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10 Reasons Why This Is 2025's Most Unfairly Treated Film

10 Reasons Why This Is 2025's Most Unfairly Treated Film

Rediff.com20 Nov 2025

As someone who could not predict a single beat in advance, who was exhilarated by its audacity to throw random elements together and take chances all over the place, Sreehari Nair thinks Odum Kuthira Chaadum Kuthira is one of the best films of the year.

Identity Review: Thrills Fizzle Out

Identity Review: Thrills Fizzle Out

Rediff.com3 Jan 2025

Tovino Thomas' big budget action entertainer is a middling, tonally inconsistent watch that keeps you hooked, observes Arjun Menon.

Malayalam film Vegam ready to hit the screens

Malayalam film Vegam ready to hit the screens

Rediff.com9 Jul 2014

The film is about two youngsters who want to make some quick money and lead a luxurious life.

Review: Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 is a repeat of what we've seen before

Review: Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 is a repeat of what we've seen before

Rediff.com27 Jan 2014

Malayalam film Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 is not a patch on the previous two films, writes Paresh C Palicha.

What Makes Kantara And Brahmastra The 'Chosen Ones'

What Makes Kantara And Brahmastra The 'Chosen Ones'

Rediff.com26 Nov 2022

As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging out with his friends, mulls Rohit Sathish Nair.

Gold Review: Confused Crime Caper

Gold Review: Confused Crime Caper

Rediff.com9 Jan 2023

Once you are done paying your respect to God and Grasshoppers, you circle back to the human beings in Gold, and that's when things become progressively more and more muddled, observes Sreehari Nair.

Review: Vegam doesn't have a soul

Review: Vegam doesn't have a soul

Rediff.com14 Jul 2014

On the whole, the film turns out to be a heartless adventure.

Review: Pullippulikalum Aattinkuttiyum entertains

Review: Pullippulikalum Aattinkuttiyum entertains

Rediff.com12 Aug 2013

Kunchako Boban gives his best performance in Pullippulikalum Aattinkuttiyum.

Bhaiyya Bhaiyya offers nothing substantial

Bhaiyya Bhaiyya offers nothing substantial

Rediff.com6 Sep 2014

Bhaiyya Bhaiyya does provide a few chuckles, but nothing substantial.

Review: Avatharam is average

Review: Avatharam is average

Rediff.com1 Aug 2014

The film lags mostly in the second half.

Joji: The Mundane Disarranged by a Heart of Darkness

Joji: The Mundane Disarranged by a Heart of Darkness

Rediff.com16 Apr 2021

With Joji, Dileesh Pothan has found a way, once more, to use everything he has learnt to further push the boundaries of his art, observes Sreehari Nair.