Kunjamminis Hospital, the new horror fantasy comedy from Sanal V Devan, is one film that struggles from the very beginning to give the audience an impression that something novel is about to unfold. Abhayakumar and Anil Kurian, who earlier wrote the techno horror film Chathurmukham, are somewhat repeating the same space, but this time in… Continue reading Kunjamminis Hospital Review | A Dull Horror Comedy That Maintains a Flat Graph Throughout
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Ponniyin Selvan: II Review | The Concluding Chapter Is Rich in Craft and Optimal in Grandeur
What was great about Ponniyin Selvan: I was the way how Mani Ratnam preferred story and drama over creating a mere visual spectacle. If you look at that film, it had that tone of a tale that got narrated to us, and the characters and their baggage added to the film’s drama. Shot in one… Continue reading Ponniyin Selvan: II Review | The Concluding Chapter Is Rich in Craft and Optimal in Grandeur
Varisu Review | A Big-Budget Daily Soap That Overdid Fan Service
There was a time when the fan service in Vijay films was minimal and subtle which looked pretty convincing considering the syntax of a festival entertainer. Varisu from Vamshi Paidipally is a movie that has too much burden on its shoulders to create an image for its lead actor. I must say that the decision… Continue reading Varisu Review | A Big-Budget Daily Soap That Overdid Fan Service
Varaal Review | Thamarakkulam’s Political Thriller Is Better off as a Lucifer Spoof
Kannan Thamarakkulam is a director who has maintained consistency in keeping his movies in that trashy space. Writer Anoop Menon has shown interest in that trashy terrain through his last two directorial ventures, Padma and King Fish. Varaal, the new Malayalam political thriller, marks the teaming up of these two talents, and barring the length… Continue reading Varaal Review | Thamarakkulam’s Political Thriller Is Better off as a Lucifer Spoof
Thiruchitrambalam
Urban middle-class comedy is a space where Dhanush has an advantage over his contemporaries. Velai Illa Pattathari’s success cemented his place in that zone. Mithran Jawahar’s Thiruchitrambalam, which has Dhanush along with Nithya Menen, also taps into the fun vibes of that VIP space. Even though it is that standard package love story where the… Continue reading Thiruchitrambalam
Viruman
The B and C center-oriented template village drama seems like a go-to option for actors in the Tamil industry to maintain a fan base on a larger scale. Almost every actor has opted for such stories, some of which have got immense commercial success. Viruman, starring Karthi, is the actor’s new try at the village… Continue reading Viruman
Pada
In movies based on real-life incidents, the cinematic elements are usually added in a way one would know that certain phases in the screenplay are deliberately dramatized. Pada, directed by Kamal KM, is a film that has less interest in making it excessively cinematic. Instead of taking too much cinematic liberty to make it pleasing,… Continue reading Pada
Navarasa
Like any other anthology that got released during the lockdown, the new one in Netflix presented by Mani Ratnam, Navarasa, is a mixed bag in terms of quality. While the eldest one in the lot, Priyadarshan, came up with the banalest creation, the young gun Karthick Naren impressed me the most with his grip on… Continue reading Navarasa