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Sometimes, we may feel that the old generation  was progressive and usually the new gen of coarse. But the regression happens in between. The middle age of every society may have some old baggage of values that they keep carrying while they interact with the next generation. Our cheru punchiri addresses these conflicts in a lighter approach without pointing out any critical issues in particular.   It's a classic Malayalam film written and directed by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and tells the story of an elderly romantic couple in a remote village in Kerala.  The film discusses the bonds between Krishna kurup ( oduvil unnikrishnan) and his beloved wife Ammalukutty. Their day-to-day life and their efforts to make the people around them happy is the most engaging part of the film. Through the leading character played by one of the greatest actors of the Malayalam film industry, the late oduvil unnikrishnan , the film expresses its opinions on the value of education, the importance of personal

 The film Oppenheimer is not a typical neo noir film. Its not about magnificent visual interpretation of nuclear physics and atomic explosion. Its not about mind bending exercise on non linear timelines that the audience most probably expect from a Christopher Nolan film. Having said so, let us analyse what Oppenheimer is all about..... The plot. The film is rich in its content as it mention the events very quickly. Its starts when Robert Oppenheimer inducted into his teaching career at ' Berkeley university ' as a theoretical physicist during the time of scientific breakthroughs. Oppenheimer while working, come to know that two German scientists discovered the possibility of Nuclear fission that he thought impossible. US govt and the then scientific think tanks were so upset after this discovery as they believe that the Germans will use the process to create atomic explosions. To counter the anticipated danger, US govt starts Manhattans project to build an atomic bomb under t

Tom cruise, the man of impossible mission once again proved his expertise in handling cinematic action. Though the recent films of the franchise couldn't leave upto the expectations, this one will compensate all the losses. Plot . Ethan hunt( Tom cruise) has got a mission to find a half key. When it joins with the other half, that can unlock a destructive weapon that can control the entire cyber space. According to the film, there is one section of people who wish to keep the weapon in their hands sp that they can control the whole world. But the other side wish to destroy it as it can be a potential threat to humanity. Ethan tries to destroy the weapon by finding the two halves of the key so that he can realise what the keys actually are, and to destroy the weapon that get unlocks using the key. The other character named Gabriel wish to posses the key for his own purpose. Finally, Ethan could get the keys after a strenuous fight and realise its purpose. Positives . Its all about T

  18+ is a Rom com drama with lots of situational humours and youthful energy. The film also explores the politics and criticise the hypocrites of left wing ideologies who claim themselves progressive but are still conservative, casteist and patriarchal. The film is centred around an eloping youngsters without the consent of girl's family. Their romance is sidelined in the film as they are not placed in such a situation. So, the story turned more about a 'humour packed village adventure' than a straightforward romantic drama. The best part of the film is the cordinated give and take dailogue deliveries and chemistry between the leading actors. Their comedy and friendship is the soul of the film. Music and background score goes in a smooth flow and the cinematography is also ordinarily perfect. Nikhila vimal dressed as a young, confused magistrate is also comes up with humour but seems underwritten.  When Mangalasseri Neelakandan in the iconic film Devasuram expressed his fe

" Am not a slave of my past, not an owner of my future. Am letting my life just go.. " as Ayisha put her life lesson straightly, we all can precisely feel her from the screen. Its all about the actress Manju warrier and her ability to take up all the responsibility onto her shoulders and once again underlined her title as a "Female super star." The Plot . The film starts when Ayisha migrates to Riyadh in search of a job as a home maid in a wealthy Elite islamic family. Ayisha and Mama, the supreme women of the family become attached deeply as mama feels very happy and comfortable with the company of Aisha. As Ayisha was a popular theatre artist and a communist leader in kerala, her identity got revealed when she went out for a shopping outside the palace on a friday. Her fans and fellow comrades realised her situation and helps her family in kerala to get ride of her miseries and urge ayisha to come back in theatres. Aisha comes back from Riyadh leaving mama as mama

In the popular series Greys Anatomy, Meredith grey says- "There's an end to every storm. Once all the trees have been uprooted, once all the houses have been ripped apart. The wind will hush, the clouds will part, the rain will stop, the sky will clear in an instant. And only then in those quiet moments after the storm do we learn who was strong enough to survive it?"  And after watching this film, one can realise that humanity will survive.. T he film is based on real incidents occurred in kerala back in 2018 when the state experienced unprecedented rainfall along with an abruptly formed low pressure that further worsened the situation. The Government machineries alone couldn't ensure the rescue operation, but people faced this danger with remarkable unity and spirit to save the lives and property in the best possible way. Film is a docudrama of these incidences. First half of the film is an introduction to all the leading characters and their whereabouts. This porti

 "The lies that the kings tell is called Politics" as Nandhini says with authenticity, it drives us back to the mighty Chola empire of power, vengeance, thrown, and thus the bloodshed. The film is one of the stellar parades of the most talented artists of Indian cinema in terms of both on-screen performances and off-screen technicality. The story of PS 2 has given an equitable impact on each leading character like Aditya Karikalan, Nandhini, Kundavai, Arul Mozhi and Vallavadevan. At the same time, the emotional hook of the film is not the war for the thrown but the troubled past and complex romance of Nandhini and Aditya Karikalan. All the characters were at their best in the hands of dedicated actors like Vikram, Aishwarya rai bachan, Karthi, Jayam Ravi and Trisha. The Beauty. PS2 can be considered as a reflection of Might, with period splendour. Great Palaces, Brave Warfare,  Gorgeous women, and rich culture, are all represented as eulogized enigmas of the Chola kingdom. Ac

If you are a conditioned admirer of blood thirsty vampires and an exclusive subscriber of Netflix jumpscares ,'Neelavelicham' can't work on you. But for your parents, this will be a colorful nostalgia. It could keep the classic elements of Vaikom Muhammad bhasheer's short story named the same affixed with some technical superiority.  Bargavinilayam, is a popular phrase for every haunted house in Kerala since the last sixty years. It's considered as a pioneer horror film in Malayalam film industry that tells the story of Bargavi and her boyfriend Sasikumar. The adapted version Neelavelicham also displays their love, tragedy and the crime that happens in this plot with very little deviations from the original film. It adds the advancement of technology to make the film more convincing and visually memorable.  Is there a Ghost...? The protagonist sees Bargavi. Other characters  also see and experience the presence of Bargavi. But nobody has ever seen somebody seeing Ba

 As long as the women are getting pathetically judged, slut-shamed, commodified, assaulted, and sex-rated in our society based on their breast size, the concept of Body politics is something that need to be discussed. B 32 muthal 44 vare is a finely tailored cinematic take on this issue through six women who live in Ernakulam. They are barely connected with each other during the course of their journey. Not all of them know each of them but some of them know at least one among them.  PLOT . The narrative goes like showing each of their issues that are someway connected to their bust size. Ziya played by Anarkkali marakkar is a transgender who used to hide her breast, but Iman , her roommate works in hospitality sector facing carrier issues because of her ill developed breasts. Malini in another plot just had mastectomy and waiting for prosthetic surgery and Jaya faces social auditing because of her appearance in an innerwear ad. Another character named Nidhi is a school girl who is a

  Thuramukham , one of the most awaited film from Rajiv Ravi, tells about, Lives of innocent illiterate people of Mattanchery, their exploitations and revolutionary movements which results in a firing incident that killed many ,way back in the year 1953. Plot . The film starts by using black and white frames to narrate the story of a local muslim man named Maimood (Joju thomas). Maimood and his neighbours are headload workers in Cochin shipyard where they follow a distinctive work culture called Chaappa system under which Chappa is a token of permission that must be posessed by a worker to take part in loading and unloading activities in Cochin shipyard. This chappa coins are issued by an authority named as Mooppan along with a middleman, Pacheekka. As the Chappa system is extremely exploitative, workers and their family were leaving in extreme poverty. Maimood who revolted against the system got murdered by the men in power. When the film picks up the color frames, the timeline assume

 India, the Modi question in its Episode 2, discuss about multiple issues that are in connection with minority-targeting. It documents cow vigilantism, Abrogation of Article 370 that gives special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Illegal more migration in Assam, NRC and CAA protests, Delhi riots, and also Nupur sharma's hate speech against minorities that followed by the brutal killing of a Hindu man by two muslim radicals. The documentary starts in Jharkhand (2017) by telling the story of a lady named Mariam, whose husband got beaten up and killed by a hindu mob for trading beef. When Mr. Modi gave a speech that glorifies cows in the name of Hindu culture and he openly criticised those people who kill cows for its meat. Following this speech, many of the BJP ruling states had criminalised the possession of beef This speech is considered as a incitement to take violent actions against people who possess beef, like a state- sponsored program. Though Mr.Modi was silent over

Narendra Modi is one of the most controversial and paradoxical Prime minister, India ever had/having when it comes to his way of addressing Minority affairs in the largest democracy, so this documentary too.It starts with Mr. Modi's inflammatory speeches from the past in which he incites Hindu community to take a 'do or die' stand against India's muslim community. Then It flashes some protests against Citizenship amendment act in which Muslim community is evidently discriminated. Story No.1 The first statement is of a man named Imran Yakoob who's family got attacked by a Hindu mob , that killed 8 of his family members. This tension started in February 2002 when lots of Hindu pilgrims , travelling in a train got attacked by another mob at Godhra(Gujarat). The mob set the running train on fire , that killed 59 Hindu pilgrims. This incident was alleged against the Muslim community as a whole, which made them the victims of community targeting for the next three days. T

 Arjun ashok, through his recent appearances in his films, has earned an easily relatable 'Boy who next door' image from malayalee audience. His latest release "Thattassery koottam" is just another example of it. Plot . The film features Sanju, a youngster who aspires to become a civil servant but taking his traditional livelihood of jewellery making for granted. He falls in love with a girl from wealthy family for her father, sanju's uncle worked for. He starts a jewellery shop by his own, with the help of his old uncle to elevate his family status in par with his love interest. But the jewellery shop got stolen by an organised criminals hail from Tamilnadu. Sanju and his friends chase the gang to get back their gold and to fix everything back. Positives . Its a feel good entertainer drawn in a countryside canvas. The beauty, comedy, relationships and family values of a village lifestyle is nicely reflected in each frames. Story is convincing and the actors made

Varisu is a musically powered family-action drama that forcefully tries to explore as many charisma as of the actor Vijay on screen. The film tells the story a buisness giant named Rajendran(Sarath kumar) and his family. His three sons, two of them aspires to become the next chairman of their Company, and Vijay the third one who is hesitant to be identified under his fathers glory. Rivalries between the two sons and the other buisness competitors are the challenges for Vijay who cares about his family more than anything else. The way he deals with all these after surprisingly assumed the chairmanship, balancing that with his family issues, is the backbone of the story. Positives . When it comes to a Vijay film he is everything of it. The same scenario repeats in varisu as well as he took the screentime and the story onto his shoulders effortlessly. His Dance, self referal dailogues from his earlier hits, comedy and action that defines a typical commercial films, are all exhibited in a