In the last 15-20 minutes of the movie Pon Ondru Kanden, Santy, the character played by Aishwarya Lekshmi, repeatedly asks the two leading men to shut up. The fed-up expressions of the leading lady and her request towards the heroes are exactly what you feel towards them throughout this movie directed by V Priya. I… Continue reading Pon Ondru Kanden Review | Just Like the Heroine, the Audience Would Also Want the Heroes to Shut Up
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Amar Singh Chamkila Review | Imtiaz Ali Thrives in His Zone in This Well-Made Biopic
Exploring grey characters and emotions has always been an integral part of Imtiaz Ali’s stories. In the climax of Rockstar, we hear this line from Jordan, where he tells his love that they will meet again in a place beyond right and wrong. When it comes to Amar Singh Chamkila, his latest directorial, Imtiaz gets… Continue reading Amar Singh Chamkila Review | Imtiaz Ali Thrives in His Zone in This Well-Made Biopic
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Review | A Miserable Script’s Mission Impossible Aspirations
When you look at the success of the YRF spy-universe movies, you won’t really feel like blaming Ali Abbas Zafar for designing something like a Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. Since patriotism and over-the-top heroism have been the flavor of the season, Ali has made this film with a lot of stuff that is purely designed… Continue reading Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Review | A Miserable Script’s Mission Impossible Aspirations
Jai Ganesh Review | A Hastily Assembled Script That Fails to Create Any Emotional Impact
The latest Ranjith Sankar film, Jai Ganesh, starring Unni Mukundan in the lead role, feels like a lazy amalgamation of too many aspirations. Ranjith Sankar is a director who started his career doing movies that had these vigilante justice elements. But when you compare Jai Ganesh and the movies he made in the beginning, there… Continue reading Jai Ganesh Review | A Hastily Assembled Script That Fails to Create Any Emotional Impact
Aavesham Review | Fahadh Faasil Is Having a Ball in This Entertaining Yet Bloated Gangster Comedy
During the promotion of the film Aavesham, Jithu Madhavan, the director of the film, had said that they sort of discovered the character of Ranga during the process of making the film. I am saying this because, when you look at how the second half of Aavesham is shaped, one can sense a little bit… Continue reading Aavesham Review | Fahadh Faasil Is Having a Ball in This Entertaining Yet Bloated Gangster Comedy
Varshangalkku Shesham Review | An Overtly Melodramatic Friendship Tale Saved by the Second-Half Humor
When I saw the song Nyabagam from Varshangalkku Shesham, a few days back, I had a feeling that this song was going to be the reason the movie would stay with the audience as some sort of lingering pain as those sustained shots of Dhyan Sreenivasan and Pranav Mohanlal had a sense of melancholy in… Continue reading Varshangalkku Shesham Review | An Overtly Melodramatic Friendship Tale Saved by the Second-Half Humor
Maidaan Review | The Glorious Final Hour Will Make You Overlook the Flaws of This Sports Drama
Back in 2007, when Shimit Amin’s Chak De India was released, it was the first time I experienced the theater becoming somewhat like a stadium (I wasn’t lucky enough to watch Lagaan on the big screen). There was something magical about the making of that Shah Rukh Khan starrer that everyone in the theater cheered… Continue reading Maidaan Review | The Glorious Final Hour Will Make You Overlook the Flaws of This Sports Drama
3 Body Problem Review | A Well Fleshed-Out Science Fiction Drama That Sets the Stage for Something Fascinating
The purpose of the first season of the latest Netflix science fiction series, 3 Body Problem, is to do world-building. Familiarising the audience about the fictional setting of a possible alien invasion is done pretty neatly here through multiple characters and familiar emotions. With the story peeling off its complicated layers smoothly to give you… Continue reading 3 Body Problem Review | A Well Fleshed-Out Science Fiction Drama That Sets the Stage for Something Fascinating