VC Reviews
For those of us used to seeing so called “Entertainers” like Twenty-Twenty or various mindless comedy movies, Urumi is a welcome change. It is a bold move from the producers to think of a big canvas movie, get a pan-Indian cast and film it as professionally as possible. The movie falls into a new category [...]
The movie starts with the line - “This film is imaginary. If you think it is real, then you are imagining things”- a line which is seen even in the beginning of movies like Pokiri Raja. This strikes as odd in a movie like Thalapavu since everyone knows that it is based on the life [...]
There is a very complicated sequence in Juan José Campanella’s Argentinian crime thriller, The Secret in Their Eyes. The camera flies through the dark night sky and we see a brightly lit football stadium. As the camera flies over the stadium we see a match in progress to packed audience. In a sweeping motion, the [...]
Oru Naal Varum evokes nostalgia, unfulfilled potential and leaves you with a sense of incompleteness. Srinivasan’s characterization: Srinivasan’s role as a corrupt Asst. Town Planning Officer is half baked and confusing. We are not sure if Srinivasan became corrupt for obtaining a medical seat for his daughter or if he’s corrupt all the way. Mohanlal’s characterization: [...]
S N Swamy and K Madhu enthralled us with the CBI series of movies, each of which progressively declined in quality. It reached a point when the parody became more entertaining than the original movie. So when S N Swamy and K Madhu made another movie and it sank without a trace, we were curious [...]
We saw a movie which was made for less than 3.5 crore the other day called Romeo. It was directed by one of our favorite directors, Rajasenan, starring one of our favourite comedy actors, Dileep and written by the successful duo, Rafi-Mecartin. In this movie Dileep plays Manu Krishnan, a male nurse. That itself is [...]
The story of Devasuram – an evil man’s fall and his redemption is quite powerful. The narrative offers many dramatic moments, for the evil to manifest, to experience the fall and then rise up again. It offers the script writer opportunities not just to perfect the protagonist, but also the supporting cast including a very [...]
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