Category: Malayalam

There were people walking out, people blabbering and commenting throughout the film Iblis. I went in after knowing that Iblis was a fantasy film and came out as a pretty satisfied viewer and at the same time I felt disappointed at the way a section of the audience was resisting to surrender to the genre.… Continue reading Iblis

During the promotions of his new movie Ennalum Sarath, filmmaker Balachandra Menon has said that why his last film Njan Samvidhaanam Cheyyum flopped in theaters was because the intended audience never came to see the film on the first day itself. And he said that with Ennalum Sarath he is trying to appeal to the… Continue reading Ennalum Sarath

The movie Kinavalli directed by Sugeeth opens with a voice-over by Biju Menon in which he urges us to not look at the logic aspect of this movie as it is a ghost story. I can completely understand that argument because ghosts are not a scientifically proven thing to have a logical debate. But what… Continue reading Kinavalli

Anoop Menon is making a comeback as a writer in movies after a gap of nearly 4 years. But it seems like the writer’s tools have gone back with this break and the new movie, Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal written by Anoop Menon which is directed by Sooraj Thomas is pretty much a pile of old-school… Continue reading Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal

When you try to make a film about a bad guy’s transformation, the key element in the script is how you will place that element of goodness inside a person who is so deep-rooted in being rowdy. Even though it has a few jitters in its journey to the end point, Maradona ultimately works and… Continue reading Maradona

In a recent conversation, Nawazuddin Siddiqui has said one thing that nowadays people tend to call some movies as good, simply because those movies had good performances. Savaari is a new film that has Suraj Venjaramood playing the central character. This is one movie that can fit into the description Mr. Siddiqui said. Suraj Venjaramood… Continue reading Savaari

Off late, the emphasis on visuals in director Jayaraj’s works have been very high and the new film Bhayanakam, part of his Navarasa series, achieves great heights in that department. I am not saying that only the cinematography is great here. Powered by a very organic performance from Renji Panicker this movie from Jayaraj is… Continue reading Bhayanakam

When both Amar Akbar Anthony and Kattappanayile Hrithik Roshan happened, I as a viewer could sense a pattern or formula getting built. I have enjoyed those two films because of its humor factor. When you come to the new Shafi movie Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha, even though the writers are different from the above-mentioned films,… Continue reading Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha