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Iratta (“Twin”/dir. Rohit M.G. Krishnan, 2023)

At a police station in Vagamon, preparations are underway for an event organized by the Kerala Police Housing Co-operative Society and the Kerala Government’s LIFE Mission Scheme, which Forest Minister Geetha Rajendran (Srindaa) will be attending.  Police officers rehearse a song, put out chairs for guests, reporters check their phones…

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Ennalum Ente Aliya (dir. Bash Mohammed, 2023)

Balu (Suraj Venjaramoodu) and Lakshmi (Gayatri Arun) are a couple who have been married eight years, who long to have children.  Balu works as an insurance salesman and motivational speaker on the subject of marriage.  He and Lakshmi live in an apartment complex in Dubai, where, during the three day…

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Sandhesam (“The Message”/dir. Sathyan Anthikad, 1991)

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on October 17, 2019. Raghavan Nair (Thilakan) has been a station master for the Indian Railways in Tamil Nadu for 30 years, and bids an emotional farewell to the community he’s become a part of  — but, as he tells the people he’s…

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Chhello Show (“The Last Film Show”, dir. Pan Nalin, 2022)

One day, Samay’s father announces that he is taking his family to the movies. Samay (Bhavin Rabari) is curious about this – his family has not been to see a movie since he was five years old. “Listen,” says his father, “once you’ve seen this one, you’ll never watch another…

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Four Samosas (dir. Ravi Kapoor, 2022)

Artesia is a small city in Los Angeles County in California, possibly home to an artesian well (there are wells in the area, hence the name), but definitely home to Vinny (Venk Potula), an underachieving wannabe rapper.  Vinny feels that his creativity and confidence have been stifled after being dumped…

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Paka (“River of Blood”) dir. Nithin Lukose, 2021

A man is pulled from the Johnson River in Kerala’s Wayanad district, in Kerala’s mountainous Western Ghat region.  At night, a group of young men sit around a fire, drinking, and ponder how the dead man got into the river.  Murder, suggests one, but Johnny (Basil Paulose) says that couldn’t…

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T.P. Balagopalan M.A. (dir. Sathyan Anthikad, 1986)

T.P. Balagopalan (Mohanlal) is a low level employee at Falcon Products.  He earns 800 rupees a month, and uses that money to support his eldest sister, Radha (K.P.A.C. Lalitha) and her family – her husband, Chandrankutty (Kuthiravattam Pappu) who is a bus conductor and largely absent, as well as their…

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Fire in the Mountains (dir. Ajitpal Singh, 2021)

The Uttarakhand hill stations in India are often compared to Switzerland because of their spectacular mountain vistas, and Munsiyari, which provides the setting for Ajitpal Singh’s Fire in the Mountains, is stunning in its beauty, sitting as it does at the base of the Himalayas.  It’s no wonder, then, that…

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