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  Ponman 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  కష్టపడే వాడెవడు కట్నం తీసుకోడు! 
  tight, non-preachy, engaging commentary on Dowry, Non-consensual 'marriages' and Toxic masculinity

  BASIL JOSEPH - Is a genre himself.

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  Joji 2021

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Mar 2025

                                  
                                Malayalathil Macbeth
                     transl. Macbeth in Malayalam 

  1 hr 53 mins of Fafa making my spine chill with his greedy eyes, lust for wealth, and mind-blowing acting.

  Syam Pushkaran adapts Macbeth and places it in the countryside of Kottayam, where you…

Popular reviews

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  Kudumbasthan 2025

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2025 1

  What all a man goes through to feed his family, maintain his self-esteem, and uphold his dignity is immense. Yet, he is valued and treated with respect only as long as he provides. If he stops providing, he is not even allowed to 'eat the food' he once worked so hard for.

  With the amount of struggles and commentary on sensitive issues like caste discrimination, patriarchy, and inferiority complex, they could have easily made an intense, tear-jerking drama. However, writer-director Rajeshwar…

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  Maqbool 2003

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Mar 2025

  All the Vishal Bharadwaj Shakespeare tragedies are for pussy (rightful acts, though). Even I would go to any extent—wouldn’t mind wrecking my whole life to have Tabu. She looks dead gorgeous with blood splashed on her face.

  Irfan conveys a thousand emotions with just his eyes—what a treat to watch!

  If Shakespeare were alive, he would have wept in your arms. I love you, Vishal Bharadwaj—for eternity.

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