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Interview: Vipin Das (‘Guruvayoor Ambala Nadayil’)
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Dijo Jose Antony’s ‘Malayalee from India’ has some big laughs, but it’s mostly a preachy, very obvious take on Hindu-Muslim brotherhood
May 1, 2024
The film stars Nivin Pauly, Dhyan. The message is so obvious that you see the ending from a mile away. The opening stretch of Malayalee from India deposits us on a mountain road, as a Hindi song with sad lyrics plays in the background: “Dilon mein faasle hain… Yeh kaisi khamoshi hai…” The words talk […]
Interview: Fahadh Faasil (‘Aavesham’)
April 23, 2024
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Interview: Jithu Madhavan (‘Aavesham’)
April 18, 2024
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Jithu Madhavan’s ‘Aavesham’ is a fantastically written combination of comedy and action and drama
April 15, 2024
The film stars Fahadh Faasil. Technically speaking, he is not the main character, but the way he owns the film is something else altogether. One week ago, had you asked me for my pick for Screenplay of the Year-so-far, it would have hands-down been Gireesh AD’s Premalu. But now, after watching the brilliantly done Aavesham, […]
Vineeth Sreenivasan’s ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’ is a middling, unfocused bromance that also wants to be a meta-commentary on the film industry
April 14, 2024
The film stars Dhyan Sreenivasan, Pranav Mohanlal. The laughs keep coming, but the writing needed to be much stronger in the emotional portions. At its most basic level, Varshangalkku Shesham is a story about two friends, what we’d call a bromance – one that starts in the 1970s and ends in the present day. Dhyan […]
Sajin Shrijith’s review of Jithu Madhavn’s ‘Aavesham’: Fahadh Faasil at his most electrifying and animated in a laugh fest
April 13, 2024
Aavesham should be great fun for those who prefer action comedies that deliver the highs in all the right places . So, long back when Aavesham was first announced, there was this rumour floating around that it was a spin-off of Romancham and that Fahadh Faasil was playing the younger self of Chemban Vinod’s character […]
Sajin Shrijith’s review of ‘Varshangalkku Shesham’: Vineeth Sreenivasan delivers his biggest, most wholesome film yet
April 11, 2024
The film knows perfectly when to be serious and when to be funny. It also knows when to go over the top and when not to. Its heart and soul are Pranav and Dhyan, who deliver their career-best performances. Imagine this scenario. What if Vineeth Sreenivasan wanted to travel back in time to the ’70s […]
Readers Write In #686: Anand Ekarshi’s ‘AATTAM’- ‘An introspection’
April 9, 2024
By Latha Rajasekar An awakening art, a maze, that shuns all moral solutions redundant and questions one’s inner judgments about people around. Committed performance by the much talented cast keeps one engaged, but screenplay undoubtedly plays ‘hero’. An enriching experience that prompts one to redefine boundaries, through self-evaluation. A novel introduction of the premise – […]
Interview: Vineeth Sreenivasan (‘Varshangalkku Sesham’)
April 5, 2024
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Sajin Shrijith’s review of Blessy’s ‘Aadujeevitham’: A hard-hitting survival drama blessed by a towering performance from Prithviraj
March 29, 2024
The drastic transformations brought on by weight loss and other external factors that Prithviraj’s character encounters are remarkable, to say the least. For any filmmaker looking at adapting a seemingly difficult novel, the main challenge is to do it without losing the essence. Now, when it comes to a survival drama that revolves mostly around a […]
Interview: Arun Bose (‘Marivillin Gopurangal’)
March 27, 2024
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Interview: Anand Ekarshi (‘Aattam’, now on Prime Video)
March 24, 2024
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Interview: Sidharth Bharathan
March 20, 2024
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Sajin Shrijith’s review of Ullas Chemban’s ‘Anchakkallakokkan’: A visually appealing film with a major attention-deficit problem
March 18, 2024
There was major potential here to do something great. Instead, we get yet another weak attempt at emulating the filmmaking school of Lijo Jose Pellissery. Let’s get the mystery about the confusing title out of the way first. Anjakkallakokkan means the Boogeyman, that oft-perpetuated imaginary monster used to scare little children to keep them in […]
Interview: Prithviraj (‘Aadujeevitham’)
March 18, 2024
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Readers Write In #677: Manjummel Boys – ‘Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin Todenge ,Chhodenge Dum Magar , Tera Saath Na Chhodenge’
March 17, 2024
By Ajith Sathyanand Chidambaram.S.Poduval’s Malayalam film ‘ Manjummel boys’ is about a group of friends from the town of Manjummel in Ernakulam, Kerala who embark on a trip to Kodaikanal and find themselves in a do-or-die situation that not only tests their physical and mental limits but also the limits to which one can go […]
Readers Write In #676: Malaikottai Vaaliban (2024) Review: Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Thrilling Epic Action Drama
March 16, 2024
By Vikas Yadav Malaikottai Vaaliban is filled with circular images. It opens with the shot of two donkeys moving in circles. A few minutes later, the camera focuses on a wheel that (temporarily) gets stuck on a path due to some rocks. We also see a man who rotates his mace above his head in […]
Sajin Shrijith’s review of Shruthi Sharanyam’s ‘B 32 Muthal 44 Vare’: A poignant, deeply thoughtful tale of liberation that’s didactic sans preachiness
March 16, 2024
In the assured hands of writer-director Shruti Sharanyam, we get a film that addresses some pertinent topics through a hyperlink narrative. Who would’ve thought that breasts and bra sizes could be effective storytelling devices to address topics and situations usually considered awkward and uncomfortable (but shouldn’t be)? Perhaps in the hands of a lesser or […]
Sajin Shrijith’s review of Ratheesh Reghunandan’s ‘Thankamani’: A gloriously self-indulgent mess reliant on painfully caricaturish performances
March 8, 2024
‘Thankamani’ has the sensibilities of an awful serial, stretched to two-and-a-half hours. It’s one of those movies that makes you want to have a bath right after. Thankamani is a cinematic, partly fictionalised take on a dark chapter in Kerala’s political and cultural history. Some of the character, establishment and incident names have been altered, […]
Baradwaj Rangan 
May 4, 2024
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