The main issue I had with Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Double Barrel was how he pushed the eccentricity of scenes for the sake of humor beyond a point. Even though Malaikottai Vaaliban, his first association with Mohanlal, is not really in a similar space, there are areas in the film where Lijo uses creative liberty to… Continue reading Malaikottai Vaaliban Review | Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Fantasy Drama Is an Underwhelming Genre Mishmash
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Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Review | A Compelling Comedy With an Exquisite Mammootty
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is clearly a departure from the style Lijo Jose Pellissery has been following from around Ee Ma Yau. From that frantic and violent tempo, both Lijo and Writer S Hareesh place this story in a remote village on the Kerala Tamilnadu border to deliver a consistently hilarious story, that subconsciously works as… Continue reading Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam Review | A Compelling Comedy With an Exquisite Mammootty
Jallikkattu
Jallikkattu is one grand cinematic vision of seemingly simplistic thought. I know people who have seen Unda and asked why there was no Maoist at the end. I am just dragging that movie in this review simply because, if you also had the same question at the end of Unda, Jallikkattu might well end up… Continue reading Jallikkattu
Swathanthriyam Ardharathriyil
The script of Swathanthriyam Ardharathriyil depends a lot on the execution and the movie feels like an appreciable effort because of that. You sort of tend to root for the making of debutant Tinu Pappachan as it looks sincere and thus Swathanthriyam Ardharathriyil becomes that engaging prison break film with a script that isn’t entirely… Continue reading Swathanthriyam Ardharathriyil