Category: Malayalam

Once a film finished its subplot sequences in first 15 minutes, the only thing the audience wanted to see is how it is going to end. Which doesn’t mean the film needs some suspense elements at the end. Yes! I’m talking about Mammootty’s latest release ‘Street Lights .Debutant Shamdath Sainudheens’  ‘Street Lights’ is a film… Continue reading Street Lights

Aadhi is a hastily made star launch vehicle for Pranav Mohanlal that tries to squeeze in a lot of tried and tested formulas in to one story. Jeethu Joseph is trying to use all the story ingredients he is famous for. But the problem is the fact that we have seen similar ideas in the… Continue reading Aadhi

Director Sugeeth has a style that is quite an orthodox one and these days that style doesn’t appeal to the audience unless the story is that special. Shikkari Shambhu from Sugeeth is a film that has too much of clichés. The style of film making we have seen in Ordinary gets repeated here and this… Continue reading Shikkari Shambhu

Director Venu’s last film Munnariyippu was a movie that I liked a lot because of its subtlety. It was presented as a man’s interesting intellectual arguments, but it ultimately talked about freedom. Carbon, the new film from the director again becomes an exciting watch because of the same subtlety factor. When you manage to understand… Continue reading Carbon

The women empowerment – revenge theme has been getting made over and over in the last few years and last year itself Bollywood sort of faced a burn out of this theme. The Malayalam film Queen is also an addition to the list and unfortunately it isn’t that gripping. Those of you who have not… Continue reading Queen

Veruthe Oru Bharya was probably among the last commercially successful films of Jayaram. The new film Daivame Kaithozham K Kumarakanam is more like a fantasy satirical version of that movie. Directed by Salim Kumar, the satire in the film offers a lot of fun moments. But in the last half an hour the film tries… Continue reading Daivame Kaithozham K Kumarakanam

The always real Siddique and the uniquely hilarious Vinayakan are the two factors that make an extremely predictable Diwanjimoola Grand Prix a non boring watch. With an assembled story that tries to add very less to make it look unique, Diwanjimoola Grand Prix manages to shift its gears only in the last quarter and thus… Continue reading Diwanjimoola Grand Prix

A few years back when I saw Ramleela directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, I felt Kannur had the political landscape to be the backdrop of a Romeo Juliet story. Renowned editor B Ajithkumar in fact has chosen that idea for his first movie as a director. Dipped in convincing level of realism in narrative, Ajithkumar… Continue reading Eeda