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
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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
Mikhael
With Mikhael, writer director Haneef Adeni sort of tells us that his ingredients to make a thriller won’t change. Just like The Great Father and Abrahaminte Santhathikal, you will have the claps worthy over the top moments for sure. But the writing becomes very predictable or overly stylized at many areas. For Mikhael there is… Continue reading Mikhael
Uri: The Surgical Strike
Uri: The Surgical Strike from writer director Aditha Dhar has to be looked as a fictional war film if you wish to enjoy it to the fullest. Because, on an agenda level the movie is problematic. I am saying problematic because there is a sense of hate spreading narrative here which I personally can’t tolerate… Continue reading Uri: The Surgical Strike
The Accidental Prime Minister
The dialogue from Simmba, “Tell me something I don’t know”, could easily be the reaction one can have after watching the movie, The Accidental Prime Minister. The official twitter handle of the ruling party has promoted the film, so calling it a propaganda film won’t need much of an explanation. Propaganda films have always happened… Continue reading The Accidental Prime Minister