Mathew Manjooran (Villain): Mohanlal's most underrated performances!

Villain is a malayalam movie that was released in 2017. The movie was directed by B. Unnikrishnan who had previously directed Grandmaster. Expectations were high when the combo joined once again. The movie was expected to be an blockbuster. It is also the first Indian film to be filmed in 8K.

Mohanlal plays the role of Mathew Manjooran IPS, a retired police officer who has a troubled past. His wife and daughter met with an accident in which his daughter dies and wife goes into coma. There is also a flashback where he is shown as the daring and brave cop, a caring husband and a loving father. He was good in all these scenes.

Without any doubt we can say that this was Lalettan's best performance in the recent times. The way he handled Mathew Manjooran's character was brilliant. The pain, sorrow and regrets of an retired cop was brilliantly showcased by him. It also remains as his most underrated performances. The way he quotes Shakespeare were just brilliant. There is a particular scene where he cries and smiles at the same time. That was the most iconic scene of the film. Mathew Manjooran was an extended version of Chandrasekhar IPS from Grandmaster. But in this film emotional scenes were given more importance.

Analysing October : The not so common bollywood romance!

October is 2018 film directed by Shoojit Sircar with Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu in the lead roles.

This is not the usual bollywood romantic movie where the guy meets the girl, they fall in love, break up and again fall in love. October is different, here the girl is in coma.

Dan and Shiuli works as interns at the same hotel. There was nothing between them. Things change when Shiuli met with an accident and falls into coma. Dan comes to know that she had asked where was Dan just before the accident. This creates curiosity in Dan and he started assuming that Shiuli was in love with him. He started visiting the hospital daily leaving all his job to get answer to his doubts but never got any response from Shiuli. He takes care of her in an unconditional and unconventional manner. All he wants to know is that why she had asked about him on that day. She starts recovering and is discharged from the hospital. He visits her house daily to check her condition. Few days later she dies which leaves him in grief and sorrow. Dan stars to concentrate on his career and becomes a chef.

In the final scene Shiuli's mother says to Dan that she doesn't want the Shiuli plant to be left abandoned as the entire family is shifting, to which Dan says "I will take it, don't worry". This is one of the few bollywood movies that left me with tears and had haunted me.

What makes october different is its simplicity. The film had no songs unlike the other romantic films, but the background score was exceptional as the viewers could feel the pain. This is my favourite Varun Dhawan film. He had delivered his career best performance. October shows us that there need not be romantic scenes, comedy, or songs to make a good film of this genre.

RedRum teaser review: intriguing horror thriller

Red Rum is an upcoming psychological thriller written and directed by Vikram Shreedharan. The cast includes Ashok Selvan, Samyukta.

The teaser begins with an introduction of Ram who is having a condition called auditory hallucination due to which he hears whispers and sounds. The rest of the teaser shows his search for hidden secrets and questions. The visuals are accompanied with scary background scores by Vishal Chandrashekhar. VFX also looks good.

Ashok Selvan looks good as Ram.This trailer reminds us of Madhavan's Yavarum Nalam(13 B), yes the movie in which supernatural events occur in the television. The films promises to be a psychological horror thriller.