In terms of scale, Bramayugam might not be trying anything extravagant as Rahul Sadasivan is yet again exploring a haunted house theme, this time set in the 17th century. But while his previous film Bhoothakalam had this allegory of dealing with our own past, the new one starring Mammootty is more of a political film… Continue reading Bramayugam Review | A Well-Crafted Fusion of Horror and Power Politics
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Kaathal – The Core Review | Jeo Baby’s Mammootty Starrer Queer Drama Is Nothing Short of a Triumph
SPOILER ALERT! Something that wasn’t revealed in the promos of the film will be disclosed in this review. Reader discretion is advised. The immediate feeling I got after watching Jeo Baby’s latest film Kaathal was a sense of pride because the Malayalam movie industry came up with such a layered and rooted story about homosexuality… Continue reading Kaathal – The Core Review | Jeo Baby’s Mammootty Starrer Queer Drama Is Nothing Short of a Triumph
Kannur Squad Review | Survival Thriller-Like Second Half Helps This Mammootty Starrer to Land Smoothly
The climax of the Khalid Rahman movie Unda received some criticism over the sudden surge of heroics in that phase of the movie. The director later revealed that it wasn’t really his plan. I am talking about that particular film because Kannur Squad, the new Mammootty starrer, which marks the directorial debut of cinematographer Roby… Continue reading Kannur Squad Review | Survival Thriller-Like Second Half Helps This Mammootty Starrer to Land Smoothly
Christopher Review | Mammootty Sleepwalks Through This Flat Vigilante Thriller
Mammootty playing his age as a veteran cop in a stylized avatar is a wonderful sight, as the man has a reputation for displaying great swagger on screen. The comeback of Kamal Haasan through a movie like Vikram might have given B Unnikrishnan and Uday Krishna the idea of exploring such a space of star… Continue reading Christopher Review | Mammootty Sleepwalks Through This Flat Vigilante Thriller
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
Rorschach
The exciting thing about Rorschach, the new film from Nissam Basheer starring Mammootty, is that it makes you believe that you have cracked the suspense very early. And it traverses beyond that prediction of ours in a non-jarring way. Written by Sameer Abdul, Rorschach is a brilliant blend of craft-rich making and detailed writing. With… Continue reading Rorschach
Puzhu
Caste politics is something that is less discussed in mainstream Malayalam cinema. Even when it gets discussed, there is a tendency to articulate it verbally through dialogues and make it excessively loud. Debutant Ratheena’s Puzhu, starring Mammootty as the central character, is a well-made political film that slightly loses its subtle quality at the very… Continue reading Puzhu
CBI 5: The Brain
Seeing something for the first time and seeing pretty much the same thing for the nth time has a significant difference. The multiple times you see it, the excitement gets reduced because your brain has already traveled in that trajectory. The fifth CBI film from K Madhu, SN Swamy, and Mammootty, CBI 5: The Brain,… Continue reading CBI 5: The Brain