Sarvam Thaala Mayam has this broad stroke narrative which sort of dilutes the impact of the break free agenda it has towards true music. Rajiv Menon’s third directorial is an engaging musical drama that sort of talks about breaking the conventionalities in music and explore it organically. Even though the template like script isn’t completely… Continue reading Sarvam Thaala Mayam
Lonappante Mamodeesa
Barring a fairly okay Panchavarnathatha, most of the movies featuring Jayaram in the recent past were outright bad movies. On that scale, Lonappante Mamodeesa is a surprising choice of a script from Jayaram. The movie is definitely scattered and overlong when you look at the plot. But the second half of the movie has some… Continue reading Lonappante Mamodeesa
Allu Ramendran
In the recent Kunchako Boban Cinematic Universe of indistinguishable characters and plots, the movie Allu Ramendran will definitely be a different experience. It is not in the list of one more Kunchako Boban movie which you will say with a sigh. Having said, this movie from debutante Bilahari isn’t completely convincing. The cat and mouse… Continue reading Allu Ramendran
Sakalakalashala
According to most people being a critic/reviewer is an easy job as you are very promptly and easily judging someone’s effort that might have took years to shape up. But then there are some movies that will earn you respect when you tell people that you sat through the entire film in a theater. Sakalakalashala… Continue reading Sakalakalashala
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
Hyper-nationalism has been a trend in Bollywood in the last few years and there were some tacky and propaganda driven movies that almost made people skeptical about the cinematic qualities of those films which had this flair of nationalism in its promos and story. Well, when compared to those movies, I would say Manikarnika: The… Continue reading Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
Irupathiyonnam Noottandu
Disastrous would be the simplest word I could find to describe the second directorial of Arun Gopy titled Irupathiyonnam Noottandu. When I saw the underwhelming trailer, I thought the movie would have some content and only Pranav Mohanlal could end up being the cringe factor. But luckily for Pranav, the script becomes his companion throughout… Continue reading Irupathiyonnam Noottandu
Praana
On a one liner level Praana is a movie that should be made by film makers to voice their opinion against the ongoing intolerance towards writers and artists. There is no question of whether a movie which addresses that particular aspect of this social evil should be made or not. But the problem with this… Continue reading Praana
Neeyum Njanum
Neeyum Njanum from A K Sajan suffers from having a scattered agenda and tiring length. A very basic love story sort of gets dragged into a moral policing vs. trust kind of scenario and even though some of the comedy bits might make you giggle a bit, there isn’t much of a feel factor here… Continue reading Neeyum Njanum