One often hears of children being forced to work against their wishes, often by family members knowingly and clearly exploiting them. But then there are also the odd cases of kids being pushed into working at an age when they should ideally be in school, a case of circumstances turning out to be the villain in their lives. Often people, who are considered trust worthy, go on to exploit the children or their family members, as a result the kids in question go on to suffer for no fault of theirs. There have been attempts made by quite a few filmmakers to highlight upon the aspect of child labour, which is illegally still being practiced in various parts of the country. But Jayaraj’s Ottaal aka The Trap, winner of 2 National Awards for last year and the winner of the Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film, is quite a special film indeed.Continue reading “Ottaal Movie Review: A Film that’s Lyrical, Soulful and Touching”
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Annayum Rasoolum Movie Review: A Tender Love Story and an Ode to a Lovely City
Rajeev Ravi is a well-known name to people following Hindi Cinema seriously. He’s mainly known for his collaboration with Anurag Kashyap whereby he’s been the DOP on films such as No Smoking, Dev D, Gulaal, That Girl in Yellow Boots and Gangs of Wasseypur (Part 1 & Part 2). But outside this association also he has handled the cinematography of films like 99 and Chandni Bar (his debut film) and in fact has left his mark on Malayalam Cinema as well with Classmates ( 2006 ) being his most successful film. Continue reading “Annayum Rasoolum Movie Review: A Tender Love Story and an Ode to a Lovely City”
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Annayum Rasoolum-Sneak Peek
Like a lot of his contemporaries, cinematographer Rajeev Ravi also recently decided to turn director and it was no surprise considering the body of work he has done over the years both in Malayalam and Hindi Cinema. So now his directorial debut film Annayum Rasoolum is almost due for release. Earlier this year Rajeev Ravi’s work as DOP was seen in Ivan Megharoopan ( Malayalam ) and Gangs of Wasseypur- 1 & 2. Continue reading “Annayum Rasoolum-Sneak Peek”
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