When I saw the trailer of the film Secret Superstar, my first impression was that this could be the music version of Nagesh Kukunoor’s cricket oriented inspiring tale Iqbal. Even though the premise seemed slightly similar, the film here is aiming something beyond the usual chase your dreams thought. Addressing the issue of male dominancy… Continue reading Secret Superstar
Mersal
Tamil Cinema and Tamilnadu politics are pretty interconnected. The heroes there pitch their political stand through the character they play and that’s why we have seen many heroes playing the same old savior of the public kind of roles in all the main stream masala films. Mersal directed by Atlee also falls in the same… Continue reading Mersal
The Foreigner
The new Jackie Chan movie The Foreigner is a movie that is built on a platform that is quite familiar. At one point the movie even reminded me of Neeraj Pandey’s A Wednesday. Drifting away from the core and lingering on the uninteresting part of the proceedings, this Martin Campbell movie was a dull experience… Continue reading The Foreigner
Crossroad
Imagine watching 10 short films back to back and out of the 10 only three are worthy of being called nice. That was my situation while I watched the new Malayalam movie Crossroad which is a compilation of 10 films by 10 directors focusing on femininity. Except for the three relatively good ones, for all… Continue reading Crossroad
Kaattu
The excruciating length and the time it spends to establish characters have played against Kaattu, the new movie directed by Arun Kumar Aravind. But this film which is penned by Ananthapadhmanabhan, son of legendary film maker Padmarajan manages to utilize that length towards the end of the film in establishing characters and Arun Kumar Aravind… Continue reading Kaattu
LavaKusha
Even when the plot of the film stays very thin, what makes LavaKusha passable is the irreverent fun in the scenes. Written by actor Neeraj Madhav and directed by Gireesh Mano who earlier made Nee Ko Nja Cha, LavaKusha isn’t a boring cinema. But at the same time the kind of predictability in the screenplay… Continue reading LavaKusha
Karuppan
Karuppan had posters and promos that somewhat capitalized on the politically sensational Jallikattu issue. With Vijay Sethupathi doing the role of the title protagonist everyone was curious about this movie directed by Panneerselvam. But what you get to see on screen is a mediocre extension of a tacky daily soap and with a plot that… Continue reading Karuppan
Tharangam
Tharangam from Dominic Arun is almost a tribute to the signature Priyadarshan films that we have seen in his prime years. Influenced heavily by the western film making this movie is a wacky variety that looks fresh and interesting even though it has flaws. With situations and characters having no caricature shade, Tharangam feels like… Continue reading Tharangam