Sports dramas have always followed a format that is quite familiar to us. There is an underdog who aspires to be big. And films in this category would showcase his triumph in becoming a champion. What’s interesting about Anurag Kashyap’s Mukkabaaz is that the triumph he shows in this film is not about the victory… Continue reading Mukkabaaz
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Queen
The women empowerment – revenge theme has been getting made over and over in the last few years and last year itself Bollywood sort of faced a burn out of this theme. The Malayalam film Queen is also an addition to the list and unfortunately it isn’t that gripping. Those of you who have not… Continue reading Queen
Daivame Kaithozham K Kumarakanam
Veruthe Oru Bharya was probably among the last commercially successful films of Jayaram. The new film Daivame Kaithozham K Kumarakanam is more like a fantasy satirical version of that movie. Directed by Salim Kumar, the satire in the film offers a lot of fun moments. But in the last half an hour the film tries… Continue reading Daivame Kaithozham K Kumarakanam
Thaanaa Serndha Koottaam
Exaggeration and spoon feeding has always been a part of mainstream commercial Tamil films. Ironically the other characters in the movie Thaanaa Serndha Koottaam mock the hero by saying “you will have a back-story for all this right?” The downside of this adaptation of Special 26 by Neeraj Pandey is this back-story thing. And towards… Continue reading Thaanaa Serndha Koottaam
Diwanjimoola Grand Prix
The always real Siddique and the uniquely hilarious Vinayakan are the two factors that make an extremely predictable Diwanjimoola Grand Prix a non boring watch. With an assembled story that tries to add very less to make it look unique, Diwanjimoola Grand Prix manages to shift its gears only in the last quarter and thus… Continue reading Diwanjimoola Grand Prix
Eeda
A few years back when I saw Ramleela directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, I felt Kannur had the political landscape to be the backdrop of a Romeo Juliet story. Renowned editor B Ajithkumar in fact has chosen that idea for his first movie as a director. Dipped in convincing level of realism in narrative, Ajithkumar… Continue reading Eeda
The Greatest Showman
The beginning and the ending of the movie The Greatest Showman has some fabulously well choreographed musical set pieces with lyrics that have energy and inspiration to its credit. But this story about PT Barnum that happens in between these isn’t really that inspiring. The hurried narrative takes away the charm considerably from this film.… Continue reading The Greatest Showman
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
When you have Jack Black and Kevin Hart portraying 2 important characters in a story about a four member gang, the fun factor will be definitely there. Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle is that package. It has hilarious moments powered by the performance of its actors and you don’t tend to be that bothered about… Continue reading Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle