When I saw the song Nyabagam from Varshangalkku Shesham, a few days back, I had a feeling that this song was going to be the reason the movie would stay with the audience as some sort of lingering pain as those sustained shots of Dhyan Sreenivasan and Pranav Mohanlal had a sense of melancholy in… Continue reading Varshangalkku Shesham Review | An Overtly Melodramatic Friendship Tale Saved by the Second-Half Humor
Tag: Vineeth Sreenivasan
Kurukkan Review | A Flimsy Comedy Saved by Its Slap-Sticky Humor
During the promotional interviews for the film Kurukkan, Vineeth Sreenivasan did say that the initial drafts of the script had a very serious tone around a particular murder investigation. But they later decided to make it this loud caricature like a comedy film. Well, thank God they didn’t go with the initial plan, as the… Continue reading Kurukkan Review | A Flimsy Comedy Saved by Its Slap-Sticky Humor
2018 Review | A Structurally Generic Disaster Film With a Brilliantly Executed Second Half
When you look at the latest movie, 2018, from Jude Anthany Joseph on a script level, the placement of characters and events is pretty generic. Since it is a story that is talking about an event that happened just five years back with too much coverage on it still accessible to many, the focus of… Continue reading 2018 Review | A Structurally Generic Disaster Film With a Brilliantly Executed Second Half
Pookkaalam Review | A Passable Feel-Good Family Drama That Could Use Some Fine-Tuning
Ganesh Raj’s first film Anandam was a college drama that the director himself had said was something entirely in his comfort zone. His second film Pookkaalam, which comes nearly 7 years after Anandam, has a departure from the first film regarding the theme. Still, the making sensibilities pretty much remain the same. Certain heartfelt moments… Continue reading Pookkaalam Review | A Passable Feel-Good Family Drama That Could Use Some Fine-Tuning
Thankam Review | A Compelling Crime Drama That Fumbles in the Final Act
What made the movie Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum special, a film in which Syam Pushkaran served as a creative director, was how the thief character left a sort of pain in our hearts as we discovered him only towards the end of the film. This idea of empathizing with someone who is a bit of a crook… Continue reading Thankam Review | A Compelling Crime Drama That Fumbles in the Final Act
Mukundan Unni Associates Review | An Unapologetic Wacky Dark Comedy
If you are a sucker for wacky unapologetic stuff, then Mukundan Unni Associates from debutant Abhinav Sunder Nayak is a dark comedy that will surely work for you. What is unique about this film is the way it has designed its central protagonist. He is outright evil, and the movie embraces his philosophy and narrates… Continue reading Mukundan Unni Associates Review | An Unapologetic Wacky Dark Comedy
Hridayam
Hridayam is Vineeth Sreenivasan’s attempt at making his kind of Vaaranam Aayiram. And it isn’t a perfect film, just like the Gautham Menon film. Coming-of-age dramas that depict a transition that lasts more than a decade are bound to have certain areas with hiccups. But it’s the totality that matters in these kinds of films.… Continue reading Hridayam
Kunjeldho
Mathukkutty’s debut directorial Kunjeldho is an unexciting film that depends too much on humor simply because of its inability to create moments. In interviews, I have heard Mathukkutty saying that this is a film based on real life. But even biopics become interesting when the writing manages to crack an exciting perspective to narrate the… Continue reading Kunjeldho