When I saw the song Nyabagam from Varshangalkku Shesham, a few days back, I had a feeling that this song was going to be the reason the movie would stay with the audience as some sort of lingering pain as those sustained shots of Dhyan Sreenivasan and Pranav Mohanlal had a sense of melancholy in… Continue reading Varshangalkku Shesham Review | An Overtly Melodramatic Friendship Tale Saved by the Second-Half Humor
Author: Aswin Bharadwaj
Founder and editor of Lensmen Reviews.
Maidaan Review | The Glorious Final Hour Will Make You Overlook the Flaws of This Sports Drama
Back in 2007, when Shimit Amin’s Chak De India was released, it was the first time I experienced the theater becoming somewhat like a stadium (I wasn’t lucky enough to watch Lagaan on the big screen). There was something magical about the making of that Shah Rukh Khan starrer that everyone in the theater cheered… Continue reading Maidaan Review | The Glorious Final Hour Will Make You Overlook the Flaws of This Sports Drama
3 Body Problem Review | A Well Fleshed-Out Science Fiction Drama That Sets the Stage for Something Fascinating
The purpose of the first season of the latest Netflix science fiction series, 3 Body Problem, is to do world-building. Familiarising the audience about the fictional setting of a possible alien invasion is done pretty neatly here through multiple characters and familiar emotions. With the story peeling off its complicated layers smoothly to give you… Continue reading 3 Body Problem Review | A Well Fleshed-Out Science Fiction Drama That Sets the Stage for Something Fascinating
Inspector Rishi Review | A Mystical Crime Thriller With Occasional Sparks
Inspector Rishi, the latest Amazon Prime Video original series by JS Nandhini, is an attempt to blend facts with myth to create an intriguing thriller. While the structure of the series establishes that aspect in a fairly engaging way, the over-explanatory writing that practically spoon-feeds the audience verbally about even the thinking of each of… Continue reading Inspector Rishi Review | A Mystical Crime Thriller With Occasional Sparks
Patna Shuklla Review | An Excessively Melodramatic Legal Drama That Lacks Compelling Arguments
There is a terrific revelation happening in the last quarter of the new Hotstar film Patna Shuklla, starring Raveena Tandon. This twist was so good that I felt extremely disappointed that everything else in this legal drama was just loud melodrama rather than a logical legal struggle. If you can manipulate your own mind to… Continue reading Patna Shuklla Review | An Excessively Melodramatic Legal Drama That Lacks Compelling Arguments
Crew Review | Second-Half Turbulence Restricts This Fun Comedy From Being Hilarious
Director Rajesh Krishnan’s first film, Lootcase, was a crackling comedy that really made me laugh during those dark lockdown days. The latest Hindi film Crew, starring Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Kriti Sanon in lead roles, is the latest directorial from him. While the movie is a comedy that starts off really smoothly establishing the… Continue reading Crew Review | Second-Half Turbulence Restricts This Fun Comedy From Being Hilarious
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Review | This One Has Middling Aspirations on a Bigger Canvas
The latest Monsterverse film, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, is actually one film that feels a lot lighter in terms of the way it focuses on giving popcorn entertainment. The writing of the film has a lot of cliched tropes. But unlike the predecessors, which were way too dark and occasionally exhausting, this one… Continue reading Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Review | This One Has Middling Aspirations on a Bigger Canvas
Aadujeevitham Review | Blessy Wins You Over With a Visually Compelling Interpretation of Benyamin’s Work
Aadujeevitham, the book by Benyamin has a first-person narrative, which makes it extremely personal for the reader. Also, the first-person narrative is a tool that gives the writer an elaborate scope to divulge into subplots and also establish the character with all the details in the world. Prithviraj had rightly pointed out in his interviews… Continue reading Aadujeevitham Review | Blessy Wins You Over With a Visually Compelling Interpretation of Benyamin’s Work