We all have heard stories about the star tantrums on film sets, and even established filmmakers have talked about the delusional stars who ruin their own careers by overestimating their star value. The new Tovino Thomas starrer Nadikar is quite an honest attempt to expose this delusional phase of these stars. While the critiquing of that angle… The post Nadikar ReviewA Showbiz Critique That Fumbles in the Second Half appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

Malayalee From India is the third collaboration of director Dijo Jose Antony and writer Sharis Mohammed. In terms of how these two present the drama in their story, there is this slightly outdated gallery-pleasing staging. At a time when the courts in movies started to look authentic, Dijo and Sharis made Prithviraj do all those political… The post Malayalee From India ReviewA Heavy-Handed Political Satire Rescued by Nivin Pauly’s Performance and Its Relevance appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

Looking at the state of the country, one can easily agree that the climate demands some political and religious satires to make people aware of what is happening around them. The new movie of PG Premlal, Panchavalsara Padhathi, written by Thondimuthalum Driksashiyum fame Sajeev Pazhoor, is an attempt to create a mockery of the social evils. Unfortunately, the craft… The post Panchavalsara Padhathi ReviewA Tiresome Political Satire Devoid of Craft appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

The intimately vulnerable side of male loneliness is a topic that is rarely addressed in our movies. Around the one-hour mark in the film Pavi Caretaker, when the movie slides into this “Lunchbox” -ish love story of this middle-aged single man, I sort of hoped something better would happen in the latter part of the movie as the filmography… The post Pavi Caretaker ReviewWhat if Lunchbox Got the Treatment of 2 Countries appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

In the last 15-20 minutes of the movie Pon Ondru Kanden, Santy, the character played by Aishwarya Lekshmi, repeatedly asks the two leading men to shut up. The fed-up expressions of the leading lady and her request towards the heroes are exactly what you feel towards them throughout this movie directed by V Priya. I… The post Pon Ondru Kanden ReviewJust Like the Heroine, the Audience Would Also Want the Heroes to Shut Up appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

Exploring grey characters and emotions has always been an integral part of Imtiaz Ali’s stories. In the climax of Rockstar, we hear this line from Jordan, where he tells his love that they will meet again in a place beyond right and wrong. When it comes to Amar Singh Chamkila, his latest directorial, Imtiaz gets… The post Amar Singh Chamkila ReviewImtiaz Ali Thrives in His Zone in This Well-Made Biopic appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

When you look at the success of the YRF spy-universe movies, you won’t really feel like blaming Ali Abbas Zafar for designing something like a Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. Since patriotism and over-the-top heroism have been the flavor of the season, Ali has made this film with a lot of stuff that is purely designed… The post Bade Miyan Chote Miyan ReviewA Miserable Script’s Mission Impossible Aspirations appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

The latest Ranjith Sankar film, Jai Ganesh, starring Unni Mukundan in the lead role, feels like a lazy amalgamation of too many aspirations. Ranjith Sankar is a director who started his career doing movies that had these vigilante justice elements. But when you compare Jai Ganesh and the movies he made in the beginning, there… The post Jai Ganesh ReviewA Hastily Assembled Script That Fails to Create Any Emotional Impact appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

During the promotion of the film Aavesham, Jithu Madhavan, the director of the film, had said that they sort of discovered the character of Ranga during the process of making the film. I am saying this because, when you look at how the second half of Aavesham is shaped, one can sense a little bit… The post Aavesham ReviewFahadh Faasil Is Having a Ball in This Entertaining Yet Bloated Gangster Comedy appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more

When I saw the song Nyabagam from Varshangalkku Shesham, a few days back, I had a feeling that this song was going to be the reason the movie would stay with the audience as some sort of lingering pain as those sustained shots of Dhyan Sreenivasan and Pranav Mohanlal had a sense of melancholy in… The post Varshangalkku Shesham ReviewAn Overtly Melodramatic Friendship Tale Saved by the Second-Half Humor appeared first on Lensmen Reviews ..read more