Letterboxd 2j1ln Sumanth https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/ Letterboxd - Sumanth Speed 2z6x2y 1994 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/speed/ letterboxd-review-893168051 Tue, 20 May 2025 17:52:02 +1200 2025-05-20 No Speed 1994 4.0 1637 <![CDATA[

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I think 'Millennial' era was the greatest thing ever happened to the mankind particularly whenever there is topic about films, things like these always keep on adding up lots of personal satisfaction for me. We used to get banger top-notch entertainer even with silliest plot and never restricted any particular section of audience. The film was pretty much normal thriller but they respected audience entertainment space in fantastic way. Despite being nail-biting material, romance was cooked smartly somehow in the middle with brilliant elegance from the lead pair. Young Keanu Reeves deserves some serious hype and the way he evolved over the decades makes him one of the delightful legends in the history of cinema. Action part doesn't need any special mention as Keanu Reeves makes it boundless anywhere in the world. Even antagonist does his job great enough but 'Harry' deserves some better send-off. Still, Teriffic film landed in terrific period. Let's not neglect the marvelous screenplay topic, generally film gets title pointing out towards screenplay very rarely which explains the smartness delivered from the director's end. It's sad that we will be not getting such smartly made action entertainers anymore. Nostalgia on fire!

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The Bourne Identity 2ei2k 2002 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/the-bourne-identity-2002/ letterboxd-review-887140844 Tue, 13 May 2025 15:13:27 +1200 2025-05-13 No The Bourne Identity 2002 4.0 2501 <![CDATA[

Still looks very exciting and fresh due to the engagement factor of organic action thriller entertainment. This was truly era where quality not only used to be top priority but also provided wide scale of satisfaction. I know that it's merely impossible to get these memorable days back yet I hope we will see some change in getting back the beautiful cinema days. The main difference between earlier products & modern products comes from the effectiveness towards 'drama'. Irrespective of genre, the highest degree of artistic work any film can hold is drama and only reason why we still keep on loving films belonging to that era because they used to connect well with our manly human emotions in the form of fictional entertainment. All these type of things simply happened with niche style appealing films and let's not stretch the context for the bigger appealing ones. Tough task to find flaw in any craft, instead we can relax and enjoy happily with special musical affair at the end. Simply Wonderful!

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Transporter 3 3w1p1b 2008 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/transporter-3/ letterboxd-review-880097116 Mon, 5 May 2025 08:04:05 +1200 2025-05-04 No Transporter 3 2008 2.5 13387 <![CDATA[

Beautiful Picturization and massive action blocks won't save the show alone without any coherence in the plot or the screenplay. Though property belongs to Jason Statham regular action film, there is no limitation for expectation of better entertainment and third part lacks much behind other two films of the same franchise in of satisfaction. There was some mindless fun material to enjoy but it doesn't provide enough justice to the franchise. Middling case!

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Snatch 3j5gw 2000 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/snatch/ letterboxd-review-875480748 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:32:46 +1200 2025-04-29 No Snatch 2000 5.0 107 <![CDATA[

The best example to set stage for absolute entertainer which satisfies completely just with the fun generated through dialogues. The nostalgia hits hard enough because film came in era where entertainment itself used to be biggest novelty assisted by beautiful sparking big faces like Brad Pitt rather than current creepy nonsense. Ritchie deserves huge applause for generating such huge laughing stock material simply with his delightful writing capability. Joyful feast!

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Love on the Sidelines 4523c 2016 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/love-on-the-sidelines/ letterboxd-review-872717244 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 02:34:37 +1200 2025-04-26 No Love on the Sidelines 2016 3.0 374607 <![CDATA[

Took too much of cinematic liberty space yet it's quite easy and simplistic fare with cute chemistry from the lead pair. Might work out well, If your expectation restricts to 🍿 time.

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The Killer 6d156h 2023 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/the-killer-2023/ letterboxd-review-871655822 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:59:43 +1200 2025-04-25 No The Killer 2023 3.0 800158 <![CDATA[

Self-commentary going bit overboard along with lack of 'wow' factor hampers the overall execution but film has been quite effective in of quality for all the remaining factors. Musical selection and Michael Fassbender cold-blooded performance should run away with all the main credits because they were the most fantastic things happened with this film. Simplicity was another cinematic brilliance happened with the movie and didn't even have any breaks for it. This is a type of mainstream cinema one should watch with their very own interest and it won't disappoint even with the flaws hanging around most of the times. Personally, I had different experience due to the variable presentation of calmness under pressure. Satisfactory!

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Mamma Mia! 2r124j 2008 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/mamma-mia/ letterboxd-review-867108655 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:37:52 +1200 2025-04-20 No Mamma Mia! 2008 5.0 11631 <![CDATA[

Best fan service happened to modern era musical romantic comedy assisted by terrific casting and exotic environment. Even with so much beautiful musical work, they furthermore extended their best in pulling out pretty cool engaging drama along with outstanding entertainment where every character potentiality got it's own due credit and stunning technical work was another fantastic factor happened with this film. Simply Splendid!

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Wanted 4h1u48 2008 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/wanted-2008/ letterboxd-review-866930924 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 14:13:33 +1200 2025-04-20 No Wanted 2008 3.5 8909 <![CDATA[

Despite some mistakes in the middle, film was mostly engaging till the end. It's all about racy screenplay which worked out like a magic and saved the mediocre content. Angelina Jolie started off the game but at the end it's James McAvoy who walks away with complete domination. However, the ending for Angelina Jolie is unWANTED as she is the most wanted girl for any man on the earth and twist in the tale lacks requires some depth yet the stunning Action sequences covered up all the flaws to provide wholesome satisfaction. Worthy enough!

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21 Jump Street 1r2r6c 2012 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/21-jump-street/ letterboxd-review-866306685 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 02:39:39 +1200 2025-04-19 No 21 Jump Street 2012 3.5 64688 <![CDATA[

Great quirky fun with splendid job from the main two leads along with cute Brie Larson. There were pacing issues and unnecessary sequences at some places which went overboard but it doesn't matter much as long as there is supply of authentic entertainment for the film which is also biggest selling point for this type of genre. Stress-free Relaxation!

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Ra.One 713927 2011 - ★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/raone/ letterboxd-review-862475564 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:18:08 +1200 2025-04-15 No Ra.One 2011 2.0 41517 <![CDATA[

Great effort from Shah Rukh Khan but director messed it up badly and this is the place where Bollywood lost everything actually. SRK ambitions have been always very big but guy never got perfect source, his poorly made films might be technically useless yet they never failed to look beautiful enough. This film got superb quality in everything be it music, casting, VFX or action but lacks proper commercial cinema execution. Literally country might have ruled this franchise with King Khan and Superstar Rajinikanth where both of them got unmatchable stardom across decades. SRK as Shekhar Subramaniam got unbearable portrayal for him after Dunki and Trimurti but comes back strong enough into his King Khan fort as G.One which truly entertained till the end. Overall, film failed to give enough satisfaction which was heavily damaged by bland narration and bad writing. Disappointing fare!

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Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam 1v3vt 2002 - ★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/hum-tumhare-hain-sanam/ letterboxd-review-859753315 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:25:42 +1200 2025-04-12 No Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam 2002 2.0 90634 <![CDATA[

Very boring or bland content but Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Music entertained to some extent. Another cakewalk characterization for SRK and there is no competition for him in this grey zone where he always turns up with proper conviction. Film should've been better which failed to deliver effective content yet commercial approach can be appreciated well. Director should've concentrated more on putting scenes between SRK and Salman Khan than unnecessary misunderstanding nonsense, as this combo never fails to give some silent inner satisfaction. Below par outing!

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Raees 4b622b 2017 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/raees/ letterboxd-review-854216165 Sat, 5 Apr 2025 23:25:36 +1300 2025-04-05 No Raees 2017 2.5 363343 <![CDATA[

SRK was in terrific mode but inexperienced directional abilities failed to capture his commercial stardom just like Fan. This film would've made much bigger cultural impact than Pushpa or KGF If they focused more on commercial aspects than some unnecessary social commentary in the middle. To be honest, film got everything with every department of cast or crew doing wonderful job but movie lacks potentiality usage which was completely lost in the middle and kept on hunting for a downgrade till the end. Still, film looked quite decent enough but the opportunity was clearly wasted with rubbish climax. Hard luck King Khan!

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The Secret Life of Pets 4z72e 2016 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/the-secret-life-of-pets/ letterboxd-review-853020609 Fri, 4 Apr 2025 11:22:48 +1300 2025-04-03 No The Secret Life of Pets 2016 3.5 328111 <![CDATA[

Had great entertaining time with some hits and misses in the middle yet all of the well-written characters did much required job gracefully. I actually expected more fun but many thrills came out of the box like a surprise. Enjoyable!

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Jab Harry Met Sejal q1w4h 2017 - ★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/jab-harry-met-sejal/ letterboxd-review-851976148 Thu, 3 Apr 2025 00:15:11 +1300 2025-04-02 No Jab Harry Met Sejal 2017 1.5 441906 <![CDATA[

kind of comfort zone atrocious shit. There were some cool positive factors but at the same time there were too many negative factors. Chemistry between SRK and Anushka Sharma always worked out really well, this was one more line of extension with terrific performances from them. I think this was the last time where SRK really looked terrific enough. Coming to the film, wtf was that story? Imtiaz Ali really lost his mind after seeing beautiful western locations. Can't believe that a director of Jab We Met having such pathetic downfall. Be it Screenplay, direction or execution everything was terrible yet I must it that Imtiaz Ali is far better than creepy Rajkumar Hirani at least for Shah Rukh Khan. Film got saved to some extent by lead pair charisma, melodious music and beautiful europe picturization otherwise it's a horrible nightmare. Mostly Avoidable!

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Chalte Chalte 6m3ld 2003 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/chalte-chalte/ letterboxd-review-846936257 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:07:56 +1300 2025-03-27 No Chalte Chalte 2003 3.0 4252 <![CDATA[

Cinema back then used to be all about basic human characters, emotions and drama in commercial approach which perhaps never restricted any genre. This film also falls exactly under same category despite offering mediocre content. It's SRK and Rani who stole the show completely, their films are always something special. SRK is truly king in playing grey shaded toxic characters and he still got lots of capacity to bounce back hard in this area. Rest cast also surprisingly got good roles even though they're hardly present in the storyline. Another commendable Commercial cinema work from SRK-Aziz Mirza combo. Pretty good one!

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Dragon 6154p 2025 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/dragon-2025/ letterboxd-review-844250958 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:01:56 +1300 2025-03-23 No Dragon 2025 3.5 1273049 <![CDATA[

Pradeep Ranganathan actually did PhD in case study about current younger generation, seriously man is on some unreal hunt whenever there is topic about today's youth. Film got way too much modern times relatability in commercial cinema format just like Love Today and entertained well again in different medium with drama part taking biggest advantage this time. Music was pretty meh but Kayudu Lohar took away all those with her ravishing beauty and she is all set to rule big in days. Rest cast also did their part well but film was all about protagonist characterization which got served in different manner, so it's all about one man show from Pradeep. Overall, film really attracted me well with it's modern day fictional roots and this is the place where current Bollywood must focus well than all other nonsense. Cheerful cinema!

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Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada t83i 2016 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/ekkadiki-pothavu-chinnavada/ letterboxd-review-841139463 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 03:44:58 +1300 2025-03-20 No Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada 2016 3.0 426614 <![CDATA[

Well made film with some amateurish writing assisted by nice music. Nandita Swetha dominated everyone. Decent outing!

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Lucky Baskhar 3o2g1z 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/lucky-baskhar/ letterboxd-review-838631005 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:17:01 +1300 2025-03-17 No Lucky Baskhar 2024 4.0 1239511 <![CDATA[

Craziest film in recent times with Dulquer Salmaan surprising again in newest angle. Happy to see Meenakashi Chaudhary in meaningful homely role for the very first time and rest actors too did outstanding work. Something miracle happened with this Venky Atluri after touching non telugu heroes. I've been telling the basic fact to most of my friends that there is no limit for any genre, it's only about terrible films which were delivered in recent years from non action genres and this film validated the fact very well. Coming to the film, this is how urban films can be done in engaging commercial manner with lots of thrills which Bollywood used to do decades back and it's better for them to inspire from this film which might bring back some part of their glory. Songs were okayish which should've been better but background music was excellent. Production work was really brilliant with extraordinary technical brilliance. Overall, I absolutely loved the film and got tons of pleasure. Simply awesome!

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Vaathi 3l4841 2023 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/vaathi/ letterboxd-review-836702152 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:36:46 +1300 2025-03-15 No Vaathi 2023 3.5 918864 <![CDATA[

Excellent social message in commercial cinema space despite some shortcomings but doesn't make any unnecessary disturbances. Dhanush has been always extraordinary in portraying middle class roles and this film repeats the same magic again yet remaining cast too does the much required splendid job. Music was another fabulous thing happened with this film but it's ultimately Venky Atluri who surprised me with his drastic change of profile, another flexible quality filmmaker gifted to Telugu Cinema. Overall, I got hooked up with the film and had great experience. Captivating!

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Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam n4j69 2024 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/maruthi-nagar-subramanyam/ letterboxd-review-836468260 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 21:50:15 +1300 2025-03-15 No Maruthi Nagar Subramanyam 2024 3.5 1336352 <![CDATA[

Craziest concept with the addition of much more crazy entertainment. Enjoyed the film thoroughly and had great fun time. It's all about the casting more who took the film to newer heights with everyone doing fantastic job but Rao Ramesh and Harshavardhan took away all the limelight with their terrific talent. This is the type of rooted Telugu cinema which used to be our strength earlier, simple natural human emotions with proper mixture of comedy and drama. Overall, this is a type of comfortable cinema for me. Excellent one!

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Meiyazhagan 373267 2024 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/meiyazhagan/ letterboxd-review-834896062 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:34:22 +1300 2025-03-13 No Meiyazhagan 2024 4.5 1136423 <![CDATA[

Finally, we got true classic film in the era which was completely filled with tons of mediocrity. Everything about this film will age much better in days for sure. Fine mix of clean drama and proper emotions with neat execution ed by quality performances from the cast took the film to newer heights because such things can't happen easily that too in one film. Again saying, this film is purely classic where anyone should understand that no further explanations are required. Solid organic emotional drama!

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MAX c1m1p 2024 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/max-2024/ letterboxd-review-833915616 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:42:37 +1300 2025-03-12 No MAX 2024 3.5 1147058 <![CDATA[

MAXimum commercial action thriller delivered in recent times. Kichcha Sudeepa was on absolute beast mode throughout film. There was some sluggish start initially but once pace picked up, things didn't turn back not even once. Film got some Lokesh Kanagaraj cinema vibe yet maintained it's own trademark style very well. Action sequences were damn awesome and made big impact. Overall, I had great time and got huge commercial cinema satisfaction among all the recent times films. MAXimum mass!

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Guntur Kaaram 3f202b 2024 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/guntur-kaaram/ letterboxd-review-828568866 Fri, 7 Mar 2025 09:03:06 +1300 2025-03-06 No Guntur Kaaram 2024 2.5 868660 <![CDATA[

Ramana gadu is the the only character from Mahesh Babu since 2012 which can reach nearby signals of Surya Bhai. He stole away all the show with his revival of unmatchable Charisma despite many flaws. Coming to the film, there was better satisfaction this time yet too many miscalculations spoiled the show along with over expectations. Film really got all the potential for the revival of South Indian commercial cinema, things just didn't go well properly yet film isn't really bad in the way it got projected. It's just overlapping of time in this zone of cinema cooked flaws unknowingly, regular practice can bring better dishes. Despite so many negatives in the cinema, film really tried to entertain unlike some successful clownery ventures in recent times. Thaman did decent job but should have been lot better. Trivikram too did some good job but only as writer in some sequences, as a director it's completely opposite and needs some sort of comeback in future. Selection of lead actress too spoiled this film to some extent, shouldn't have left Pooja Hegde. Overall, I enjoyed the film this time though there wasn't any proper satisfaction. able!

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Kshanam 2p6g6a 2016 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/kshanam/ letterboxd-review-826117199 Tue, 4 Mar 2025 12:25:16 +1300 2025-03-03 No Kshanam 2016 4.0 386427 <![CDATA[

We used to have proper standalone films without any boring substance or unnecessary drag. This was one of the finest thriller which got insane entertaining feel and it's actually Adivi Sesh's career best film. The amount of satisfaction just got better over the time again. Screenplay was solid which provided great novelty with respect to each and every twist. Quality cinema was on full fire, give some break to pan india nonsense and try these type of organic different products again Tollywood. Provide something fresh entertainment to our own Telugu audience again, stop the mediocrity trend for sometime please. Some films were quite different or good in recent times but there was clear lack of entertainment trend.

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Businessman 186j2f 2012 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/businessman/ letterboxd-review-825840131 Tue, 4 Mar 2025 07:22:43 +1300 2025-03-03 No Businessman 2012 5.0 83889 <![CDATA[

Surya Bhai is not a brand, it's a goosebumps because he can say big fcuk off to any flaw just with his intensity or closeups and has got potential to satisfy even horror drama like Brahmotsavam. Actually, character like Surya Bhai must enter in Mahesh Babu's personal life for continously wasting his potential since 2013. Don't know If Puri Jagannadh still got 40% of this potential but If there is any answer closer to 'yes', then I will be most happiest person on the earth If Mahesh Babu prefers him more than any SS Rajamouli. Irrespective of situations, I will be always thankful to Puri Jagannadh for providing such rarity fans material that too both the times. Kajal Aggarwal was insanely hot throughout entire film and she was perfect match to Mahesh Babu, glad SSMB got married away much before otherwise rumors between both might have rocked like hurricane. Coming to Thaman, this was his actual best phase and no butta bomma or kurchi madathapetti generation know about his real peak euphoria. I feel like goosebumps word became popular after seeing Mahesh Babu in this film. Lifetime best memorable satisfaction for me as a true die hard fan and no other hype fan situations from myside can cross this line even in the dreams.
Jai Babu!
Babu lake Babu Mahesh Babu!
Bhai lake Bhai Surya Bhai!

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Venkatadri Express 2h1d2a 2013 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/venkatadri-express/ letterboxd-review-825360382 Mon, 3 Mar 2025 15:57:55 +1300 2025-03-03 No Venkatadri Express 2013 3.5 242301 <![CDATA[

Non stop fun ride. Each and every actor generated cool entertainment, even music provided great atmosphere. In simple words, film with unlimited repeat value. Just laugh throughout the film continously.

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Mathu Vadalara 2 306i2b 2024 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/mathu-vadalara-2/ letterboxd-review-824766145 Mon, 3 Mar 2025 06:24:03 +1300 2025-03-02 No Mathu Vadalara 2 2024 3.0 1249902 <![CDATA[

Decent laughing stock material but part 1 generated more fun. Still, one more big relief from irritating current cinema phase. Easily Enjoyable!

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Marco z3z72 2024 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/marco-2024/ letterboxd-review-823048688 Sat, 1 Mar 2025 14:21:28 +1300 2025-03-01 No Marco 2024 3.0 1186350 <![CDATA[

Terrific technical work and stunning action sequences despite very poor plot. Never saw this range of bloodshed violence in any Indian film till date and beats Kill movie marginally. These are the type of films which I'm expecting more in days but at the same time I'm quite worried about stories not having proper substance because such cases in the past brought loads of monotonous feel which finally got ended up as outdated trend. Please hire some really good writers and start mixing up proper Indian Cinema trendy commercial ingredients with effective content. Still, I must appreciate the flexible filmmaking style of Malayalam cinema in 2024 as they mixed-up art and commercial entertainment very well across different genres. Whole Bollywood current fraternity must stop pissing off with nonsense talks outside and need to take some classes from Malayalam industry, otherwise Malayalam will become one more Tollywood for them very soon. Coming to the film, Unni Mukundan was absolute banger and truly rocked every frame with never before makeover. Music/BGM cemented goosebumps very well but I felt like post credits scene was absolute trash and this formula looks very boring now, I request someone to please change this trend. Overall, I enjoyed the film due to the strong target audience value despite too many flaws. Good one-time watch!

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Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani c3c4c 2000 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/phir-bhi-dil-hai-hindustani/ letterboxd-review-817780416 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:49:24 +1300 2025-02-23 No Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani 2000 3.0 97351 <![CDATA[

Despite some directional flaws, this film really got some good commercial cinema brand value with performances and music being the best among all. I think SRK-Juhi Chawla-Aziz Mirza combo deserves one more reunion and can teach current generation Bollywood about how to make entertaining commercial films across different genres or different subjects with great music which is the biggest missing factor nowadays, truly underrated combo. Overall, there was good fun time with this film. Nice one!

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Padayappa 5e4o1i 1999 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/padayappa/ letterboxd-review-816042306 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 02:26:54 +1300 2025-02-21 No Padayappa 1999 5.0 47940 <![CDATA[

Ultimate peak commercial cinema belongs to peak cinema period. It's still shocking, how they managed to deliver the best in every craft. This cinema actually requires proper case study in of writing process, irrespective of sequence goosebumps was written all over entire film be it elevation/drama/emotion/action. Rajinikanth has set very high bar for his own trademark commercial films where even Baahubali or KGF types might not provide proper justice to his charismatic stardom, he got some inbuilt ultimate swag which can elevate any scene to another level If he is used properly. Won't be surprised, If swing scene goes into some memorable historical moments. Basically, Rajini got some 'once in a lifetime aura' which can't be described in words and dominates his great actor potential range too. Coming to other cast performances, Ramya Krishna actually levelled Rajini which itself is impossible task and this is real miracle. Normally, trendy hot actresses won't go for such negative shaded roles that too when there is biggest star in film and this was that scenario where her brave stand must be praised for lifetime. Other cast also got solid roles which is also quite rare in heroic star commercial film. Music was another biggest thing with this film which didn't fail to provide adrenaline rush till the end. Still, film deserves most credits for the creation of proper drama with great traditional cultural values and rooted entertainment which got blended well into proper desi commercial cinema. The story was very simple but it's the presentation which made all the difference. No words can show greatness about this film, it's a kind of rarity we have to enjoy. Overall, I loved every part of the film and didn't stop to cheer till the end even after 2 decades. Proper tribute to all die hard SUPERSTAR RAJINIKANTH fans like me. Experience at it's BEST!

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Koyla 1a61q 1997 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/koyla/ letterboxd-review-815884523 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:29:28 +1300 2025-02-21 No Koyla 1997 2.5 160265 <![CDATA[

Poor initial two hours got saved by strong last hour and great music. So, Shah Rukh Khan did a Prabhas in Salaar longback itself for not speaking anything though reasons here were completely different. Amrish Puri as antagonist provided great fun factor with his funny English and became biggest thing to this film after SRK. Action scenes were excellent and massive with ultimate climax fight. Madhuri Dixit got nothing much to do but maintained great chemistry with SRK but that's a casual thing for both. The biggest negative thing was lack of entertainment factor, quite opposite from Rakesh Roshan's previous film 'Karan Arjun' and dragged so much without any substance but the fine mixture of commercial ingredients covered all such damages to some extent. Overall, I got entertained but felt like potential was completely underused. Not bad, just Average.

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Manjummel Boys 2h3160 2024 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/manjummel-boys/ letterboxd-review-813985714 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:38:39 +1300 2025-02-19 No Manjummel Boys 2024 4.5 1069945 <![CDATA[

Even words won't be enough to describe this masterpiece, absolutely stunning and mind-blowing. Leave everything and let's talk about cinematography first, I didn't see such effective quality from Indian cinema since longtime despite spending publicising many of them as visual spectaculars. The way Guna waves was shown took me back to quality of vintage Yash Raj Films which got extreme European feel and some wider angle shots clearly brought that authentic English cinema feel. Every modern Indian filmmaker must start learning something from this time instead of wasting time on unnecessary Pan-Rubbish stuff. In general, emotions in thriller won't be much effective but here emotion was the most strongest aspect which became soul of the entire film. This film portrayed every craft beautifully which is enough to describe the film standard. The biggest surprise is even with so much technical hardwork, they gave loads of space to entertainment factor instead of preaching the subject which already happened in reality. Thanks to the entire movie team for bringing up such wonderful film. Hope, there will be more such organic cinematic brilliance in near-future within the limits of same engaging entertainment. ALL THE BEST!

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Guruvayoorambala Nadayil 4m4tj 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/guruvayoorambala-nadayil/ letterboxd-review-813772491 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:21:25 +1300 2025-02-18 No Guruvayoorambala Nadayil 2024 4.0 1068394 <![CDATA[

Peak entertainment even without much content. It's mainly Prithviraj one man show all over with terrific from rest of the cast too. The best funniest film which came from Indian Cinema in recent years and I don't even when was the last time where I laughed so much for a film. Huge applause to director for showing Indian cultural values in peak form of family entertainment with authentic modern era rural backdrop. These are the type of films which should be coming more often to theatres with same writing intent and audience will surely visit theatres regularly for pure sake of entertainment, atleast this process might kill unnecessary nonsense happening around 95% cinema nowadays. Overall, I really had great time and enjoyed every part of the film with utmost satisfaction.

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Saripodhaa Sanivaaram 6l1r1j 2024 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/saripodhaa-sanivaaram/ letterboxd-review-808968300 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:38:26 +1300 2025-02-14 No Saripodhaa Sanivaaram 2024 3.5 1194915 <![CDATA[

Welcome to commercial cinema space 'Vivek Athreya' and you really made stunner again in different mode. Generally, directors being flexible to various genres or subjects will always make it big sometime in future and I'm pretty much sure that you're such new spark gifted to Telugu Cinema. Now, tapping up commercial cinema ingredients will make sure to elevate your level which I'm pretty much confident. Coming to the film, Nani and SJ Suryah again did great job by providing pure form of entertainment with loads of talent. Rest cast also did fine job but the unique concept which director took with his great technical knowledge dominates everything and presenting it in pure commercial cinema shows up his great detailing standard. In general, Vivek films were framed as lag but that's where his writing quality shines up beautifully and the reason why many feel like this currently is just because there are very less true quality directors in today's cinema which is main reason behind audience not coming to the theatres regularly. Even If we consider quality directors, there is hardly anyone providing entertainment but Vivek Athreya isn't one of them as he respects both entertainment and quality equally. The only negative factor with his films is not having some uplifting commercial music and If he taps this zone properly, there isn't anything that can stop his growth. Vivek Athreya and Nani completely deserves this success for the all the mishap happened to another brilliant film 'Ante Sundaraniki' yet we must not forget to appreciate their flexible hardworking efforts. Overall, I truly enjoyed this film thoroughly and thanks to the entire team for providing quality work under my zone of cinema.

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Manmadhan 4ju6j 2004 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/manmadhan/ letterboxd-review-789249439 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 12:00:22 +1300 2025-01-25 No Manmadhan 2004 3.5 69627 <![CDATA[

Another solid film from Peak Tamil cinema era which genuinely used to stick with pure commercial entertainment and this film also exactly follows the same path. There were many vintage films which roasted feminists like hell but followed entertainment set of rules properly. Simbu was absolute banger and rocked with every given craft. I personally felt like flashback was bit down leaving those twists and also climax was rushed but it's fine because there was no preaching. Yuvan Shankar Raja used to be absolute masterclass and music in this film still looks trendy. Personally, I enjoyed the scene in flashback where Simbu kills Sindhu Tolani and entire sequence provides the much needed goosebumps. Overall, I got entertained well with this film.

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Cheppave Chirugali m276z 2004 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/cheppave-chirugali/ letterboxd-review-787045573 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:58:37 +1300 2025-01-23 No Cheppave Chirugali 2004 4.0 307952 <![CDATA[

Peak cinema. Why nobody is making such good films anymore? Be it performances, writing, entertainment, dialogues, direction or music, everything was on proper point. Initially, couldn't enjoy sudhakar comedy much but once film got picked up there isn't any boring factor. Shocked to see young days Abhirami and she did her part very well. Venu old films got too much repeat value and his performance skills holds the USP for all them. Heroine in flashback was just okay but the content here belongs to flashback itself. Actually, this film bashed feminists or wokes very well but made sure to entertain as a film only by staying in proper mainstream cinema limits. Great period of cinema delivers great films and this film belongs to same. These are such real rooted entertainment films not the films which media is classifying nowadays. The characters were relatable but at the same time stayed on grounds to be very fictional which created proper entertaining watch. Emotional scenes or drama worked in progressive way instead of preaching which again generated huge entertainment. Comedy scenes were actually like some speedbreakers to given content but speedbreakers provide more positive signs by generating heavy laughs except for some part in beginning. Music was the soul for all vintage films and no need to drag about it's beauty again. Overall, I loved and enjoyed film till the end. Indeed, Great film.

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Chandni 4i1r14 1989 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/chandni/ letterboxd-review-783867092 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:47:27 +1300 2025-01-20 No Chandni 1989 3.0 32680 <![CDATA[

I would have liked this film more, If the ending wasn't rushed. I couldn't connect much to Rishi Kapoor or Vinod Khanna characters just because Sridevi takes away all the limelight be it her elegant charm or effortless performance. Now, I understand why she is biggest female superstar of her peak generation and she got capacity to cover any flaw present in the film. The film is all about her and title makes it crystal clear. Yash Chopra has always been visionary in of romantic filmmaking or romantic musical atmosphere or technical aspects, no Indian director got capacity to beat his romances. He brings lots of western influence yet he never fails to show the Indian cultural roots in promising manner which no Aditya Chopra or Karan Johar can do it. The biggest issue with this film is the role of Vinod Khanna which wasn't used properly and rushed it at the end. If they rectified such mistakes, this might have been another proper classical stuff. Anyway, I liked 'Lamhe' more as that film got better approach with the given plot and stayed truly visionary in all aspects whereas in 'Chandni' some cinematic liberties couldn't explore much more potentiality yet the film is really nice due to many other positive aspects.

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Aitraaz 5p3t6a 2004 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/aitraaz/ letterboxd-review-773803696 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 04:38:43 +1300 2025-01-12 No Aitraaz 2004 2.5 22315 <![CDATA[

Strictly Average as this type of content requires more depth yet strong performances from Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. Priyanka Chopra deserves more credit for doing bold antagonist role in effective manner and one must have guts to do such roles in their prime time. The biggest negative for this film is Abbas-Mustan typical twists are less effective and didn't provide any spark with so much documentary in the middle instead of being proper thriller. Background music is great but musical work stays average. Overall, I had some decent time but film isn't satisfactory.

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Trimurti 4h3q6q 1995 - ★★ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/trimurti/ letterboxd-review-773629388 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:20:13 +1300 2025-01-12 No Trimurti 1995 2.0 102358 <![CDATA[

Had great potential but completely ruined with boring and bland storytelling. 'Mata Mata Jai Mata' is only biggest positive aspect to speak about this film and rest all departments are very poor. The 3 stars bonding looks great but there isn't any potential outcome. Shah Rukh Khan innocent performance is another positive point which makes the film watchable to some extent but a star like him should be used far better in showing his real charisma where romance films did more justice to him in those days. Irrespective of genre, star potential should be used well and rest all stuff what these hype dogs say is absolute bullshit. Zero/Dunki are absolute scraps and Trimurti also belongs to same league, what a star needs is well executed film showing up all his true potential which brings up great crowd-pulling appeal not some generic bullshit. Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff too performed well but again potential isn't meeting the standards. Somehow, I got entertained more with antagonist because of the unique characterization which is rare even If we normalize commercial films. Overall, I was bit disappointed where I really wanted to have some commercial cinema fun-time.

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Saroja 5s6u56 2008 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.jeux1001.com/mrsumanth_/film/saroja/ letterboxd-review-761263497 Sat, 4 Jan 2025 21:09:07 +1300 2025-01-04 No Saroja 2008 3.5 54389 <![CDATA[

Belongs to peak era 'OG' Tamil Cinema.
Solid gripping thriller with great performances from everyone but special credits to final act from late Srihari garu. Venkat Prabhu generally selects solid plot for most of his films but he drags the plot lot in the later half yet cooked later half too very well despite diverting from main plot. Yuvan Shankar Raja music is another biggest asset. In simple words, peak period yuvan.....peak period cinema satisfaction. Maybe, 2008 is actually better than 2025 keeping improved technology aside.

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