Ranam is as much a tale about redemption as it is about seizing one’s second chances. Its slickly developed plot is not devoid of time-honoured tropes but it follows the lives of lead charac... Read more
On the first sitting, it may be challenging to take seriously a story that on the one hand revolves around a lively ghost, and on the other hand captures the pain of separation. This ghost i... Read more
“‘Oru Kuprasidha Payyan’ is a movie with a special heart and a unique sense of integrity, but to say this film accomplishes in the cinematic sense anything beyond the reinvention of overused... Read more
Dasharatham was a watershed in the history of Malayalam movies for various reasons — most notably for its handling of a practically distant theme of the times. What gave the movie its... Read more
This is not a top-to-bottom review of the movie in the traditional sense. It’s more of a tribute to the super cool filmmaking of Padmarajan. It’s never an easy thing to tell a story th... Read more
There is an alternating sense of level-headedness and babyish awe in Dhunu’s face, perhaps stemming from reverence for her widowed working mother, from the languid reverie brought by pre-ado... Read more
Ambiguity is the trademark of any complex piece of art. The more complex a text, the more layered and interpretive it becomes in its scope. The movie Carbon has all the ingredients necessary... Read more
“Amen is a movie made of ordinary people with an extraordinary story to tell. It’s a movie that demands not just your attention but your participation in celebrating their story. And i... Read more
Simply put, Ee. Ma. Yau is a tale about a burial. The burial of a nobody in a fishing village in Kochi. But the movie doesn’t stop at telling a story about burial, rather it takes you... Read more
To people who know me personally, I come across as someone who holds an inherent dislike for Malayalam movies. So if I told someone that I was gonna give a honest review of a Malayalam movie... Read more
