Jigarthanda DoubleX was the kind of film where I felt like asking Karthik Subbaraj to rewrite the whole first half because I enjoyed the film’s climax, and it felt like it deserved a brilliant movie. Unlike the first one, which had a very rooted feel with the ultimate love channeled towards cinema, here the tone… Continue reading Jigarthanda DoubleX Review | Cinema Takes the Backseat in This Political Prequel From Karthik Subbaraj
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Chithha Review | A Brilliantly Written Movie That Maturely Handles a Sensitive Theme
The movie Chithha, directed by SU Arun Kumar, is an emotional drama about the bonding between an uncle and his niece. But what is fascinating is how it consistently deviates from the predicted trajectory to provide a compelling theatrical experience. When I say trajectory deviation, I am not talking about jarring plot twists. SU Arun… Continue reading Chithha Review | A Brilliantly Written Movie That Maturely Handles a Sensitive Theme
Thuramukham Review | A Tale of Losses Mounted on a Solid Political Foundation
Rajeev Ravi’s movies have always tried to mark the social structure in almost their stories. Annayum Rasoolum may well be a Romeo and Juliet. But the political reality of the lower class community was depicted quite remarkably in that film. Kammattipaadam was an extremely political film that showed the evolution of Kochi. Just like how… Continue reading Thuramukham Review | A Tale of Losses Mounted on a Solid Political Foundation
Oru Thekkan Thallu Case
Oru Thekkan Thallu Case, the new film starring Biju Menon and Roshan Mathew in pivotal roles, is yet another tale that revolves around the male ego. The movie, directed by Sreejith N, is struggling from the lack of a solid-enough presentation of its conflict. It was actually towards the last half an hour of this… Continue reading Oru Thekkan Thallu Case
Innale Vare
When you, as an audience, crack the suspense of a movie within the first half an hour, which was supposed to get revealed at the very end of the movie, the viewing experience becomes a test. And you are expecting the director to surprise you with something beyond your prediction. The issue with Jis Joy’s… Continue reading Innale Vare
Malik
With his latest film Malik, Mahesh Narayanan is trying to narrate a wide canvas political drama that lingers onto its central character Sulaiman, played yet again with astonishing conviction by Fahadh Faasil. By the time the opening shot of the movie, a 12-minute single take, ends, you can somehow understand what will happen in the… Continue reading Malik
Nayattu
The events in the movie Nayattu is happening over a span of merely 48 hours. But the depth to which the script of the film goes to show us the dangerously compromised system is simply brilliant. The magnitude of the events get escalated in an extremely believable and swift way, and the end result was… Continue reading Nayattu
The Great Indian Kitchen
The last two films of director Jeo Baby, Kunju Daivam and Kilometers and Kilometers, had this flair of being feel-good movies. But the spoon-feeding through dialogues was a bit too excessive, which made those movies feel like those well-intended films that are only one time watchable. His latest film, The Great Indian Kitchen starring Nimisha… Continue reading The Great Indian Kitchen