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Bethlehem Kudumba Unit : A sweet breezy coming of age romcom

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  Major takeaways Mamitha that I fell in love with is back with this film as she has found a footing in this with the charm, quirkiness that is convincing. The chemistry between Nivin and Mamitha is astounding to say the least. They were natural and convincing with the roles they played. Girish AD is  back with Bethlehem Kudumba Unit which is an amazing romcom where he has managed to bring together humor with romance in such a natural way that there is no single character who controls the proceedings. All the characters have at least one serious scene that is also funny in nature and that makes up the biggest strength of the movie. The story is all about a guy called Justin (Nivin Pauly) who falls in love with his new neighbor Ashley (Mamitha Baiju) the moment they move to their new city. Justin is a bachelor who is in his late 30s and hates marriage very much. He is running a catering business, making short movies for his younger brother Joel (Sangeeth Pratap). He is very pop...

Vishwanath and Sons : Kumbhi Baagam for 160 Mins

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Major Takeaways: 1.Surya holds the film together alongside Radhikaa, which falls off like a domino. 2.Another Mamitha performance that seems overboard and cannot emote where needed. She fills the role, though. Someone tell her it's not Premalu. VAS is Venky Atluri's next after a successful outing with DQ in Lucky Bhaskar. With that being said, I had some hopes going into the film. The film disappointed me for the most part. Sanjay Viswanath is a successful generational wealth holder and an Olympic shooter in his 40s who is yet to be married, which worries his mother, Nirmala, meticulously helmed by Radhikaa. So, how Maddy Mamitha holds up in the proceedings forms the crux of the story. To begin with, the film had "terrible writing", with scenes acting up like Sundara Travels' infamous bus scene, covering up the weaknesses in the script. Be it the manner in which romance was established, how surrogacy is established to the audience in a comi...

Main Vaapas Aaunga : Another Imtiaz's breezy love that transcends time and country

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 Major takeaways Imtiaz Ali's tell tale saga of romance and partition that might bring a sense of  déjà vu but yet manages to be fresh with his grounded story telling. AR.Rahman's music makes sure the viewer is transcended into the film with his music that works like a charm in the film's proceedings. We are at a point in time in history where we get to witness displacements on every continent of the world that produce refugees in their own countries, and this is what the core of the film is all about. The movie explores the trauma of the Indo-Pak partition, its impact on individuals, the devastation of families, and the lasting changes in human lives. The film’s core question is why a transit point becomes a person’s destination. This story depicts the Indo-Pak partition as a personal, emotional rift, unlike recent Bollywood films that use it for broader conflict or epic tales. The story revolves around Keenu (Naseeruddin Shah), an old man who lies on his deathbed, debilit...

DC : A butchered adaptation of Devadas/Bonnie&Clyde

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Major takeaways Anirudh ensures that, at the very least, he stays true to the material, delivering a terrific musical score that breathes life into an otherwise lifeless film. Sanjana and Wamiqa Gabbi deliver performances that do exactly what they need to without overdoing them. Sadly, Lokesh remains stiff throughout, which looks particularly bad on screen, although the character sketch partly compensates for it. An adaptation of Devadas (the novel) and Bonnie and Clyde (the film) culminates in a messy action drama.   DC is director Arun Matheswaran’s fourth action film, and yet he still manages to make an action film with almost no emotional connection to its characters. The film goes full guns blazing for reasons that appear to be rooted in social issues, but it never meaningfully addresses them. This has been a recurring problem in his films, from the Eelam backdrop in Rocky to the Naxalite backdrop in DC . Here, Das’s motivation is fundamentally personal, yet the film force...