Sangeetha Narayanan

This movie is reflecting of the times I grew up in - in the yesteryear Madras and a small temple town. My life was immersed in Raaja Sir's music, the food was wonderful, people were decent and beaches were clean and the oceans were translucent. I enjoyed the thamizhiyam in the movie - with pictures of Periyar adorning the walls of a tamil home, the talk about Jallikattu and taking pride in our ancient heritage, the lives revolving around big temples, the life woven around spirituality and divinity and most importantly the ability of people trying to help out with whatever little they had. Now almost everyone has a lot to give but not the heart. This movie directly relates to Gen Xers like me and I am so happy it was made. I am sick of seeing this violence, gore, the misogyny, the undermining of women - all being dished out in the name of entertainment. Hope our folks understand that the people above forty are not dead and they would like some decent entertainers as well - hopefully something that goes deep and is hard to forget.

I usually don't write too many reviews about films. This one is just a regular offering - nothing great in it. But wanted to specially mention the actors who had given life to the characters and made them so believable - especially Jahnvi and Rajkummar. I am big fan of Rajkummar for a very long time - his sincerity toward any role he is offered is astounding to me. Jahnvi has worked really hard for this movie and most importantly has really matured in acting and giving the right emotions. Her mother would have been really proud of how wonderfully she is shaping up as an actress. Hopefully she continues to hone her craft and outshines the rest of the flock. God bless!

It is a very important movie to watch for both men and women. Our society still believes that the honor of a family solely rests in what lies between two feet of a woman. Her character is judged if she does or doesn't. It is calamitous that even in the 21st century, a patriarchal society still insists that it's women have to act according to what has been set in stone. I really love Radhika's performance, and love love love Nimrat Kaur's performance. The men in the cast have also given some amazing performances. Taking one's life is never an answer to one's troubles. I understand when you are in pain and there is nobody that supports you or has a few kind words for you - it might feel like the world is watching you and is coming cracking down on you, but none of it is true. Especially women have to grow a thick skin and think just for once that if men can get away with just about anything, women can live a little as well. I just wished Sajini had lived - the world has really lost a brilliant physicist.

This is a really important film for us to watch. The most enriching performances of Raghava Lawrence and Surya - where these two men age like wine is a thing of awe. The violence and gore especially against women and animals really was tough for me to watch - but it is really important for us to watch this film for the politics it speaks - something that we need to hear time and again. Something we shouldn’t forget. That the aboriginal tribes of India, the people and animals of the forest need our protection. That we need to be aware that their right to live is threatened for the power struggles of some of the politicians. It is important for us to understand that this is necessary - that we are not so immersed in our day to day but actually pay attention to the things that matter that are threatened.

I just finished watching this movie - never enjoyed violence this much. Bob Odenkirk - my biggest thanga thalaivar of all times. Have been the greatest fan of his from the "Better call Saul" days. This movie is just superb. It has the finest elements - the screenplay, the characters, the actors that play those characters, the music, the choreographed stunt sequences and an amazing writer to back it all up. Pl do watch this movie. I love the underdog movies like the American Beauty which had such impactful writing that stays with me till date - it has been several years since I watched this. I love these about the movies - it makes us believe even for a few hours that anything is possible. With Bob it is!!

This movie is about a small clan with extremely valiant warriors trying to take back their lost dignity where the chola side they supported had lost the battle against pandiyas and retreated into a hiding space hunting to feed themselves and their families. This story is about the clan trying to hatch a strategy, trying to get support from the cholas who are in hiding and trying to take back the kingdom so their children have a better life. This movie is so well done, I was in awe from the start to the end. It was full of new comers playing key roles and it felt as though they have been around in the movie business a long time. The visually spectacular, the mesmerizing landscape, the blood and gore in the fights and battles - all of them done to perfection. What I loved the most is that the film stays true to the period in which it was shot - the way in which the people conducted themselves, how they spoke, how they ate, how they dressed and how they went to battle with each other. How they also lived in harmony with nature. It was glorious, it was breath taking, it was truly a masterpiece from the start to the end. I wish there was more and I could have spent another several hours watching this since I was so intrigued. It is an honest effort. It is a sincere effort. It is as an earnest effort to bring back the lost cinema that was raw, that was an art form and that which dealt with history in it’s true nature with some liberties here and there. Thank you so much to the team for whom this might have been a tremendous task bringing together. I hope this movie is a success and a lot more movies such as this gets made - celebrating what cinema actually is.

I really liked class since it depicts as it is - the upper class and poor divide, the nature of the elite and how they treat those below them, the caste differences, the religious divide, the huge influx of drugs and the availability to the school children, how erratic the elite are with the power of money simply blinding them, the way they treat those who disagree with them, the way in which even their struggles are real, the challenges they face and the insecurities they as real as the middle class - only at a different level of sophistication, and also most importantly the constant hate that is there between the divided class for each other and how the teenagers always seek revenge of atrocious levels which is even more fueled by social media. You guys should watch. I am glad I didn't watch the original show "Elite"

This Mila Kunis starrer is a must watch for most women, I would dare say. I for one had been meek for a great part of my life, said only what people wanted to hear and resented every moment when I had to pretend that I was okay with what was going on. I don't anymore and that to me is liberating to say the least. In the film, the character played by Mila Kunis goes thru so much trauma and carries the aftermath of it with her thru out her adult life which seriously affects her relationship, her bonding with her mother and work as well. This goes on until she decides to take matters in her own hands and deals head on with what was making her so mad at living. Trauma of any kind is very hard to deal with - and to process and resolve it takes strength and a will that most people cannot garner in a lifetime. But it needs processing - whatever maybe the root cause of trauma, vexation, being hopeless and depressed - needs acceptance, understanding and a chance to address it rather than suppressing it and dealing with an ugly outburst of emotions. Please disregard the reviews that steer you away - please do watch the movie to understand the often silenced perspective of women that have undergone serious trauma and have survived to talk about it.