Category: Malayalam

Sarvopari Palakkaran’s pre-release posters had this caption saying “The Best Film of 2017” referring to the preview show response. Well, those who saw the preview show of this film have definitely not seen Angamaly Diaries, Take Off and Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum. Sarvopari Palakkaran is that tacky preachy movie which is made by assembling a lot of… Continue reading Sarvopari Palakkaran

The third directorial venture of Sidharth Bharathan, Varnyathil Aashanka is an extremely engaging heist movie with abundant practical humor, interesting characterizations and a satiric tone. Written by Thrissur Gopalji this movie is a mixture of the conventional entertainment and modern day making style of keeping things natural and real. The theme here revolves around the… Continue reading Varnyathil Aashanka

Chunkzz is Omar Lulu’s second film after last year’s sleeper hit Happy Wedding. I personally wasn’t a big fan of that misogynistic film and if you had the same opinion, Chunkzz isn’t the one for you. In fact the jokes and the entire tone of the movie has more anti female propaganda when compared to… Continue reading Chunkzz

Miseries in life forcing the common people to do something that they don’t like are a premise we have seen earlier in films. Kadam Kadha directed by Senthil Rajan is another take on that same plot line. Because of the familiarity of the theme and the lack of intrigue in treatment, Kadam Kadha has occasional… Continue reading Kadam Kadha

Remember Siva’s story in Bangalore Days? Imagine the worst possible interpretation of that story in to a full length feature film with all the clichés one can imagine and Team 5 will be that movie. Don’t think that it’s a good movie because of the Bangalore Days reference I made, Team 5 belongs to the… Continue reading Team 5

Apart from the sensational portrayal of Surabhi Lakshmi, everything else in the latest movie Minnaminungu is pretty much on the average zone. A story that doesn’t really encapsulate the emotions with sensible amount of drama is taken to a whole new level by the leading lady and she manages to disturb you with her performance.… Continue reading Minnaminungu

Basheerinte Premalekhanam from Aneesh Anwar had the potential to be a romantic satire as the premise of the film had the elements of such stories. But due to the signature melodrama we see in all the Aneesh Anwar films and with a story that doesn’t seem to be interested in investing in a particular bit… Continue reading Basheerinte Premalekhanam

Watching certain movies would end up in making you search for synonyms for words like cliché, outdated etc. Hadiyya, directed by Unni Pranavam is one such torturing melodrama that has an extremely lame writing and a making that can be called outdated even this movie was made 10 years back. With a screenplay that tries… Continue reading Hadiyya