The verbal outburst against abortion, as much as its sincerity remains unquestioned, sounds like an extended ad for an emergency contraceptive pill. I am not sure about the kind of effect that it would have on scores of women who have had to do the unfortunate act on account of reasons other than personal happiness. What I am glad about is that a majority of them would probably not actually get to see Kanakanmani.
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Shudharil Shudhan is a modest film that totally surpasses all your expectations. As a solid indictment on a political dogma that has received a severe battering from its new age followers, Jayaraj's film delivers its goods remarkably well.
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'Dalamarmarangal' hardly startles. On the contrary it sedates you beyond belief and lets you wonder why it is that good stories always do not make good films.
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Oru B&W Kudumban brings to mind some of those watered-down films of the early 90's. Wobbly right from the start, this is the last piece of entertainment that you would need to make your festive season resound with a few laughs.
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Ritu is a tremendously sad tale that undertakes a refreshingly tender treatment of diverse themes such as the certainty of transition, the dashing of young fantasies and above all the incessant flow of life. It talks of a generation that has everything laid out on one palm and literally nothing on the other.
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At times funny, and at times moving the camaraderie that the father-son duo share is quite charming. In fact, it's this chemistry that keeps the film bobbing up on the water, even as it makes do with all the non-happenings in the script. There are several delightful little touches that the director throws in, and a few thought provoking undertones that makes its very ordinary scenarios unfold in an extraordinary color.
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If you are one of those who would get goose bumps when the unassailable superhero tosses away the villain's henchmen into the stratosphere, you might be ecstatic at the turn of events. For defying the gravity is what the movie seems to be all about, once the wronged champion decides to straighten things up for good. As for the rest, you might have to settle down for an hour of rhythmic ruckus infested with loads of thuds and thwacks.
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There is an idyllic fog that hangs all over the film right from the word go. People smile and suffer through injustice and disharmony, and plenty of sentiments conveniently crowd together to hide blunt truths. This is a sugar puddle of schmaltz where one gets to munch candy even as one drowns in it.
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What does a film like Rahasya Police set out to accomplish? To have its viewers on the edges of their seats perhaps, biting their nails in anticipation, and waiting with baited breath to see what had actually transpired behind the scenes. As of now, it is a bleak, crackpot sludge that should have headed straight to TV.
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Winter could make excellent content material for 'How to make a Horrid Horror Movie for Dummies'. Perhaps in theory it was intended to be real eerie, but on screen, it's slack, sloppy, and most shamefully without a single, honest scare.
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So where is it, that the goblin gets wedged? For one, it isn't everyday that you see the superstar fly out of a bottle. And if he does, it better be real good. Here, a machismo that has worked its charm on an audience for more than a few decades simply refuses to be corked in a bottle!
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Madhu Kaithapram's Madhya Venal is set in a blistering midsummer with the sun blazing down obstinately on the hard baked earth. With the temperatures rising phenomenally with each passing day, it scorches down every remnant of life left, burning down green into grey and dreams into dust.
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