Musings of a film lover

Cold Case-Malyalam Movie Cold Case is a very interesting Malyalam film with two stories running parallel.On one hand you have ACP Sathyajit (Prithviraj Sukumaran) investigating a murder mystery where the only lead is a skull of a woman found wrapped in a plastic bag. While on the other hand there is Medha(Adithi Balan),a television journalist/presenter facing some paranormal activity in the new house in which she has shifted with her little daughter and maid after separation from her husband. As Sathyajit progresses with his investigation and Medha moves forward in her quest to get to the bottom of the paranormal activities with guidance from a blind Occultist(Suchitra Pillai), the parallel lines start converging to ultimately reveal some startling truths and a story of deceit and crime. Very interestingly put together narrative and the way the two tracks finally meet has been shown in a very intriguing manner. No over the top or excessive horror sequences ...

Hungama 2 Borrowing some elements from his Hindi film debut Muskurahat, some doses of Hungama and adding some dashes of Gulzar's Parichay,Priyadarshan has created a very disappointing mishmash called Hungama 2. It does evoke a few laughs here and there,but mostly annoying.And at 2 hrs 35 mins it is too lengthy and a pain to sit through specially towards the end with too many characters, situations,plots and sub-plots. Ashutosh Rana does try to hold fort amid the mayhem with his balanced performance and screen presence. Meezan and Pranitha Subhash are competent but badly let down by poorly created characters and aimless direction. And why would Shilpa Shetty make a comeback in a role which looks like a glorified version of what Upasna Singh played in Hungama,the first of this franchise,is beyond me!! Paresh Rawal is highly irritating with his mumbling and looks lost throughout. Manoj Joshi,Rajpal Yadav,Johnny Lever add nothing new with their poorly written repetiti...

In the picturesque town of Simla,a school teacher Sameera Chauhan(Ahana Kumra)dealing with break up from her fiance(Rajeev Siddhartha) and a reputed renowned doctor Anurag Saraswat(Rajeev Khandelwal) whose wife has committed suicide,decide to turn their attraction for each other into a date finally after some intitial hesitation and awkwardness. The date turns into a late night rendezvous with drinks and the next day Sameera wakes up to realise that she has been physically assaulted but with no memory of the happenings of last night!! Inspite of being dissuaded by her sister,Sameera decides to report the issue.But the police are not able to do much due to lack of any kind of evidence. Both parties remain firm on their stands.Sameera of accusation and Anurag of denial. Thus begins a game of lies,deceit and fight for the truth.But what is the truth? While Sameera has a history of alcoholim,depression and another me too case where she had to withdraw the complaint,Anurag ...

Slice of life is a genre I immensely enjoy.Cubicles is one such delightful series,hassle free,simple,sweet yet saying a lot if you hear.I had a smile throughout while watching this 5 episode TVF show. Small small incidents and moments from daily work and routine life,friendships, relationships,work place blues and joys and conversations are so well presented and enacted and so relatable.Loved the tone of humour.Subtle and effective. Abhishek Chauhan as the central character Piyush Prajapati is absolutely natural and effortless. You don't feel as if he is acting.It just flows so naturally.Had liked him earlier in Undekhi too. The interactions between Piyush and his boss Megha(Nidhi Bisht,another effortless performance) are absolutely delightful. Angad(Shivankit Singh Parihar),Kalpesh(Arnab Bhasin),Richa(Srishti Ganguly Rindani) are such brilliantly created characters equally brilliantly enacted.And by brilliant I don't mean over the top accentuated hi...