Iblis

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

Karwaan

The Akarsh Khurana film Karwaan that marks Dulquer Salmaan’s debut to Hindi film industry is a breezy cheerful film that is somewhere familiar and yet engaging. Just like how we say Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is about the miseries of the wealthy or how some say Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani is a glossy take on… Continue reading Karwaan

Ennalum Sarath

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

Junga

Junga from Gokul is a pretty weird mix in my opinion. It is ultimately a spoof on the Don genre films. And some of the scenes are ridiculously entertaining. But when you look at the totality of things and try to get it into the idea of being a film, Junga is excessively bloated and… Continue reading Junga

Mission Impossible Fallout

In a recent interview about Sacred Games, Vikramaditya Motwane said the idea of a Netflix series kind of gives the creator the liberty to invest time in characters so as to shape them up. The new Mission Impossible film is the 6th installment in the franchise and in a way it has this series like… Continue reading Mission Impossible Fallout

Kinavalli

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

Maradona

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