800, Review: The numbers game If you have not done your research already, you must be told that this film is about cricket, and, more specifically, about Mutthiah Muralitharan (also spelt Muralidaran), the SriLankan spin bowler who holds the record for taking the maximum number of wickets in Test match cricket – 800. And hence the name of the film. A biopic that dramatises and recreates his life, right from the time when he was a little kid, till the time when he retired from the game. ...

IFFI 53, 2022, 11: Storyline, tight screenplay, performances are important Kurangu Pedal captures a child's interest in learning how to ride a bicycle, while his father doesn’t even know to ride a cycle. “The story kept on lingering in my mind as cycle was the one of the most intriguing things in my childhood. Learning to ride a cycle gives one confidence, and that thought pushed me to make a movie”, said Kamalakannan S., director and co-screenplay writer of th...

Saaho, Review: Posture Boys Grand emptiness fills the screen as the Saaho saga unfolds. There is a semblance of a plot and a picture post-card collage of both serene and breath-taking visuals. However, most unfortunately, the most crucial element of a well-crafted film, story-telling, is at a discount. Gory and one-sided fights, a floating, free-falling and soaring mortal superhero, and flesh flaunting femme fatales cannot compensate for flimsy premises and disbelief inviting sequences. Prit...