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
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Iyer In Arabia Review | A Wasted Opportunity to Create a Pertinent Political Satire
In the current world politics, we can all see the dominance of extremism and how the typically neutral people have been inclined towards such extremist narratives. MA Nishad, with his new movie Iyer in Arabia, has plans to tap into that space and create a satire. But rather than the paper-cutting knowledge of the situation,… Continue reading Iyer In Arabia Review | A Wasted Opportunity to Create a Pertinent Political Satire
Bullet Diaries Review | Yet Another Friday, Yet Another Dhyan Sreenivasan Debacle
Written and directed by Santhosh Mandoor, Bullet Diaries, starring Dhyan Sreenivasan, is a lazy drama that just wants to utilize the love for Bullet on a very peripheral level. With the drama in the story getting unnecessarily stretched out with pointless deviations, just to make the movie’s length roughly two hours, Bullet Diaries is a… Continue reading Bullet Diaries Review | Yet Another Friday, Yet Another Dhyan Sreenivasan Debacle
Nadikalil Sundari Yamuna Review | Yet Another Dud From Dhyan Sreenivasan, but This Time, It’s Bearable
During the promotion of the movie Nadikalil Sundari Yamuna, Dhyan Sreenivasan said that this is one movie he actively promoted after Udal. And he apparently said his review of the film as well. It was something like the first half lagged, the second half was engaging, and the climax was good. Well, when 90% of… Continue reading Nadikalil Sundari Yamuna Review | Yet Another Dud From Dhyan Sreenivasan, but This Time, It’s Bearable
Achan Oru Vazha Vechu Review | YOLO Hits Boomer in This Cinematic Catastrophe
In one of the scenes in Achan Oru Vazha Vechu (we will get back to the title later), we have an FM channel head talking about a hit program in their rival channel. And she says, look at the selection of their topics. Full of innovation and stuff. And guess what? The only thing we… Continue reading Achan Oru Vazha Vechu Review | YOLO Hits Boomer in This Cinematic Catastrophe
Jailer Review | Dhyan Sreenivasan Starrer Is an Outdated Melodramatic Drag
Jailer, the new Malayalam film that has Dhyan Sreenivasan in the title role, is one of the most outdated treatments of a melodramatic concept that will feel like a decent film if your benchmark of quality is based on those daily soaps in mainstream TV channels. With a miscast Dhyan Sreenivasan uttering lines very stiffly,… Continue reading Jailer Review | Dhyan Sreenivasan Starrer Is an Outdated Melodramatic Drag
Higuita Review | A Peripheral and Predictable Political Thriller About Kannur Politics
Left ideology has always been a prominent element in Malayalam cinema. We have had some great films that practically worshipped communist principles. Even the movies that criticized the existing party system were never critical of the ideology, and movies like Left Right Left somewhere blended craft with constructive criticism. The latest film Higuita, written and… Continue reading Higuita Review | A Peripheral and Predictable Political Thriller About Kannur Politics
Khali Purse of Billionaires Review | A Lousy and Insufferable Modern-Day Dasan-Vijayan Story
Sometimes when you watch a film, you wonder how this movie was approved on a script level. Because there is nothing much happening in those movies other than some random gags with a very impromptu feel in the execution. Khali Purse of Billionaires, starring Dhyan Sreenivasan and Aju Varghese as the main leads, is one… Continue reading Khali Purse of Billionaires Review | A Lousy and Insufferable Modern-Day Dasan-Vijayan Story