Reviews

Period movie to compete with Baahubali? Coal mines to compete against KGF's gold mines? Both efforts became unsuccessful. At least BB had a larger than life feeling. We remember it for the visual treat; songs & the Rajamouli touch. Here?

It's high time for Prabhas to move out of Baahubali (BB) image & try something more interesting. Except for the modern dresses he was doing the same in this movie too. He spoils try to get some expressions on his face too.

Prithviraj didn't have much to do. After the movie, I remembered him only for the nose ring 😄. Nothing else!

After watching the movie, it took an effort for me to recollect who the heroine was! Shreya Reddy looked good & also acted well.

Do we really need to wait for the part 2?

A well paced courtroom drama. No boring moments. Although the storyline goes across many months, scenes quickly move from one date in court to the other with no unnecessary filler scenes.

But not sure why a wonderful actor like Mohanlal preferred to do a role where he has nothing much to do. He plays a highly inefficient lawyer from beginning till end. We have seen Jithu at his best many times earlier. He managed movies like Dhrishyam 2 which had a convoluted climax so well. In Neru he kept the most obvious way to prove the case to the last! Why? Siddique & Jagadish stole the show for sure. I agree that it can be an ok movie. But blockbuster? Unbelievable.

Nivin Pauly & Rosshan Andrews name pulled us to watch the movie. But turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments. Jokes make you angry, not laugh. Most of the time we don't even understand why certain situations are shown. All the scenes are just repetitions of what we have seen in earlier movies. But they were presented better. Beauty of Mysore City is also missing in the visuals.

Wouldn't like to stop a movie midway but had to stop in 30 min.

All previous Rosshan Andrews movies, hit or miss, had a minimum class. Although I didn't like the ending of Salute, it was good till then. This time with his own story, he failed miserably.

I like true stories. That was my motivation to watch this series. It was quite sad to know what happened to Marie & even other rape cases. In Marie's case, police really mishandled it & also ruined those days in her life. Quite sad!

However from a narration point -- first 6 episodes were ok. Last 2 was quite dragging. Unenecessary discussions between the police officers, their discussion with their family members etc. Slowed down the pace. If it was a 2-hour movie, it would have been quite crisp. Even 6 episodes would been enough. I expected the pace to be better when they find the villain, but it turned out to be other way round. Finally I ended up fast forwarding the last episode as I literally ran out of patience.

When it comes to Sundar C's movie, expectations are simple -- pure masala. Aranmanai 1 was one such movie -- although it reminded me of Manichitrathazhu in many ways. Second movie was a repeat. 3rd is also another repeat.

Arya has a firm face than his 3 pack body! Not sure when he is happy or scary! Sampath is as good as always. Then there is a series of good looking women. No one has much role to play. Andrea doesn't lok scary when she is supposed to be! Sundar just repeated the same role as in 1, 2 & 3. We will miss a fantastic comedian like Vivek. Overdose of comedy scenes were avoidable.

Nothing new to watch!

Why do people make suspense movies which has obvious ending? While we know the villain in the beginnig itself, we pray that our assuption should go wrong. Finally to our "surprise", we realise that the villain is the very same person whom you assumed.

Very weak storyline. Motive of the murder doesn't even add up! As the story is happening in Bangalore having a Kannada lead police officer was a good idea. Unfortunately, he was made to talk broken Malayalam, which acted as a spoiler.

One can be happy that the movie is less than 2 hours. So we waste less time!

Claimed as comedy, this movie gives quite low profile jokes. Every effort taken to make us laugh was a disaster. Dileep's movies are moving from bad to worse. Nadirshah, as Dileep mentions in the beginning, is still learning to direct movies. Urvashi & Naslen have performed the comedies well due to their natural timing. We shouldn't waste time watching this movie.

A movie trying to tackle psychological issues. We have seen better, more scientific depictions. But you can watch the movie for Dhanush. His acting was so good -- in many scenes he expresses mixed feelings so effectively. Even light scenes in which he cries while laughing due to laughing gas; to the scene in which he expresses love to Sara in Tamil!

Sara can't act. Anand L Rai should have looked for a more expressive heroine, especially in a heroine oriented movie like this. Akshay has done his part well, but anyway nothing much for him to do.

2+ hours of entertainment if you are not expecting anything in depth.

Heading says it all. I haven't seen any Hollywood timeloop movies. But this is taken in the perfect Tamilnadu context. Kudos to Venkat Prabhu. Being a timeloop story, there is a potential for the audience to feel bored. But the director managed to keep us at the edge of the seat so that monotony is avoided.

S J Surya steals the show as the confused villain. STR fill the screen from scene 1 to last. But comes only after S J Surya. Kalyani has nothing to do. Y G Mahendra being a seasoned actor does his jon well although it is small.

Worth a watch.

A simple feel good movie with a lot of specialities.

We have seen hospital drams in the past -- husband/wife/kids about to die, their spouses/parents suffering so on. I don't think I have seen a movie only about bystanders before. In this movie, except for Joju's unwell wife, we don't see the patients at all. We hear/feel the story based on the expressions & narrations by the bystanders. People from various walks of life gets together without any religious/cultural/status difference into one entity - a bystander waiting for their patient to become well.

Narrated with ease & humour, it was so heartening to see so many "good" people who wish best for each other. Very well taken. Worth watching.

At the end of the day, this movie leaves a feeling (a good one) in our mind much deeper that those stories that spoke about the sufferings of patients & their relatives.

Meteor hitting Earth... Story has been presented with a lot of satire. Sometimes it is dragging, but overall a decent attempt. Good cast -- Leornardo + Jenifer Christopher -- 2 good looking pair acted very well.

A feel good movie. Nothing new or special, but makes you feel relaxed. Relationship between the dad & the daughter, wolf & Vicky, dad & his friend are all presented very well. There have been movies in the past that demonstrates the relationship between humans & animals. But I was seeing one again after a long time. Well made movie!

We have seen various super heroes in Hollywood movies. When I heard about Minnal Murali, I thought it will be copy of one or some of those. But I was taken by surprise.

Basil Joseph & the writers were quite successful in "transplanting" the concept into the backdrops of God's Own Country. Super powers of the characters were so well embedded into the folder Mundu of a typical Kerala villager. Even the mask is many a times a folded towel. Villains character, we enacted by Guru, is also outlined so well. Unlike normal villains who are born bad, here is one who is unhappy about something specific & even tries to protect the hero at one point saying "Ith enikkulla paniyanu".

Good special effects. Good comedy. All did a great job. Kudos to Tovino. Wondering why Aju Varghese was trying to imitate Jagathy of CID Moose. Aju is such a talented actor. He should deliver characters in his way.

An old story narrated in an old way. Although the movie has sons of many veterans - Renji Panicker, Rajan P Dev, Ratheesh - film couldn't provide the expected "freshness". Suresh Gopi & Renji Panicker heels the movie together. Wondering why Nitin force fits vulgar dialogues into the scenes. Kasaba was no different. Renji Panicker movies had fire dialogues but they were not vulgar. It is high time that talented actors like Sadique are given roles other than that of thw "Good Head Constable". Talented actors like Sankar Ramakrishnan was also wasted in the movie.