Category: Malayalam

When we sort of know how the story is going to unfold, filmmaking becomes a tricky thing as it becomes tough to hold the interest of the viewer beyond a point. The best thing I noticed about the new Nivin Pauly starrer Kayamkulam Kochunni is the fact that the director Rosshan Andrewss managed to deliver… Continue reading Kayamkulam Kochunni

Debutante director Vijesh Vijay’s Mandharam is a film that can’t build the foundation for something better. The attempt is there to give subtle layers of mutual understanding in romance and the other fundamentals of a romantic equation. But the initial story is so generic that you won’t feel the need for the story to be… Continue reading Mandharam

Lilli directed by Prasobh Vijayan isn’t a perfect movie as some aspects of its weakness are strikingly visible. But as an experimental movie that tries to traverse in a different track without being conventional by any means, Lilli is an extremely impressive creation. Building intrigue is the key to approaching the climax of this movie… Continue reading Lilli

Chalakkudikkan Changathi is the biographical movie directed by Vinayan based on the life of Kalabhavan Mani. So when anyone approaches a biopic as a viewer, there is a sense of curiosity to know more about the person about whom the movie is talking about. I personally don’t think that Kalabhavan Mani is a less familiar… Continue reading Chalakkudikkan Changathi

There is a climax conversation between Roy and Clara in Mangalyam Thanthunanena which even though predictable had a fine grace to its credit. My problem with the movie was that it reaches this climax after going through a lot of unappealing incidents and subplots making the climax look too alienated from the narrative we see… Continue reading Mangalyam Thanthunanena

Varathan has all the typical ingredients one see in an Amal Neerad film. Stylized slow-motion walks, yellow tinted frames, guns, fights etc. are there to make sure that we are in for an Amal Neerad film. But what makes Varathan an impressive thriller is the intrigue it builds to reach the showdown climax and also… Continue reading Varathan

Padayottam directed by Rafeek Ibrahim is a gangster comedy, a genre that our industry is not that familiar with. Yes, it has an excessive emphasis on the black comedy which might make the logic seekers a bit uncomfortable. But even though there are flaws, Padayottam is a hilarious one-time-watch if you have an idea about… Continue reading Padayottam

The first half of Oru Kuttanadan Blog made an impression that Sethu, the scriptwriter who is making his directorial debut, has an intention to reinvent cliché. But from the moment the interval is revealed you can identify where the movie is heading to and after that it’s just a series of predictable underwhelming moments that… Continue reading Oru Kuttanadan Blog