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An enjoyable adventure action thriller with doses of mystery and history. Karthikeya 2 begins after the events from the previous film. Chandoo Motelini started a franchise with the climax of the film. The religious and age-old technology explanation are phenomenal. After Arjun Suvarnam, Nikhil Siddhartha makes a comeback as a Sherlock Holmes-type MBBS doctor and is superb in his role. The Dialogue delivery and style is good. Anupama Parameshwaran is also good in her role as an archaleogy graduate. Srinivasa Reddy and Viva Harsha are good in their comic timings. Adithya is also good as an antagonistic professor and delivers good performance. After Kashmir files, Anupam Kher is also phenomenal and his dialogue delivery is good where he explains about Lord Krishna is a must watch. Cinematography and VFX are engaging which makes the film as a worthwhile watch. Backgriund score by Kaala Bhairav is superb and Chandoo Motelini's story is superb and gives an Sherlock Holmes-Indiana Jones vibes. His writing and plot makes the film as an engaging watch in this Dussera-Deepavali season. Overall, Karthikeya 2 is a must watch for treasure hunting-style movie lovers and is a good watch with family. Watch it on ZEE5 for a packed-adventurous entertainment.

Lucifer is a classy-mass entertainer with stylish action, set-pieces, cool cinematography, background score and mass dialogues and direction. Mohanlal plays the titular character with versality and is perfect in the role that no one could imagine with other actor. Manju Warrier is brilliant in the role of a mother, Vivek Oberoi plays a shrewd antagonist and is menacing in the role till the climax. Saniya Iyappan, Kalabhavan Shajohan, Sai Kumar and cameo by producer Anthony Perumbavoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran are apt in their roles Prithviraj's direction and writing by Murali Gopy with politics as the backdrop are interesting, fun and dark, but is a mass entertainer in style and enjoyable with friends and family. Cinematography by Sujith Vaasudev, Music and background score by Deepak Dev, Editing by Samjith Mohammed are top notch in the narrative. Action sequences by Stun Silva are top notch, engaging and realistic. Overall, Lucifer is a mass entertainer by a Mohanlal fanboy which has style, swag mass and substance in equal balance. Watch it on Prime Video with a chill-fresh-thrilling-entertainer.

If you remove superhero genre from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), then there will be commercial elements like action, drama, romance, comedy and thriller which can be described as mass masala genre in India and Shang-Chi is no different. Simu Liu has done a good work as Shang-Chi and also excels in emotional, comical and action skills which shows the actor's dedication towards acting. Tony Leung as Wenwu is splendid and can be described as his career-best performance in his MCU/Hollywood debut and has style, swag is unmatchable. Awkwafina as Katy is splendid in her role and her comic timing is good. Hollywood comedian Ben Kingsley's continuation role of Trevor Slattery is hilarious and cameo appearence of Benedict Wong and Fala Chen is good and Meng'er Zhang is superb as a rebellious woman with grey shades. Action sequences from beginning to climax are goosebumps-worthy as every scene is packed with splendid martial arts choreography which is the highest point in the film and the climax between Shang-Chi and Wenwu is fantastic which makes MCU fans keep whistling and have edge-of-the-seat moments. Destin Daniel Cretton's direction is splendid and writing gives a fresh concept, though the story might be familiar. The VFX and CGI are praiseworthy which makes the film to watch in theatres and now i regret it for not watching the film in theatres. Editing and Cinematography are splendid. Overall, Shang-Chi is a mass masala entertainer with fantasy quotient laced with masala commercial elements to enthrall Hollywood and Indian audience to watch the film. The cast performance, terrific action sequences and strong antagonist makes the film as a worthy watch. Watch it in DSNP Hotstar for a feel-good mass fantasy entertainer.

Today I watched Bheeshma Parvam in DSNP Hotstar and this is one of the stylish mass entertainers that I witness in Malayalam cinema after Kaduva. After CIA, Amal Nareed is back with another stylized crime drama laced with action and mass moments. Megastar Mammotty does a good job in playing a crime boss like Al Pacino in 1972 Godfather and some of the dialogues are praiseworthy. Though I was sad that i missed in theatres after seeing it in Hotstar. It was enjoyable. Shine Tom Chacko and Farhaan Faasil does a superb job in playing brothers who want to kill their crime boss uncle (Mammotty's character) and is good in acting skills. Sreenath Bhasi, Soubin Shahir and Nadhiya Moidu are also well played in their roles and the thing is that the woman characters are somewhat mentally strong which is a plus points in the film. Other actors like Dileesh Pothan, Harish Uthaman, Anasuya Bharadwaj Abu Salim, Nedumudi Venu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha also did justice to their roles. Talking about the making, the action sequences choreographed by Supreme Sundar are stylish and superb which makes it entertaining. Cinematography and editing by Vivek Harshan and Anend C. Chandran, along with Sushin Shyam's background score is excellent. Amal Nareed does a splendid job in direction and writing. There are suprise twist which i didn't expect as I hadn't seen more Hollywood films except John Wick and Batman series. It was really good. If John wick would be remade in Malayalam, then Amal Nareed is the only director who can remake it. Overall, Bheeshma Parvam is a good entertainer with stylized violence, 80's timeline, performances and technical aspects with its positive points. Go watch this stylized mass entertainer in DSNP Hotstar if you like crime dramas like Godfather.

Though there are some of the worst and best anime and animated films. One piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island, keeps you hooked till the end. The script is gripping and entertainingly humorous. The comedy scenes is ribtickingly funny and I had a good laugh this Thursday. Director Mamoru Hosoda should be applauded for choosing a film and keep us engaged and entertained till the end, along with the writer Masahiro Ito's hardwork should be appreciated for adapting the manga and providing us with clean comedy, terryfing and powerful climax. Masahiro Goto's editing and Tomokazu Shiratori's cinematography is the main highlight of the film, and the music, along with BGM are Kohei Tanaka are somewhat praiseworthy. The film is enjoyable with families and kids, and it is not a dark anime also. One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island is a superb enjoyable masala entertainer with good writing and engaging story with LOL comedy. If you want to enjoy One Piece movie other than 1000 episodes. Watch this movie and enjoy this swashbuckling fantasy masala entertainer.

Salaga is a stylized/raw action thriller which is made into a gangster film, with gritty violence, raw action, writing, music and direction are the main aspects of the film. Duniya Vijay gives a knockout performance in acting as well as in writing and direction, along with Daali Dhananjay in a 'Khadak' cop. The roles of Duniya Vijay and Daali Dhananjay reminds me of 2017 Korean film The Outlaws, but was made with a difference. Sanjana Anand is also given much scope for acting and does well in the film. Achyuth Kumar, 'Kavaludaari' fame Sampath Maitreya, Yashwanth Shetty, Chennakeshava and Neenasam Ashwath did their roles well. The film's main highlight are the action sequences by Jolly Bastin and Vinod are stylish, raw and gory, which can be enjoyed by action and gangster film lovers. Cinematography by Shiva Sena and soundtrack by Charan Raj and Naveen Sajju are entertaining for the youth. Dialogues by Maasthi are hard-hitting and entertaining. Credits should go to Duniya Vijay for making and direction as he gave a wonderful film with a splendid team. His work in Salaga is splendid without adding any OTT buildup and song-dance sequences. Therefore, Salaga is a gift for action lovers and Duniya Vijay and Daali Dhananjay's fans. If JioCinema/Sun NXT would have released a full version instead of a trimmed version, then it would have been more enjoyable. Watch it on Jio Cinema/Sun NXT for a massive entertainer.

One word for this movie: ENTERTAINMENT-ENTERTAINMENT-ENTERTAINMENT. Baby Driver is a fast paced action thriller which is slick, stylish and superbly-musically-visually-cinematic. This cinematic fest can be watched by action-stylish-heist/music lovers. Ansel Elgort does a good job in the role and is superb as a tinnitus-music freak-driver. Lily James as a waitress and love interest is cool on screen and cute where her chemistry with Ansel Elgort is superb. Jamie Foxx is menacing as a homicide robber. Jon Hamm and Eiza González are superb in their villanism roles. Kevin Spacey is also good, especially in climax. Action sequences are slick and mindblowing where it provide thrills-after-thrillls and the other technical aspects where the editing, cinematography and music by Steven Price, Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, Bill Pope are top notch in the film. Director and writer Edgar Wright should be praised by bringing out a stylized film which is remixes of musicals, Tarantino violence and writing. This movie's genre can be called Hollywood's SPICY, SEXY movie of 2017. Overall, Baby Driver is a romantic-drama laced with dark humour, heist and action genres. Tarantino's violence and writing, along with the stylized making, slick car chases and action are superb. Watch it on Amazon Prime Video for a cool-monsoon entertainer.

The Greatest STYLIZED-ACTION has arrived with a bang with WANTED. James McAvoy plays a stressful-accountant manager with ease and is cool in the role. Angelina Jolie (Kung fu Panda Tigress) is apt in the role of a wild-stylish-assassin and her performance is one of best till date. Morgan Freeman (Dark knight Lucious Fox) is also apt in the role and his character twist is the highlight. Lorna Scott as overbearing boss is good. Thomas Kretschmann is the surprise package in the film is the main highlight of the film. Other actors Common, Konstantin Khabensky, Marc Warren, Dato Bakhtadze, Terence Stamp, David O'Hara, Chris Pratt, Kristen Hager, Sophiya Haque are also apt in the roles. Action sequences performed by James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie are stylized and violent which is the powerhouse of the film. The intro fight till the climax are brilliant in all aspects like editing, visual effects and cinematography which makes the action value more entertaining. The Matrix Bullet Time and bullet visuals+Formation are superb. Editing, Music, Visual effects and Cinematography by Jon Farhat, Danny Elfman, David Brenner and Mitchell Amundsen are top-notch in the film. Timur Bekmambetov's Direction and additional writing by Chris Morgan, Derek Haas and Michael Brandt are brilliant as he showcased different violence and action with stylized way. The original comic book written by J. G. Jones and Mark Millar is adapted very well in the film and scores well in entertainment quotent. Overall, Wanted is a must-watch for its stylized action, cast performances (including James McAloy and Angelina Jolie), technical aspects and direction. Watch this stylized-action-entertainer in NETFLIX for a monsoon-filled-entertainment.