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
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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
Thankamani Review | An Exhausting Melodrama That Competes With Daily Soaps for Tackiness
Hearing the dialogues from Ratheesh Raghunandan’s second film Thankamani, I was wondering whether the last film hit film he saw was released more than a decade ago. Calling Thankamani outdated would feel like an insult to the good films that were made in those times. With the key incident having very little significance in the… Continue reading Thankamani Review | An Exhausting Melodrama That Competes With Daily Soaps for Tackiness
Kadakan Review | A Forgettable Action Flick With Familiar Ingredients
Kadakan, the new Hakkim Shahjahan starrer directed by Sajil Mampad, is a very generic action film that just stretches a predictable premise with several episodes that we have seen many a time in Malayalam cinema. The movie’s casting choices have definitely helped the film, as it never enters an unwatchable space. But with pretty much… Continue reading Kadakan Review | A Forgettable Action Flick With Familiar Ingredients