Darshana Rajendran
The Chronicles of the 4.5 Gang Review: A Quirky Crime Caper With Fresh Local Flavour
With The Chronicles of the 4.5 Gang, Krishand delivers something that’s both eccentric and oddly immersive, without losing touch with where it comes from — the streets, lanes, and quirks of Thiruvananthapuram. The series stems with a gang of misfits—four and a half, to be exact—wants one thing: respect. They strategise to take over the local temple festival. What unfolds from there isn’t clean or polished, but that’s the point. The narrative sidesteps big, cinematic moments and leans instead into awkward chaos, petty gangsters, and hyper-specific city politics. It’s a m | Click Here...
Review Of Hridayam: Is A Gem Of A Film
Hridayam (Malayalam, Disney-Hotstar) Starring Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Darshana Rajendran Written & Directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan Rating: **** Look at the strange ways that irony works. Although there are at least 45 prominent and peripheral characters in writer-director Vineeth Sreenivasan’s 6th directorial venture, Hridayam is really about just three people and a messianic figure who changes their lives. Selva played by a relatively unknown actor Kalesh Ramanand, is the centrifugal force that manoeuvres the plot and its | Click Here...
Review Of Irul: Fahadh Faasil’s Terrific Sinister Act Obfuscated By An Unconvincing Plot
Irul(Netflix) Starring Fahadh Faasil, Soubin Shahir ,Darshana Rajendran Directed by Naseef Yusuf Izuddin Rating: ** ½ Being a Fahadh Faasil fan, I really wanted to like this thriller. And in parts, I did. But on the whole, the delicate adroitly-drawn structure required to ignite a whodunit, specially one with only three characters in it is sadly lacking here. The plot has a lot going for it. It first introduces us to Alex(Shoubin Sahir) whose girlfriend Archana(Darshana Rajendran) isn’t able to give him time. Problem No.1: Alex and Archana don’t look | Click Here...
Review of Amazon Prime’s C U Soon: A gripping and moving thriller
Rating: 4 stars Subhash K Jha Starring Fahad Faasil, Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran Written & directed by Mahesh Naryanan Thank God for happy endings. Well, almost. This thriller about an online dating plan gone horribly wrong, has a whole lot of balls, plus a steadily beating heart. And it ends on a bright note. We need that. The important detail that we must remember is that the whole 98-minute film has been shot on IPhones. So now we finally know why they are called smartphones. This is as smart a thriller as they come with some of Malayalam cinema†| Click Here...