The Kerala Story was released in theatres in May 2023. Yet, it found its way on OTT just recently. The reasons for this are not unfathomable. This film is reportedly based on real-life stories of Hindu/Christian girls from North Kerala getting radicalised and taken to Syria as part of an ISIS master plan. To a... Continue Reading →
Neru – My Flash Review!
Often, it happens that the reputation of the Director clouds our expectations first and then our take on the film. I suspect that the recent Mohanlal’s Malayalam film – Neru is a victim of such inclinations. The film is, after all, directed by Jeetu Joseph, who gave us the iconic hit films in the Drishyam... Continue Reading →
Three Of Us – My Flash Review!
After Kaathal, this is another film that is slow, poignant and heavy on emotion. You will not be alone if you felt that the film was a longish cinematic version of the sweet Vodafone commercial featuring a pug that follows a young boy wherever he goes (You and I, in this beautiful world…). A major... Continue Reading →
Kaathal – The Core (Malayalam) – My Flash Review!
The first question that comes to your mind when you finish watching this film is – how do writers in Malayalam cinema manage to conceive subjects like this, that too consistently? The story doesn’t fit into any of the usual cinematic formulae we are all used to. It is interesting to see how a progressive... Continue Reading →
12th Fail – My Flash Review!
In 1998, Vidhu Vinod Chopra made Kareeb – a love story that was sweet, simple and staid in its making. The movie didn’t do well at the box office then. Till then Chopra was known for making films with a flair and flourish like Parinda, 1942: A Love Story etc… Post Kareeb, Chopra went on... Continue Reading →
The Freelancer (Web Series) – My Flash Review!
First up, the motivation to watch this web series is of course the man behind it – Neeraj Pandey who has built a formidable reputation for himself in the thriller particularly the Spy thriller genre with works like Baby, Aiyyary and The Special Ops series. Pandey is credited with creating and co-writing this series while... Continue Reading →
The Railway Men – My Flash Review!
When you watch The Railway Men, what strikes you most are the highly superior production values and the making of the series. I haven’t seen one in recent times on Indian OTT platforms that has taken such painstaking efforts to recreate an Indian heartland town of the 80s. For people like me who belong to... Continue Reading →
Kannur Squad – My Flash Review!
The title Kannur Squad sounds like a story of some crack covert team from Kerala but out on some mission of National and International consequence. This film is indeed about a crack team but from the Police that operated in real in Kannur to investigate and crack down on the rising crimes in North Kerala... Continue Reading →
Irugapatru – My Flash Review!
Family dramas and Romcoms as genres are a rarity in Tamil cinema these days. Consumed by the “Star” and ‘Mass” fixation, films of big stars and wannabe stars have all been treading the same beaten path of extreme violence, adrenaline-pumping action sequences, revenge sagas, murder mysteries and excessive noise. Irugapatru meaning “Hold tight” in Tamil... Continue Reading →
Khufiya – My Flash Review!
Khufiya on Netflix as the title suggests, is a spy thriller based on the book – Escape to Nowhere written by Amar Bhushan, who himself has served in the R&AW – India’s “Agency”. Vishal Bhardwaj, co-writer and Director of the film knows a thing or two about adapting popular novels to films as seen by... Continue Reading →
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