Kuruthi is let down by poor execution -- there are too many loose ends and most of the arguments seemed too forced, like there was an urgent responsibility to balance the blame without taking sides, points out Divya Nair.
'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
'I don't know whether this curse will be lifted or not. It's in the hands of the audience.'
Poor writing sinks this period film which is watchable for Mammooty's gravity defying stunts, says Divya Nair.
The social comment in Sanalkumar Sasidharan's Ozhivudivasathe Kali could well make it a success at the box office, feels Paresh C Palicha.
Bhaktajanangalude Sradhakku has Kavya Madhavan and Irshad in the lead.
What links The Alchemist and Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho?
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
'You are working with the best of the lot.' 'The best part is that they treat you equally, unlike in India.'
The film's premise does not inspire confidence and even the humour does not have the requisite fizz.
The actor has some fashion advice for you.
Pellissery's women continue to express the beauty in our common humanity. And often, these women go so far into expressing our hopes, desires, absurdities and follies that they end up acting at variance with the ethical prescriptions of our age. And this, I believe, is precisely why they remain "invisible" to a whole bunch of viewers, says Sreehari Nair.
At the end of the six short stories, Feels Like Ishq is uneven yet watchable, feels Sukanya Verma.
'It's only in the last seven years, I have taken acting seriously.'
'Raj and DK have taken the effort to look at Moosa as a person.' 'Like, what happened to him?' 'What made him become a terrorist?' 'The emotional trauma that he might have had... that clicked for me.'
KPAC Lalitha's specialty was evoking on screen people that the audience felt they knew intimately, and evoking them through telling details that tore down the boundary between the audience and the performer, observes Sreehari Nair.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
'I didn't get any recognition in Kerala for this film and it has definitely hurt me. When the whole world is celebrating the return of Sanskrit, my state is busy ignoring it.' Vinod Mankara talks about his award-winning film, Priyamanasam.
Biju Menon tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com how he transformed himself to play a 73 year old character, one of his most challenging and satisfying roles as an actor.
The superstar tells Kerala's CM, 'don't let politics affect your governance.'
'How long do you dumb down, how long do you stay silent,' the actor asks at TEDx.
'I noticed the audience warming up to The Blueberry Hunt at different points. The surprise was the reaction from the aam aadmi, the common man. They loved the film!' Director Anup Kurian discusses his film.
Tamaar Padaar is a below average, barely watchable film.
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
Here's the lowdown from the Malayalam film industry.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Rasputin is long-delayed, and not meant for today's times, says Paresh C Palicha.
Every film that Sriram Raghavan makes is a compendium of ideas and sensations that tickle him. Trying to remake a Sriram Raghavan film is like getting excited by somebody else's goosebumps, observes Sreehari Nair.
Mohanlal's Loham is not original at all, warns Paresh C Palicha.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
A traumatic medical emergency drove physician Dr Devi, of General Hospital soap fame, to run for public office in New York.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Malayalam film industry.
'People have asked me about making a (Baaghi) series and I said that part two and three will only be made if part one is liked by people.' Director Sabbir Khan talks about his latest film.
Get your lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry, right here!
Sharmila Nair's campaign '18 Shades of Black' is inspiring Indian women to talk about the restrictions they faced while growing up and encouraging people to find solutions.
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