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Malikappuram (2022)
Must watch - best family entertainer of 2023
I watched it with no expectation but was pleasantly surprised by the storyline, acting, casting and especially music. There are no dull moments, story telling is quite engaging. In this age of cheap thrills of religious beliefs, this Malayalam movie took my heart away from the starting credits ("dedicated to our Super Hero Ayyappa"). Background score is very catchy with devotional songs - Kaliyuga soundtrack has been running in my mind ever since watching the movie.
Unni Mukundan will definitely give run for the money to other actors (from Telugu & Kannada film industry). For best experience watch it in Malayalam (it happened to be my first Malayalam movie and what a movie!! What a benchmark !!
Sita Ramam (2022)
Too many twists and turns, bit lengthy
I liked to movie but retrospectively thinking it felt bit lengthy and overstretched through the middle. The story was engaging though, 2nd half is much better and decently narrated however first half felt too much focussed on the love story (which could have been easily cut by 20-30 minutes).
Waheeda's character is bit confusing, she randomly wears hijab so it was bit confusing to gauge her role (as a Pakistani), her role was perhaps complex so benefit of doubt for the director.
Dilquer & Mrinal are refreshing to watch, they keep your attention and have good screen presence.
Prakash Raj is like eye sore, his acting is repetitive and it looks like tou watch Prakash Raj instead of his character on screen .
There are few amateur (and avoidable) dialogues like Pak Officer saying Jai Shri Ram and Indian officer reciprocating it with Khuda hafiz - Com'on!!
Atithi Bhooto Bhava (2022)
Nice family entertainer
Watched it with zero expectations but was delighted with the storyline and the actors. Pratik is versatile and the movie would have been incomplete without Jackie Shroff. It gets bit slow mid way through but that's quite common in Hindi movies where the steam wiggles out.
Actresses could have been better. Comedy is simple and more so situational so there's no agenda of forcing any narrative or cheap humour. Actors were refreshing, all of them seem to have stage acting background so they were quite methodical and had good presence. The storyline is pretty straightforward, easy on eyes and ears so it makes a good entertainer for your weekend watch.
Jogi (2022)
Shallow and disjointed
Waste of time. The time is quite shallow with amateur acting, to a point the movie looses interwar within 25 minutes of runtime. Kumud Mishra has been wasted, the entire cringe test sounds like a propaganda.
Dasonjh has a long way to go apart from cut, copy paste expressions from the get go. To be honest, one can get more expressions from a rock than him.
Perhaps this is one of the rare movie on 1984 riots which I have not liked. Background score is good. The story should have elaborated on the ruling party's misdeeds which could have added to the story line and better presentation.
Casting could have been better.
Karthikeya 2 (2022)
Great movie - Must watch
Brilliant movie, I wish many more original movies are made for Indian audience. The casting, story and surprise element Anupam Kher steals the show till he's onscreen.