Tag: Telugu Funda

Hide N Seek (2024): Fraught with dull writing

Telugu Funda’s reveal of the basic plot: The story is set in Kurnool in the present day. Shiva (Viswant), a medical student, is shell-shocked that suspicious deaths are taking place […]

Sopathulu (2024): Easy Going Breeze of Bromance that Almost Feels like a Love Story.

The cinematic portrayal of kids on screen imagined by adults is often an issue, just like men writing the characters of women. In Sopathulu too, the two kids, Chimptu and […]

Idi Katha Kaadu (1979): Revisiting Villainous Chiranjeevi in Chalam’s World of Women.

K Balachander’s directorial about a woman’s content of life without depending solely on the man’s approval stuck with three heroes: Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan and Sarath Babu In the world of […]

Sector 36 (2024): Blood-Curdling Darkest Murder Drama with a Class Commentary.

Sector 36 Movie Review Sector 36 is that rare theme-blending Netflix-ified drama that goes beyond the gore of a brutal serial killings and offers us nuanced insights as monologues and […]

Mathu Vadalara 2 (2024): Ritesh Rana Re-Creates the Magic of his Off-beat Quirky Edge-Seater.

The sequel to Ritesh Rana’s Mathu Vadalara is an edge-seater that continues the same quirkiness and the laughter continues even after 5 years. Ritesh recreates the same feel and thrill […]

‘Bhale Unnade'(2024): Nutty for the most part

Telugu Funda’s reveal of the plot: Radha (Raj Tarun) is a saree draper brought up by a single mother. Krishna (Manisha Kandkur), a bank employee, falls in love with him. […]

ARM: Ajayante Randam Moshanam (2024): A Masala Adventure Folklore of Identity for this Onam Festival.

Movies that arrive at festivals like Sankranti (Pongal), Dussehra, or Eid and Onam– for Malayalees– will aim to have a special quality of being all-pleaser family entertainers. Tonivo Thomas’s ARM […]

Bench Life (2024): Passable Comedy-Drama that ‘Inspired’ Heavily from Insta-Relatability Reels

Whenever a filmmaker comes with an idea about the lives of urban IT-Tech people, it always leaves me wondering: what is it that TVF is doing better in capturing the […]

Parakramam (2024) Review: Impressive Indie Mass Movie that Deserves More Screens.

The  Bandi Saroj Kumar’s feature film after viral one-man show Youtube hits, Nirbhandam (Part 1 & 2) and Mangalyam, is an impressive massy non-adult story of heroism and vengeance that […]