When you sit down to write a review of a film, there are usually two things that you give attention to – Content and Craft. It is natural that when a film is based on real events, the focus is more on the Content to see if the film does justice to the piece of... Continue Reading →
Jalsa – My Flash Review!
A Hit and Run case more often than not raises a morality question. Now, what if such an event involves a person who has built an image for herself of being very upright? What if by profession the person is a journalist and is known to raise tough questions to others day in and day... Continue Reading →
Meppadiyan – My Flash Review
There are average or bad films with huge star cast backed by humungous budgets that get a lot of media attention. And there are some good films made with no big stars and with moderate budgets which don’t get much of media attention. Meppadiyan (“Above mentioned” in Malayalam) actually belongs to the above mentioned category.... Continue Reading →
Hridayam – My Flash Review!
If you were an Engineering student, now in your 30’s, lived in a hostel that too in Tamil Nadu, got ragged and ragged others, had your share of fun during student life but without studying, spent time participating in Cultural fests, eyed girls or boys and now sort of settled in life and in career, ... Continue Reading →
Gehraiyaan – My Flash Review!
First up, the title Gehraiyaan meaning “Depths” has a poetic look and feel to it which sets up our expectation meter. Going by the teaser, one would expect the film to be about relationships and their depths. But, what if I say that the relationships in this film among people are not really so deep? ... Continue Reading →
Bro Daddy – My Flash Review
Bro Daddy is actor Prithviraj Sukumaran’s second directorial venture after the super hit Mohanlal starrer Lucifer. Compared to Lucifer which was an action-packed stylish full blown mass film, Bro Daddy is a light film that is easy to the mind, pleasing to the eye and relaxing to the senses. In that sense, it is very... Continue Reading →
Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui – My Flash Review!
Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (CKA) now streaming on Netflix, is another “Boy meets Girl – Both fall in Love – Face some conflict – Get together in the end” template film set in small city Chandigarh. Just that there is a twist in this tale. And that is - Boy meets Girl who was not a... Continue Reading →
Putham Puthu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa – My Flash Review!
Putham Puthu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa an anthology in Tamil that dropped on Amazon Prime is a sort of a sequel to Putham Puthu Kaalai that we saw in 2020 during the 1st wave. We are in January 2022 and the lockdown saga is still continuing. So arrival of the new dawn is posed as a question.... Continue Reading →
83 – My Flash Review!
What if a film is a “Highlights” package of a sports series involving India? What if that sport happened to be Cricket? What if that series happened to be a World cup which we won famously? What if that series was not watched on TV by many of us? We get 83, the film that... Continue Reading →
Atrangi Re – My Flash Review!
I wondered why such a seemingly big film went for an OTT release just when smaller films were getting good response at the theatre. I got the answer half way through the movie. Atrangi Re opens with a bizarre sequence where the lead girl played by Sara Ali Khan is being chased by a few... Continue Reading →