Gallons of sound and fury in 'Kasaba' do not make up for the triviality that lies within. It's a labored wannabe thriller that tries to stitch up fragments of synthetic heroism onto a whole through a bright buildup and a multihued ambiance, all the while striving to blow in some life into its almost hollow self.
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'Anuraga Karikkin Vellam' is an engaging diversion from the sappy romantic tales that are often stuffed down our throats. It's an artfully crafted film that deserves all the applause that it can get, and is an intricately nuanced lesson on love, loss and life!
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'Karinkunnam Sixes' is a film that leaves a lot of exhilaration in its wake. Brimming with bouts of positivism, it's not just a tale of a personal triumph, but rather a tale that celebrates the doughty human spirit.
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Boban Samuel's latest film is a mash up of outlandish gags that could have you breaking out into a guffaw or two and then head back home wondering what had actually hit your senses a couple of hours back! While it remains that it is neither ill intentioned or resolutely insolent, 'Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum' harps on a retrograde theme that hardly has a place today, whichever way you look at it.
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'Dhanayatra' is a disposable movie that barely entertains or enlightens. And its only Swetha Menon and her immensely credible act that prevents it from being a total washout.
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'Anyarkku Praveshanamilla' has a done to death recipe that it has no intent whatsoever to deviate from. Destined to end up as an also-ran, 'Anyarkku Praveshanamilla' suffers from some unpardonable sloppiness that spells its doom.
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Sanal lucratively demonstrates how cinema as a prevailing and influential medium need not necessarily be restrained by a shoestring budget or by the dearth of stars. A prolific statement on the contemporary society, 'Ozhivu Divasathe Kali' is a film that digs its clutches deep into you and shifts between its alternative moods seamlessly, never for a moment loosening its firm grasp on the viewer.
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Forget the film, what I find more disparaging is the way it attempts to lure an audience into the cinema halls. Which is why I need to reiterate that if you are an admirer of Kalabavan Mani and his films, stay far away. Stay safe.
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Despite the kick start momentum that 'Angane Thanne Nethave... Anjettennam Pinnale' displays, it hardly makes any sturdy moves forward. Here is a novel setting that gets blown to the winds (non)courtesy a mediocre narrative, with the viewers moving way ahead of the middling script!
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The horror cliches that 'Ghost Villa' is stacked up with, ensures that the film lacks an identity of any sort. Mostly mind numbing, it is a very run of the mill horror endeavor that suffers from the most vital of all flaws - lack of a substantial plot!
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'School Bus' does have a few relatable statements to make on the art of parenting. Beyond that it has zilch to offer. Destabilized by the flimsiest script as yet from Bobby and Sanjay, this one is indeed a rutted ride that will leave you all shaken up, sadly for the wrong reasons.
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Those memories of 'Manichitrathazhu' that you have very carefully preserved, need to be left there intact. Do not, in any case, carry them over with you, as you venture out to find out what 'Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaaya' is all about. Putting in its best to infuse some life into a frail script, 'Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaaya' does not much rise up to the challenge of prevailing over the shortcomings of its material.
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