Tag: Guru Somasundaram

Her Review | A Simple Concept Stretched Thin and Crammed With In-Your-Face Statements

Her, the latest Malayalam film, directed by Lijin Jose and written by Archana Vasudev, is a contrived anthology that wants to tell multiple stories of women in a very slim space. On a synopsis level, this can be a tempting challenge for makers. Unfortunately, the script is struggling to have a nuanced approach toward each… Continue reading Her Review | A Simple Concept Stretched Thin and Crammed With In-Your-Face Statements

Cup Review | A Generic, Template Sports Drama That Lacks Intent

From the opening scene itself, Cup, the new Mathew Thomas starrer sports drama, has this on-your-face approach in terms of conveying its story. We have a voice-over of the hero who says winning the district cup is my aim. After that, every beat of the story is generic, and the efforts of Sanju V Samuel,… Continue reading Cup Review | A Generic, Template Sports Drama That Lacks Intent

Rani: The Real Story Review | Shankar Ramakrishnan’s Film Is a Pretentiously Packaged Basic Revenge Story

Writers like Anoop Menon and Shankar Ramakrishnan have this style of wordplay where they will try to give a fake depth to something very flat on a conceptual level. Rani, the new movie directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan, starts by giving us a feeling that the truth will be grey. And he has created this quirky… Continue reading Rani: The Real Story Review | Shankar Ramakrishnan’s Film Is a Pretentiously Packaged Basic Revenge Story

Neeraja Review | Shruti Ramachandran Starrer Uses Pertinence as an Excuse for Lack of Craft

Neeraja, the new Malayalam film from Rajesh K Raman, has noble intentions for sure, and it bravely addresses a theme that most creative people ignore due to the moralistic grey shade in that topic. But the Shruti Ramachandran starrer feels more like a lecture with loud characters. The discourse about the sexual desire of a… Continue reading Neeraja Review | Shruti Ramachandran Starrer Uses Pertinence as an Excuse for Lack of Craft

Charles Enterprises Review | A Wannabe Divine Comedy With a Stretched-Out Script

When the whole story is built on a frail platform, making the audience excited about it becomes challenging. The issue with Charles Enterprises, directed by Subhash Lalitha Subrahmanian, is pretty much the same. He wants to tell a story about a young man who is struggling financially to set up his own endeavor. But the… Continue reading Charles Enterprises Review | A Wannabe Divine Comedy With a Stretched-Out Script

Naalam Mura Review | A Lame Thriller That Tests Your Patience With Its Lazy Writing

During the promotion of the film Naalam Mura, the makers claimed that it is called Naalam Mura because the movie explores the psychological side of an investigation. But by the time the movie reaches its climax and shows the audience what really happened, you would wonder why such a simple case was so much of… Continue reading Naalam Mura Review | A Lame Thriller That Tests Your Patience With Its Lazy Writing

Meme Boys

Meme Boys, the new Sony Liv original series, is a lazily written stretched-out series that asks the viewer, “is it funny?” in every minute of its narrative. Some of the murmuring counters with Tamil movie references were actually funny. But in totality, this series feels like an idea developed without much clarity about where to… Continue reading Meme Boys