The Mammootty-starrer is a passable procedural, let down by half-baked ideas that don't necessarily come together, observes Arjun Menon.
'He has never offended anyone in spite of his criticism on Communism or any 'isms'.'
He said that the police were vigorously investigating the complaints of sexual harassment and abuse raised by several women, so let the agency carry on with its probe honestly.
It's raining sequels on OTT this week, but that's not all. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch.
I once asked him why he hadn't written scripts for his sons Vineeth and Dhyan. 'I made some suggestions about their scripts, and they haven't discussed their scripts with me after that,' he said with his trademark laugh.
'There will be no Malayali who does not recall, at least once a day, what Sreenivasan wrote, spoke or showed on screen.'
Sreenivasan could so willingly be 'our little man' because in his heart of hearts he never felt trivial or inconsequential. And to the very end he stayed that way, the shrimp who knew he was a giant. Sreehari Nair doffs his hat to the late legend.
'So much pride you have brought for us all.'
The searches by the ED also covered certain vehicle owners, auto workshops, and traders in Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kottayam and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu).
We continue to celebrate the Thalaiva's 75th birthday with Divya Nair's premiere playlist that celebrates his magnetic swag, emotion and larger-than-life persona.
Arjun Menon gives us a preview of what the Manorathangal series will offer us.
Rajinikanth may have made his last Hindi film two decades ago but he can still set the screen alight, blazing away with a gun that has dozens of barrels. As Thalaiva turns 75 on December 12, Dinesh Raheja looks back at his 17 year journey in Hindi cinema.
Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon.
No author in the Malayalam literary canon has influenced and profoundly changed the way normal people interact with each other than the ever-relevant, eclectic yet elusive body of work left behind by MT Vasudevan Nair, notes Arjun Menon.
The cheeky young man who once gave me one-word answers grew into a philosophical, detached star yet remained simple and humble, never letting stardom steal his heart, notes Rediff's Shobha Warrier who first interviewed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner in 1987.
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.
'The CBI did a wonderful job of tracking down the killers, but at the end of the day, all the hard work went for a toss.' 'If we had caught them alive, the operation would have been successful completely.'
Malayalam superstar Mammootty brings his latest film Mamangam: History Of The Brave to Mumbai.
After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life. And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.
'I'm still just a boy cherishing the time he gets when his father has a day off from work.'
Dhanush, Arya, Tusshar celebrate their films... Rasika, Ronit spread COVID-19 awareness...
South Indian cinema's biggest superstars rock the show on OTT. Sukanya Verma gives us some recommendations for the week.
Retro is probably Surya's worst film till date, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
The film is produced under the actor's banner.
Mamangam will be released in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
Mammootty plays a prisoner in the film, who is serving a sentence for double homicide.
Here's the lowdown from the Malayalam film industry.
Varsham carries the stamp of Ranjith Sankar which is enhanced by Mammootty's presence.
The film is a comedy of non-identical twins who are very close to each other.
The movie is a murder mystery where Mammooty will be seen playing a police constable.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Film folk celebrated Onam on Sunday, and wished their fans with heartfelt greetings and posted pictures on social media.
Turbo finds its footing in the latter half with some well-conceived one-upmanship between hero and villain, yet it's marred by poorly executed action set pieces in the climactic showdown.
Anwar Rasheed, who made a dream debut in Malayalam films, talks about his latest film Annan Thampi, starring Mammootty.
Kannan's Jawan of Vellimala and Ayalum Njanum Thammil will release this week.
Latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
