Samyuktha Menon

Kalki movie review: Tovino Thomas's repugnant take on the violent, larger-than-life clichéd 'hero'

Everyone in Kalki is relegated to the background as Tovino Thomas strides across the screen framed in stereotypical low-angle shots.

Uyare movie review: Parvathy’s genius powers a heart-wrenching acid-attack saga overriding its fairytale elements

Parvathy and her co-stars are a major reason why it is possible to look past the glitches in the second half of Uyare

Samyuktha Menon on Prasobh Vijayan's Lilli: Role changed me as an actor; feel empowered now

Theevandi movie review: Tovino Thomas romances the cigarette in a well begun but half done political satire

Theevandi starts well but saunters along from the interval onwards as the writer seemingly does not quite know how to take his concept forward.