Jana Gana Mana
The movie is more of a confrontation between misinformation, half-truth and truth. It also works as a deep dive into our collective consciousness.
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The movie is more of a confrontation between misinformation, half-truth and truth. It also works as a deep dive into our collective consciousness.
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Vipin Das's thriller Antakshari has some unnecessary characters and story threads. However, it keeps the audience on tenterhooks once the plot kicks in and the protagonist plays cat and mouse with the antagonist.
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Naaradan has some interesting and bold ideas as well as draws a good portrait of the media world. But it works neither as a character study nor as a piece of plot-driven entertainment.
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21 Grams has its flaws but is a decent whodunit with a good climax. An unpredictable ending is what a sucker for the genre mainly wants. The big reveal here comes organically out of the screenplay, and the suspense is well earned.
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Salute is not a standard whodunit as there is more emphasis on truth and justice than the identity of the killer. The killer may be any person, but the focus here is on the moral predicament of the cop.
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Night Drive is a thriller that never takes itself too seriously and that always entertains.
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Writer-Director Kamal KM's Pada works as a potent call to action on the marginalization of tribals in Kerala. Pada may be a procedural, but it sometimes has the look and feel of a thriller like Nayattu. It is a provocative and entertaining film.
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Whether you like Bheeshma Parvam or how much you like the film depends on how big a fan you are of Amal Neerad's brand of cinema and actor Mammootty. Bheeshma Parvam is style over substance. It may score big on the techinical front and acting but falls short in terms of script.
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Sarath Menon's Veyil is a slow-burner of a film with a brilliant central performance and an excellent climax. Not everything works in Veyil, but it is a joy to watch its main actors and their chemistry on screen.
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Can a Mohanlal performance alone save a film like Aaraattu? The movie leaves us thinking about its fate. It may work for the easily impressionable. It is one of the 'been there, done that' experiences.
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Each short story that makes up the new anthology film on SonyLIV discusses an aspect of freedom or two. It is a rare anthology film in Malayalam that covers people from every walk of life, from an IT staffer to a politician to a manual scavenger.
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Meow is so uneventful that it almost resembles a TV serial in terms of how it goes about exploring the lives of a middle-aged man and his family in the Middle East. In this form of film, you look for a conflict or another element that keeps you engaged throughout, but you will not find it here.
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