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1 week ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Vishal Menon

Writer: Nithin S Babu, Manu SwarajDirector: Manu SwarajCast: Suraj Venjaramoodu, Sharaf U Dheen, Sandeep Pradeep, Arun Pradeep, Niranjana AnoopLanguage: MalayalamThere’s an infectious amount of silliness in Padakkalam which makes this fantasy impossible to take seriously. Speaking broadly, it’s another one of those body-swap comedies in which the jokes emerge out of our amusement on seeing one actor perform like another.

1 week ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Vishal Menon

Anuraj Manohar’s first film Ishq (2019) starring Shane Nigam, Shine Tom Chacko and Lisha Leona Lishoy, was both a critical success and a box-office hit. Yet, it has taken the director more than five years to get ready with his second film Narivetta. “Ishq released on May 17, 2019. Narivetta will release on May 16, 2025. Exactly five years and 364 days after Anuraj’s first film. The coincidence sounds almost like I’m reading a price tag,” jokes Tovino.

1 week ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Vishal Menon

Director: Thamar KVWriter: Thamar KVCast: Asif Ali, Divya Prabha, Ramya Suresh, Deepak Parambol, OrhanLanguage: MalayalamRelease: TheatricalIf there’s one feeling that binds all the central characters of Thamar KV’s Sarkeet, it’s helplessness. In their efforts to make the most of the Malayali dream of making it big in the Middle East, we find a group of people who are just one bad day away from falling and breaking apart.

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Sneha Menon Desai |Arun Janardhan

Six years after he started playing for the Indian cricket team, and at age 25, Shubman Gill finds himself on the cusp of a transition. While he is still spoken of as a young, upcoming cricketer, a bona fide future star, he is already the vice-captain of the Indian team that won the Champions Trophy in March in Dubai. He likes hanging out with his “entourage”, a word he uses as a substitute for childhood friends, a word derived from the American television show he has recently seen.

2 weeks ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Vishal Menon

Director: Karthik SubbarajWriter: Karthik SubbarajCast: Suriya, Pooja Hegde, Jayaram, Joju George, Nassar, Prakash RajLanguage: TamilHas there ever been another Tamil filmmaker as obsessed with the idea of irony as Karthik Subbaraj? You find this obsession in his earlier works too, including the very concept of making a feminist film by giving us the stories of three flawed men.