There are movies that have a few scenes that evoke a bit of nostalgia. What if the entire stretch of a movie is about taking you on a nostalgic trip? You get a film like Meiyazhagan, directed by C. Premkumar whose earlier film 96 was also in a similar template. I couldn’t relate so much... Continue Reading →
Vettaiyan – My Flash Review!
As the film’s title card appears, there is an animation of a speeding bullet. The film’s credits further roll where we are shown the mechanics of a bullet leaving the gun when triggered—enough to raise our suspicion that this is another Tamil film with guns, bombs and gore galore. Thankfully a set of montage shots... Continue Reading →
G.O.A.T – My Flash Review!
G.O.A.T dropped on Netflix sometime this week and since I had not watched it on the big screen, I caught up with it over the weekend. This is what I felt at the outset. Director Venkat Prabhu narrates the overall outline of the story and gets a nod from Vijay to go ahead. The next... Continue Reading →
Thalavan – My Flash Review!
Another Malayalam Film. Another investigation thriller. Another police procedural. Another one where Biju Menon and Asif Ali play the role of cops. Another ‘engaging in most parts” film. It is confirmed that Malayalam film-makers have a flair for this genre and it is quite interesting to see how they keep churning out new stories in... Continue Reading →
IC 814 – The Kandahar Hijack – My Flash Review & More!
The IC 814 flight hijack incident is one that is too embedded in the collective consciousness of a whole generation of Indians who were old enough to see it unfolding back in December 1999. As a nation, if there are few events for which we have not achieved closure, this would certainly be among the... Continue Reading →
Ullozhukku – My Flash Review!
Ace Tamil Filmmaker K. Balachander in his heydays used to make a lot of women-centric films. In such films, invariably the end will be contrarian. It will be the lead woman who will call the shots and decide her path while inflicting an irreversible pain on the man/men who would have wronged her in life.... Continue Reading →
Golam (Malayalam) – My Flash Review!
“In crime investigation, the truth often resembles a SPHERE. There are no sharp corners to hide behind”. This quote attributed to the director Samjad appears right at the beginning of the film and I spent the next few minutes trying to decipher the meaning of this quote, in vain. Malayalam films tend to have such... Continue Reading →
Maharaja – My Flash Review!
On Netflix, there are 2 films with almost the same title that are being streamed presently. One is Maharaj – a Hindi film and the other is Maharaja, a Tamil film. This review is about the Tamil film with Vijay Sethupathi in the lead in what happens to be his 50th film. He makes a... Continue Reading →
Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil – My Flash Review!
Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil (In front of Guruvayoor Temple), a Malayalam film is directed by Vipin Das whose last film Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey was a terrific film on the feminism theme told in a satirical way. The director's reputation preceded this film as I started to watch it. However, Das makes this as a light-hearted... Continue Reading →
Laapataa Ladies – My Flash Review!
As the colourful credits roll, you are indeed taken back to the times of those Doordarshan serial days and you get a sense of what you should expect. The opening shot of a very young couple getting married in the hinterlands makes you wonder if it is a child marriage. This is 21st-century India and... Continue Reading →
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