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 →
Varshangalkku Shesham – My Flash Review!
After his previous films in the same genre, Director and Writer Vineeth Sreenivasan continues to overplay the “old school romanticism, feel good and Madras” theme in his latest film - Varshangalkku Shesham (Many Years later). The result is mixed in my opinion as the film works in parts but largely goes flat. As the film... Continue Reading →
Aavesham – My Flash Review
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 →
Manjummel Boys – My Flash Review!
At the start of the film, we are shown a random marriage party scene where a random skirmish erupts between two rival groups of young men who were together in the past. The random fight is shown as eventually being settled by a tug of war, right at the marriage hall between the groups. The... 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 →
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