“Narasimha Reddy is introduced to us as an almost mythical character who was born dead, but is resurrected by the forces of nature—a thunder, to be specific. This is a film that labours quite evidently to try and be an epic.”
Category: Film Reviews
Namma Veetu Pillai: A so-so family drama with an intriguing protagonist
“Arumpon himself notes the irony that relatives who are capable of causing great joy, are also those who cause great anguish. This is a fairly deep observation to make of blood relatives. And boy, does Arumpon have relatives.”
Kaappaan Movie Review: An overlong film full of bloat and devoid of soul
“Kaappaan is what you’d ostensibly get if you fed the ‘necessary ingredients’ of a commercially successful film into a computer, and it spat out a script.”
An audacious experiment that works more than it does not
“It’s a film that has been—and will be—mainly talked about for its chief conceit of having only one cast member, and for being shot in a single room, but there’s more.”
Gang Leader Movie Review: A fascinating premise that deserved a more satisfying film
“The checkpoints aren’t the problem. The conveniently rushed journeys are. It’s the director channeling his inner Steve Austin: “Cause I said so.””
Sudhir Srinivasan 