Tag: Malayalam Movies

Veyilmarangal – Trees under the Sun – A Biting Reality narrated with an excellent craft

Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KqZoyBQo7c We would have come across security guards in malls, corporates, gated communities. We would have come across delivery boys. We would have seen cleaners in hotels. We know most of them have moved from other places. Migrants from far away states. Unlike us who migrate to dreamlands for a better living, this segment of population moves out of their native villages to get a job, any job,

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Bhoothakaalam – A textbook approach on how to generate scares effortlessly

Official Trailer: It is hard to slot Bhoothakaalam into a genre, a horror, or a psychological thriller. Or is it a psychological-drama-horror-thriller? You can infer the title as the past or the ghosts from the past. Like the series The Haunting of Hill House, do the ghosts lurk in their minds or are they really lurking in the shadows of the house. From the first frame, director, Rahul Sadasivan, skillfully

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Fast Cuts – Kadaseela Biriyani, Kala

Kadaseela Biriyani: No one can live without fear but what you fear is a choice Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7zJwUFwoxg Kadaseela Biriyani takes an age-old revenge story and narrates it in a unique way, it comes across as fresh, weird, and interesting. Since it breaks the cliches, it does throw us off guard frequently. Three brothers go on a journey to avenge the death of their father. Younger one is forced to

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Churuli – A Psychedelic Ride

Official Trailer: Lijo Jose Pellissery (LJP) has an exceptional talent of visualizing the abstract. He never spoon-feeds the audience. LJP doesn’t take the effort to explain. He leaves it to the audience. It is the cinematic equivalent of a painting – whoever looks at it can interpret however they choose to.  His movies may come across as absurd and abstract, but they provoke you like a painting. Churuli is like

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Fast Cuts – Lift, #Home, and Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum

Lift Official Trailer: If one can ignore the first 15-20mts and the unconvincing climax, the 1:45mts mid-portion is an engaging and well-made horror movie – skilfully staged and doesn’t resort to cheap jump thrills. Setup, camera work, BGM, and performances (convincing performance from Kavin) come together to give us the thrills. Considering the creativity and effort that has gone in the horror portion, it is surprising how the team missed

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KaanekKaane – A gripping movie that leaves us with a moral question

Official Trailer: இன்னாசெய் தாரை ஒறுத்தல் அவர்நாணநன்னயஞ் செய்து விடல். Tamil Transliteration: Innaasey Thaarai Oruththal AvarnaanaNannayanj Cheydhu Vital. Meaning in English: The fitting punishment to those who have done evil to you, is to put them to shame by showing them kindness, in return and to forget both the evil and the good done on both sides. Above Thirukkural went through my mind as I watched the movie KaanekKaane. How hard it

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Kuruthi – A gripping home invasion thriller with a message

Official Trailer: A quiet village. Many have left the place. Only two families left. Both families have lost their dear ones in a landslide. They live in harmony and peace. Even though they belong to different religion, there is a possibility of marriage between the Muslim widower and the Hindu women in the air. Much like a garden of Eden. Then one night, snake, the religious hatred, enters this, Eden.

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Joji

Official Trailer: [SPOILERS AHEAD] Dileesh Pothan’s movie starts with a note that Joji is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. While knowing the original story may make it interesting trying to map the characters, you don’t necessarily have to know the original play to appreciate Joji. P.K.Kuttappan, a rubber estate owner, is a strong person (physically too). As the head of the family, he controls and manages the family including

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The Great Indian Kitchen – we need stories…many stories like this

Disclosure: This article (with few edits) also published within the organization I work for. Posted here with permission from organization The Great Indian Kitchen is a Malayalam language movie released 15th Jan 2021 on NeeStream, a Malayalam OTT platform, with subtitles. Official Trailer: Watching The Great Indian Kitchen (TGIK) is an experience in itself. There are movies, well-made ones, that talk about social issues in a hard-hitting way. They do

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Fast Cuts – Helen and The Aeronauts

Living in cynical times with the nation taken over by CAA-NRC rhetoric, lethal mix of politics with religion Othering and dividing the population, what could be more satisfying than watching movies that gives you hope and make you feel positive. As Amelia Wren and James Glaisher soar up in the skies to fly higher than anyone else in history and advance scientific discovery overcoming challenges, it did provide a ray of

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