Looking at the state of the country, one can easily agree that the climate demands some political and religious satires to make people aware of what is happening around them. The new movie of PG Premlal, Panchavalsara Padhathi, written by Thondimuthalum Driksashiyum fame Sajeev Pazhoor, is an attempt to create a mockery of the social evils. Unfortunately, the craft… Continue reading Panchavalsara Padhathi Review | A Tiresome Political Satire Devoid of Craft
Category: Malayalam
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Pavi Caretaker Review | What if Lunchbox Got the Treatment of 2 Countries
The intimately vulnerable side of male loneliness is a topic that is rarely addressed in our movies. Around the one-hour mark in the film Pavi Caretaker, when the movie slides into this “Lunchbox” -ish love story of this middle-aged single man, I sort of hoped something better would happen in the latter part of the movie as the filmography… Continue reading Pavi Caretaker Review | What if Lunchbox Got the Treatment of 2 Countries
Jai Ganesh Review | A Hastily Assembled Script That Fails to Create Any Emotional Impact
The latest Ranjith Sankar film, Jai Ganesh, starring Unni Mukundan in the lead role, feels like a lazy amalgamation of too many aspirations. Ranjith Sankar is a director who started his career doing movies that had these vigilante justice elements. But when you compare Jai Ganesh and the movies he made in the beginning, there… Continue reading Jai Ganesh Review | A Hastily Assembled Script That Fails to Create Any Emotional Impact
Aavesham Review | Fahadh Faasil Is Having a Ball in This Entertaining Yet Bloated Gangster Comedy
During the promotion of the film Aavesham, Jithu Madhavan, the director of the film, had said that they sort of discovered the character of Ranga during the process of making the film. I am saying this because, when you look at how the second half of Aavesham is shaped, one can sense a little bit… Continue reading Aavesham Review | Fahadh Faasil Is Having a Ball in This Entertaining Yet Bloated Gangster Comedy
Varshangalkku Shesham Review | An Overtly Melodramatic Friendship Tale Saved by the Second-Half Humor
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
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
Anchakkallakokkan Review | A Generic Revenge Story That Tries Too Hard to Salvage Through Violence
The last half an hour of the movie Anchakkallakokkan (thank God I am not doing a video review) is occurring inside one police station, and there is a lot of violence happening. The idea of Ullas Chemban is perhaps to show the transformation of a character through a life-changing event. But the problem is with… Continue reading Anchakkallakokkan Review | A Generic Revenge Story That Tries Too Hard to Salvage Through Violence
Oru Sarkar Ulpannam Review | A Preachy, Predictable Drama That Struggles to Find an Emotional Connect
The last 15-20 minutes of the movie Oru Sarkar Ulpannam, previously titled Oru Bharatha Sarkar Ulpannam, is happening inside a court where a citizen is fighting against the government. Some of the moments in that patch of the movie had an emotional connection that I felt they should have made this movie as a legal… Continue reading Oru Sarkar Ulpannam Review | A Preachy, Predictable Drama That Struggles to Find an Emotional Connect