John Abraham was the man who produced a solid movie named Madras Café and his director Shoojit Sircar made it such an authentic and well detailed fiction based on a true event. John comes again with a based on true story material and this time it is Parmanu, the story about the efforts that were …
For an argument, the makers of the movie Abhiyude Kadha Anuvinteyum (Abhiyum Anuvum) can say that the film sort of addresses the troubles of living in a patriarchal society. But ultimately it’s a movie and needs something fresh or interesting to hold its audience. The bilingual directed by BR Vijayalakshmi is a terribly made melodrama that …
When you kind of have two narratives within one film, it’s important how you merge both of them. Kuttanpillayude Sivarathri directed by Jean Markose has a bit of problem in merging its two narratives convincingly. Having said that, it’s not like the two plots stays isolated. Both narratives are executed neatly, one with emphasis on …
Irreverent comedy presented in a fourth wall breaking narrative with r rated dialogues is what Deadpool as a franchise was supposed to be and Deadpool 2, the second installment in the franchise indeed provides that with some emotional bits (yeah! You heard it right) making it a superior one to the first part which was …
The starting portions of Raazi made me feel like am I in for another glorified tale about patriotism? But luckily that wasn’t the case with Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi. Even though it started off with a patriotic theme, the struggle it ultimately shows us is the one fought by some people who weren’t officially acknowledged for …
The release of Irumbu Thirai getting delayed due to the strike that went on for a while in Tamil Nadu is really a blessing in disguise in my opinion. It was very recently that the whole world was exposed to the data breach from the end of world’s biggest social media platform Facebook. Irumbu Thirai …
When Malayalam cinema got shifted from rural to urban stories there was a repetitive feel to most of the stories set in the village backdrop. There were textures and nuances in all those vintage movies which made us love the characters and landscapes. Premasoothram directed by Jiju Ashokan who made an impression with the movie …
Naam is almost like watching Happy Days, but in 2x speed. Director Joshy Thomas Pallickal is trying to capitalize on the nostalgia factor of the campus days here based on a real life incident. The nostalgia and campus memories work to an extent. But post that it’s usual and a little too ambitious. The idea …
