Gautham Vasudev Menon
Review Of FIR : The Innocent Terrorist Theme Gets A Middling Treatment
FIR (Tamil, Amazon Prime) Starring Vishnu Vishal, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Manjima Mohan, Reba Monica John, Raiza Wilson Directed by Manu Anand Rating: ** Ifran is an Ahmed. And he is not a terrorist. Yes, we got that. Not all Muslims are terrorists, and so and so forth. At a time when Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files clearly shows the victim from the other side of the communal fence, Manu Anand takes the pseudo-liberal view.He goes to great lengths—and this film does appear lengthy although it is just a little more than two hours in l | Click Here...
Review Of Rudra Thandavam: The Other Side Of Jai Bhim
Rudra Thandavam(Amazon Prime , Tamil) Starring Richard Rishi, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Dharsha Gupta, with Radha Ravi and Thambi Ramaiah Written & Directed by Mohan G Rating: *** Writer-director Mohan G’s third film has been acutely panned by socially enlightened sections as “casteist” “anti-Dalit” propaganda for the RSS. This is not just an over-reaction, it is a paranoiac dismissal of the alternate viewpoint. There is a difference between being a convert and a pervert. Even if one embraces the alternate view on Dalit discri | Click Here...
Review Of Navarasa: Scattered With Interesting Moments
Navarasa(Netflix, Anthology of 9 Films) Directed by Bejoy Nambiar ,Priyadarshan, Karthik Subbaraj, Vasanth, Arvind Swami, , Karthick Naren, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sarjun KM and Rathindran R. Prasad Rating: *** They say, save the last for the best. But in this eclectic uneven omnibus of nine stories based on the nine basic human emotions , the best is the first story Edhir, based on the emotion of pity(Karuna) it features two powerhouse performances by Vijay Sethupathi and Revathy as an murderer and his victim’s wife. Their confrontation is so beau | Click Here...
Review Of Putham Pudhu Kaalai: Leaves Much To Be Desired
Putham Pudhu Kaalai (Amazon Prime) Directed by Sudha Kongara,Gautham Vasudev Menon,Suhasini Mani Ratnam,Rajiv Menon,Karthik Subbaraj Rating: ** ½ We all know this is the time when we need to be kind. And if you don’t know why then you probably live under a rock. Or in Goa. None of the characters in the five stories of this well-intended but bland omnibus lets us forget that they are living during a time of crisis and trying to make the best of it. The omnibus’ opulent and omniscient optimism of the presentation made me feel the best thing to have happene | Click Here...
Manoj Bajpayee to lend his voice for Discovery’s documentary- COVID19 – India’s War Against The Virus
Discovery Plus, India’s first aggregated real-life entertainment streaming app, is all set to stream an exclusive documentary which will provide a rare glimpse into all the key steps being taken across the country to battle the Coronavirus pandemic. Titled ‘COVID-19: INDIA’S WAR AGAINST THE VIRUS’ the Discovery Plus special will follow both, the global and the Indian timeline, of how the virus spread and shine light on key developments that have taken place ever since India’s first Coronavirus victim was detected in Kerala. Extensively shot during the period of lockdown, | Click Here...