Category: Malayalam

When you look at the total runtime of Salim Ahmed’s new movie Pathemari, the 3/4th of it is very much the “responsible brother” cliché that we have seen many times in Malayalam industry and most of the times it was Mammootty who portrayed those roles. Where Pathemari grabs your attention is probably in the last… Continue reading Pathemari

To bare the melodrama in the new Sibi Malayil film Saigal Padukayanu you will have to be a diehard follower of all those tacky Malayalam daily soaps. Soaked in outdated dramatic style, this “de addiction” movie never really touches the heart with its content or the performances. Publicized as a musical film, Saigal Padukayanu has… Continue reading Saigal Padukayanu

In his movie Oraalppokkam that doesn’t even have a two hour long duration; Sanal Kumar Sasidharan has managed to squeeze in many perspectives and ideas in a way that leaves you lingering over those thoughts.  The fundamentally self searching kind of idea gets an extension because of the backdrop he selected for the film. Mahesh,… Continue reading Oraalppokkam

Inside the theater, three men sitting at the back row where constantly commenting about the nature of certain characters in the movie Ain. The sort of blaming they were doing in a way establishes the necessity of a film like Ain. Much like Cr No. 89, Ain is also a film that discusses about the… Continue reading Ain

It is not that indigestible off beat movie where a typical commercial movie audience would struggle to find out what is happening on screen. Kaliyachan, directed by Farook Abdul Rahiman depicts the life of poet P Kunhiraman Nair. Soaked in drama in almost every frame, the movie is a passable slice of biography that has… Continue reading Kaliyachan

Well they have given the warning that Life of Josutty from Jeethu Joseph won’t have any sort of twist and suspense similar to the last two films of the director. The movie would have worked big time if it had a relatable amount of life in it. Made on a highly melodramatic preachy platform, Life… Continue reading Life of Josutty

A heist movie set in the year 1988, Vinay Govind’s second venture after Kili Poyi, Kohinoor is a non boring entertainer that lacks an exciting suspense and needs much more unpredictability. Through the scattered witty moments that work because of the performances, the movie manages to stay alive, but at the end of it all… Continue reading Kohinoor

A movie that has nothing good about it in any aspect trying to speak about the necessity of promoting off beat films which gets sidelined. That is the irony of the latest Balachandra Menon movie Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum. A making style that competes with mediocre short films and a script that has unbearable amount of… Continue reading Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum