About twenty minutes into the film, three newly joined students in the midst of a nagging or rather ragging problem in their college are looking for a “Local resource” to solve the problem. One of the guys comes up with the idea of hanging out every evening in pubs and bars of the city for... Continue Reading →
Premalu – My Flash Review!
From the title, one may mistake it for a Telugu film. It is a Malayalam film set predominantly in Hyderabad. If the film Bangalore Days celebrated Bangalore and Malayalis who throng Bangalore for work and the film Hridayam was a tribute to Chennai, Premalu is Director Girish’s hat tip to Hyderabad. Boy meets girl and... Continue Reading →
Aattam – My Flash Review!
There are some films which after watching, you are eager to write a review. Aattam, a Malayalam film which means “The Play/Drama” is one such film. The film doesn’t boast of any big names in terms of cast or the Director. Yet, in terms of screenplay, acting and technique it is one of the finest... Continue Reading →
Anweshippin Kandethum – My Flash Review!
One more Malayalam film. One more murder mystery. One more police procedural. One more no-star, no-frills film. One more slow burn. One more Good Watch. Just that we get to see two investigations in one. A zoom-in shot of Tovino Thomas (like that of Mohanlal in Drishyam) who plays Anand Narayanan, a Sub Inspector in... Continue Reading →
The Kerala Story – My Flash Review!
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 →
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