Thallumaala was great fun. Its USP is a very quirky editing style where the timelines keep shifting in the first half without giving viewers time to settle and then a very satisfying second half where all timelines are joint brilliantly. The sequence in the second half where the tension keeps brewing between Tovino’s friends gang […]
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Minnal Murali Review – Basil Joseph brings Big Entertaining Cinema back to Malayalam after a while
**Spoilers Ahead** “When a lightning strikes a person, thousand joules of energy enters the human body. An average human body cannot contain that much energy. Thats why humans die when lightning strikes them” “Teacher – What happens if they dont die?” As Josemon , Jaison’s nephew ( enacted by a child actor who is one […]
Godha Review – “Laugh your heart out” Comedy is its USP
There is a scene in Godha where Tovino and his friend has landed in the wrong class on the first day of their college. You would have predicted this to happen few minutes back. But Tovino’s friend is confident that they are in the right class. With a serious face, he asks the professor whether […]
Tovino Thomas’s Meteoric Rise
Last August I had to sit in a theater with only 8-10 ppl while watching Guppy. I remember how I was particularly impressed with a scene towards the end . Tovino Thomas sits on a bench with Sreenivasan, has a very calm conversation and says – “Ithonnum ee paalam paniyaan vanna enikku ariyillallo ikka”. There […]
Style – A Late Review for a Cult Movie
Yesterday a couple of friends informed me that Malayalam movie Style’s DVD has released and I decided to give it a shot. The movie started with director-actor Lal’s narration. Its so difficult to understand what this man says even with his lip movement when he acts that one wonders why someone would give him the […]