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A scene from the film Paathirathri. Paathirathri (Malayalam) Direction: Ratheena Starring: Navya Nair, Soubin Shahir, Ann Augustine, Sunny Wayne, Achyuth Kumar, Shabareesh Varma, Indrans, Athmiya Rajan, Harisree Ashokan Plot: During a night patrol, two police officers fail to report an incident they are witness to, but it comes back to haunt them and puts their…
Diesel is a commercial action film you have seen countless times, repackaged to help actor Harish Kalyan, who tasted tremendous success with Parking and Lubber Pandhu, with the mileage to become a bankable star. It’s a long and convoluted film that is strangely reductive of its own objectives. We are taken into the world of…
Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju in a still from ‘Dude’ Comparisons can be frustrating. If you are Pradeep Ranganathan or Sai Abhyankkar, it can be all the more frustrating. The young actor – fresh off the success of films like Love Today and Dragon – has been compared with another senior star, probably because his…
Sharaf U Dheen in The Pet Detective Film: The Pet Detective Starring: Sharaf U Dheen, Anupama Parameswaran, Vinay Forrt, Vijayaraghavan, Joemon Jyothir Direction: Praneesh Vijayan Plot: An unsuccessful detective takes up the case of a missing pet, but in pursuit of the case, he gets entangled in a bigger game involving several players. Runtime: 118…
In the 1990s and the early 2000s, the late director EVV Satyanarayana specialised in films that relied heavily on the calibre of their ensemble cast, more than the leads. The premise would have a quirky hook and a purpose to validate the presence of the cast. The laughs kept coming, and the films came with…
Drew Struzan among famous artworks | Photo Credit: Instagram/ @drewstruzanart Drew Struzan, the legendary artist whose cinematic posters became as iconic as the films themselves, has died at 78. The news was confirmed through his official Instagram account, which revealed that Struzan passed away on October 13 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. For…
America Ferrera and Matthew McConaughey in a still from ‘The Lost Bus’ | Photo Credit: Apple TV+ Paul Greengrass elevates genre films to works of anxiety-inducing art. The British director took the spy thriller to a different level with 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy and 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum. He injects non-fiction with imagination and adrenaline…
Janhvi Kapoor and Varun Dhawan in a still from ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ | Photo Credit: Dharma Productions Out of Karan Johar’s young proteges, I find Shashank Khaitan’s voice the most influential in taking the Kuch Kuch Hota Hai conversation forward. Film after film, he creates the portrait of the young upper-middle-class Punjabi/ Marwari…
Mark Wahlberg and Rosa Salazar in ‘Play Dirty’ | Photo Credit: Jasin Boland Play Dirtyis the right movie to return to after a break. While combating droopy eyelids and a wandering brain, this violent heist comedy is just what the doctor ordered to get back in the review saddle. The explosive pre-credits sequence sees a…
Rishab Shetty in ‘Kantara Chapter 1’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a small yet significant scene in Kantara Chapter 1, Berme (Rishab Shetty) tells his mother about the importance of business. It’s not just earning what they deserve, but also a sign of achievement for their marginalised group of people. Berme’s decision to revolt…
