Vikram M.N.'s Blog, page 4

Movie Review – Lucky Baskhar

Cheap gimmick masked as an intelligent film, say K. V. Anand like Dulquer is one of the smart players who operate in the industry, just like how Baskhar is in this movie, or to be even precise like Dhanush in Kollywood. Look at his choice of movies, especially outside Malayalam film industry. ‘Sita Ramam’, ‘Kannum... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Lifelike portrait I watched ‘Jeanne Dielman…’ exactly the way it shouldn’t be watched, by breaking into parts. Ideally it should have been watched in one sitting, no matter what the outcome is because when you break it in the middle, you’re getting out of the zone. It’s like reading a heavy novel without a bookmark... Continue Reading →

Book Review – Amara Thara

Mediocre page turner, at its best The book took me by surprise. I was neither aware of the book or the history behind the book. But it took some time to digest that Kalki has written a novel in the contemporary world because it’s very difficult to shake of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ from our head. This... Continue Reading →

Workplace Toxicity

I wanted to post this article in Linkedin for long time but was holding back for various reasons. But now that I’ve bypassed that phase and came out in one piece, I thought I need to write about it. It can be an eyeopener for at least few and I could be happy to have... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Meiyazhagan

Bromance, and anything else? Director C. Prem Kumar seems to have created a genre of his own. ‘Meiyazhagan’ is no different from ‘96’ in terms of feel. It lingers on borderline melancholy where you can’t either digest it and be happy or just cry your heart out. All we can do is fake it and... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Maaveeran

A voice which demands to be heard ‘Maaveeran’ is a true original which had a solid premise but the problem with these kind of films is once the suspense is out it can’t continue to be interesting. But ‘Maaveeran’ succeeds in every aspect of it, the prelude to the juncture he gets the power, the... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Battle Royale

Gore Game Well, I’m not new to weird films but this came out of syllabus. Within minutes I understood what’s the genre to be but I was expecting a funny film or some wry humor in the midst of all the gore but nothing of that sort happened. Ideally I should have read about the... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Koozhangal

The bareness of Life Yaar sami nee. Seriously, where did you come from? His Wikipedia page is a template for the origin of greatness. I recently watched ‘Kottukkali’ in theatres, just with a gut feeling and it turned out to be one of the greatest films I’ve ever watched. Had I watched ‘Koozhangal’ earlier I... Continue Reading →

Movie Review – Aavesham

A creative genius or an epic misfire ‘Aavesham’ is a really curious film. I largely avoided the film due the over the top nature of the look and feel of the film. There was no doubt that the role of Fahadh Faasil too was not going to be grounded. I didn’t want to see a […]

Movie Review – I Vitelloni

A questionable encounter Immediately after I finished the film I knew that writing about it is going to be a struggle, thanks to myself self inflicted punishment of having to write about every film I watch. Fellini has had a curious impact in my life. Unlike my unwavering love for Truffaut or repulsive nature of […]