Category: Malayalam

It is so disheartening to realize that a director like Lal Jose can’t really sense the sensibility of an evolved audience while choosing a script. Thattumpurath Achuthan is one movie that would have sounded as an average entertainer even if it was made a decade ago. Depending too much on the dialogue jokes, this Sindhuraj… Continue reading Thattumpurath Achuthan

Pretham was a film that sort of utilized the relatively unfamiliar mentalist concept into a horror story and gave us a fun film. When it comes to Pretham 2, there isn’t much of a change in the structure of the movie. But the witty dialogue bits were kind of enough to hold our interest in… Continue reading Pretham 2

Ente Ummante Peru starring Tovino Thomas and Urvashi has a good intent at its core. But the plot here isn’t really evolving in an exciting way. It is almost like the writers deliberately converted it into 2 hour plus movie to make it feel like a commercial movie. The rapport between Hameed and Aysha in… Continue reading Ente Ummante Peru

Njan Prakashan is definitely that entertainer movie that you won’t regret watching from the theatre. Yes, it is a template that we have seen in many of Sathyan Anthikkad’s movies were an irresponsible young hero evolves to become a responsible man. But we have Fahadh Faasil becoming Prakashan effortlessly and Sreenivasan writing witty moments that… Continue reading Njan Prakashan

Odiyan should be an MBA subject and VA Shrikumar Menon should give the people in places like IIM a class on how to make buzz around something that doesn’t have anything appreciable to its credit. With a clichéd plot getting stretched out with so much predictable and outdated elements, Odiyan for its runtime is tedious.… Continue reading Odiyan

You have a very basic idea of a revenge thriller. What would be your next step to develop that idea into a good script? Well, most people would opt for building good back stories and necessary character layers. Well, what Sujith Vaassuddev and his writer Jayaraj Mithra have done here with the movie Autorsha is… Continue reading Autorsha

When I saw the promotional interview of the movie Ladoo, there was a very visible effort from everyone in the cast and crew to reduce the expectations by frequently saying this is a movie that is supposed to just make you laugh and feel relaxed. And when I saw the movie, I could sense the… Continue reading Ladoo

In the first 40 minutes of the movie Nithya Haritha Nayakan directed by AR Binuraj, there is a humor track involving Vishnu Unnikrishnan and Basil Joseph. Watching that portion will give you a feeling that you are in for a movie that is somewhat similar to a Kattappanayile Ritwikroshan. But sadly after that initial burst,… Continue reading Nithya Haritha Nayakan