Hello! it is me again; I hope you all are doing great. It's another weekend and I'm back with my movie suggestions. Today I will share some of the 2021 hidden gems that you should watch this weekend. So grab some popcorn and start watching.
SHERNI
‘Newton’ director Amit Masurkar’s new movie Sherni is out on Amazon Prime. Sherni actually has two tigresses – one a maneater who is the object of a hysterical hunt, and the other the woman who is leading the hunt. Vidya Balan is Vidya Vincent, a divisional forest department officer who runs into a challenge just weeks into her new posting. The tigress T12 has developed a taste for human flesh. This terrorizes the villagers who live near her habitat and provides political rivals fighting a local election a drum to beat. Sherni is a must-watch, and it will keep you engaged for quite a long period.
MANDELA
Mandela could be a spin-off from the Munnabhai universe. The title character, played by a terrific Yogi Babu, seems like Munna’s Tamilian brother – a good-hearted, naïve game-changer who throws into the spotlight the greed and corruption of those around him. Mandela even has a Circuit-like sidekick. Writer-director Madonne Ashwin tells a timely story about caste, democracy and marginalization with humor and compassion. The satire bites but it never become vicious.
KARNAN
Karnan is a powerful call to arms. Director Mari Selvaraj reimagines the Mahabharata so that the demi-god Karna is no longer a good man on the wrong side. Instead, he is the savior of his people and his village, Podiyankulam. Unlike his first film, Pariyerum Perumal, which portrays a determined but peaceful rebellion against the caste system, Karnan tells us that sometimes violence is the answer. The film features striking visual imagery, the terrific song ‘Kandaa Vara Sollunga’ by Santhosh Narayanan and a blazing performance by Dhanush as Karnan. He is both a myth and everyman. And that is an unbeatable combination.
DRISHYAM 2
Honestly, I didn’t think writer-director Jeethu Joseph would be able to pull off a sequel to his superbly scripted Drishyam, in which we are rooting for Georgekutty and his family to get away with murder. The second film isn’t as seamlessly constructed as the first – the first act is plodding – but once the plot kicks in, Joseph takes us on a gripping saga of crime and punishment. Georgekutty’s deceptions are so elaborate that they will take your breath away. And superstar Mohanlal plays the character superbly, with just the right inflection of sorrow and scarring.
THE GREAT INDIAN KITCHEN
The Great Indian Kitchen is a gutting portrait of domestic slavery, of the lives that millions of women in this country lead, toiling away, unpaid and unsung. Nimisha Sajayan plays a housewife – unnamed because director Jeo Baby wants us to understand that she is an everywoman. Her first flush of excitement when she has an arranged marriage slowly gives way to seething anger. The film is brilliant because Jeo doesn’t create high drama or outsized villains. Instead, he showcases the horror of the ordinary. The women are second-class citizens, only there to serve. The rage of the housewife becomes your rage. This film should be required viewing in educational institutes.
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