Category: Malayalam

In the movie Mr. Fraud, there is a scene where a bunch of goons verbally praise the entry of the hero before getting beaten up by him. B Unnikrishnan is someone who likes to glorify his heroes verbally and because of his grip over the language, he always manages to make it less like a… Continue reading Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel

June directed by Ahammed Kabeer is easily one feel good entertainer which isn’t entirely a typical one looking at the way it approaches many aspects. Rajisha Vijayan is at the center of the action and her endearing portrayal of June makes this movie an engaging coming of age drama despite its flaws in the slightly… Continue reading June

Last year there was a Vikram movie Sketch which was like clichéd heroism stuff with a tail end that says raise children properly or they might end up being criminals. It almost made me feel that the director knew that what he made was terrible and to cover up that he simply put a “message”… Continue reading Oru Adaar Love

The way Prithviraj has acted in the movie 9 exactly describes how the movie feels overall; stiff and forced. In a recent interview when asked about his dramatic style of acting, Prithviraj dodged the question by saying his directors were okay with that style. Well, from my point of view the directors should tell him… Continue reading 9

We saw the magic of humanity woven into realistic cinema last year in Sudani From Nigeria. And this year it’s the turn of Madhu C Narayanan’s Kumbalangi Nights to do the same magic with the audience. With a fabulously written screenplay making use of the subtlety to explore every possible political statement it wishes to… Continue reading Kumbalangi Nights

Barring a fairly okay Panchavarnathatha, most of the movies featuring Jayaram in the recent past were outright bad movies. On that scale, Lonappante Mamodeesa is a surprising choice of a script from Jayaram. The movie is definitely scattered and overlong when you look at the plot. But the second half of the movie has some… Continue reading Lonappante Mamodeesa

In the recent Kunchako Boban Cinematic Universe of indistinguishable characters and plots, the movie Allu Ramendran will definitely be a different experience. It is not in the list of one more Kunchako Boban movie which you will say with a sigh. Having said, this movie from debutante Bilahari isn’t completely convincing. The cat and mouse… Continue reading Allu Ramendran

According to most people being a critic/reviewer is an easy job as you are very promptly and easily judging someone’s effort that might have took years to shape up. But then there are some movies that will earn you respect when you tell people that you sat through the entire film in a theater. Sakalakalashala… Continue reading Sakalakalashala