnadas Murali’s Bharathanatyam is a funny what-if take on a particular scripting trope that people used to refer to as Mookambika Cinematic Universe or the Nedumudi Venu trope (no offense to… Continue reading Bharathanatyam Review | A Humorous and Sensitive Take on the ‘Mookambika’ Cinematic Trope
Kottukkaali Review | A Fabulously Subtle Drama With Minimal and Effective Expositions
f you have watched Koozhangal/ Pebbles, the very first directorial of PS Vinothraj, you would understand that he loves to create imagery and events that can be interpreted according to our ability to notice all the details. And character exposition is something he doesn’t do deliberately. Much like Kooazhngal, his latest film, Kottukkaali, The Adamant Girl, is… Continue reading Kottukkaali Review | A Fabulously Subtle Drama With Minimal and Effective Expositions