@vijayalakshmi • 20 published posts
Vijayalakshmi Narayanan comes with a wealth of experience across Advertising, Public Relations, Social Media and Journalism verticals, spanning over 13 years. When not discussing books, movies or music over copious amounts of caffeine, you'll find her cracking endless Sudoku puzzles.
Drishyam 3: Directed by Abhishek Pathak, 'Drishyam 3: The Conclusion' delivers a mostly satisfying original film.
Directed by David Ayer of ‘Fury’, ‘The Tax Collector', ‘Suicide Squad’ and 'The Bee Keeper' fame, 'Heart Of The Beast' is a survival drama, worth the box of tissues.
Lust Stories 3: Four stories, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj, explore one of the seven deadly sins, with hare-brained plots, where only one of them is outstanding enough to deserve its own independent feature film.
Vibe movie: The ambitious film strings comedy, action and patriotism together in a script that is riddled with uneven sub-plots and a Madgaon Express hangover.
Daayra review: Unflinching in its portrayal of the varying loopholes that plague the system between delivering law and justice, Daayra offers a piercing narrative, despite its subtlety
A frame-to-frame adaptation of the 2016 Malayalam original ‘Oppam’, Priyadarshan’s resolve to reunite Hindi cinema’s most loved leading men on-screen, after eighteen years, is saddled with an underwhelming antagonist who is extremely toned down for the Hindi demographic’s liking.
Directed by Gurmmeet Singh, who marks his feature film debut, Mirzapur The Movie relies heavily on the fan hype and nostalgia surrounding the celebrated OTT series.
Gandhari review: Directed by Devashish Makhija, the latest Netflix title also stars Ishwak Singh, Jatin Sarna, Mita Vashishth, Chhaya Kadam, Chandan Roy, Prashant Narayanan and Swastika Mukherjee.
Babita Sing Reporting: Also starring Barun Sobti, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, Anshumaan Pushkar, Rajesh Kumar, Priyanka Setia and Sunita Rajwar, the Ambiecka Pandit directorial is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Musafir Cafe: Starring Vikrant Massey, Vedika Pinto and Mahima Makwana, the 8-episode series is now streaming on Netflix.
The Odyssey: For his adaptation of Homer’s eponymous poem, Nolan pulls all stops to deliver the best cinematic experience of the year, empowered by a stellar cast.
Directed by Siddharth P Malhotra, Ikka also stars Dia Mirza and Tillotama Shome. The film is streaming on Netflix