A terrific Sobhita Dhulipala plays a true-crime journalist who begins to track a serial killer. What works better than the genre parts of the film is the subtext, […]
Sharan Koppisetty’s ‘Cheekatilo’ is a solid serial-killer drama, narrated with empathy Read More
Jiiva plays a panchayat head who has to be a proper politician when a wedding and a death threaten to erupt into trouble. The film’s strength is its
At a time our ‘mass’ heroes are going over the top displaying their machoism, Chiranjeevi gamely takes on a role with more comedy than action. The film is
Prabhas has fun in a role that’s not serious. But the whole film should have been that way. Instead, things turn sentimental and tedious. That’s the short take.
Maruthi’s ‘The RajaSaab’ has some goofy gags that (sadly) give way to tiresome sentiment Read More
The point of the film is to present Pawan Kalyan as wonderfully as possible. Mission accomplished! And there are some good set pieces. But the rest of the
In terms of story, the film is a traditional hero-versus-villain narrative. But the screenplay detours, the suspense about what Mirai is, along with the genuine, child-like sense of
The cleanly written film is about a Chosen One. It is also a story about brothers, and a spy thriller. But these various strands don’t merge satisfactorily. The
The film takes a long time to find its feet. But once the real story gets going, there’s a fable-like Amar Chitra Katha feel that works well. The
The story is about an evil, rich man who recruits a beggar for a job, and the film wants to be a fable with a moral about haves
The earlier HIT films surprised us with twisted investigation stories that hinged on one perpetrator, but the third movie takes it further with a gleeful amount of gore.
This story of a cricketer stars Madhavan, Siddharth, Nayanthara, and Meera Jasmine. Their characters are all entangled in serious problems, but everything stays at a distance. The rest
The story is about the misuse of the legal system, and it works because of the love story at the centre and the sturdy nature of the courtroom
