“My daughter likes you so much and is so obsessed with you. Don’t you feel the same for her ?”“I don’t know sir. Your daughter is very lucky. She can say what she feels anywhere. But look at me. I have to die so many times before I can say what I feel” In Pariyerum […]
First things first. Chekka Chivantha Vaanam has a really entertaining first half. Mani Ratnam gives stylish introduction to his characters and plays to the gallery. There is more comedy than you expect for a Mani Ratnam movie with both Vijay Sethupathi and Simbu having a lot of hilarious one-liners. The scene where the mother looks […]
“Ee boot canalinte bhagathottu poyitumundu. Itha thirichu vannitumundu. Thirichu vanna print angottu poyathine apekshichu valare aazhathilaanu pathinjirikkunnathu. Athayathu poya aalu thirichu vannapol baaram koodi. Which means he was carrying something heavy” Its when Sam Alex walks into a crime scene and stuns his fellow officers that I first knew Memories would be a movie that […]
There are things in Anjali Menon’s Koode that works and that doesn’t work compared to its original Marathi movie – Happy Journey. For instance , Happy Journey was 1 hour 56 minutes. While Koode is 40 minutes longer . Pace really takes a back seat as this difference of 40 minutes really stand out. Happy […]
Most popular Tamil leading actors have a familiar pattern to their careers. They start with normal earthy roles. They get to do experimental roles and just play a character in the screenplay in the initial part of their careers. But once they get the fame, popularity and fan following, things change. Now they get a […]
P.S – This is a work of fiction imagining how a Keralite would have responded to Shah Rukh Khan’s movie if he reacted in the same lines of the Hindi speakers who walked out of A.R Rahman’s concert. So here is an early snippet from a review that I would be putting on Aug 4th, […]
In a scene from Tiyaan where Indrajith and Murali Gopi confront each other, Murali Gopi first utters 3-4 words. Then Gopi Sunder puts an annoyingly noisy BGM. The camera shows the faces of both the actors alternately. Then Murali Gopy utters his next 3-4 words. This goes on for several minutes. In another scene, Indrajith is […]
** Mild Spoilers ahead “Thaan enthu manushyanaado?” asks Suraj Venjaramoodu to Fahadh Faasil in a pivotal scene from Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum. In this movie, Fahadh Faasil doesn’t play a character that is one-dimensional like Mahesh in Dileesh Pothan’s debut. Here he is a thief and a crook. His character doesn’t even have a name. His […]
Any genius who is around in a field for 25+ years is bound to have a couple or more bad years. That is why you even have the term -“Law of averages out there”. It just piqued my curiosity to try and find a bad year in the career of music director, A.R Rahman. Let’s […]
In a scene from Bangalore Days, Aju (Dulquer Salmaan) and Kuttan (Nivin Pauly) are still sitting in the car without talking to each other for hours after the rift they had the previous night. Aju listens to a program in radio, turns to Kuttan and says, “Sorry”. Kuttan turns, smiles and says, “You are welcome”. This […]