Tovino Thomas

2018 movie review: Hollywood-style disaster flick swings between moving moments and predictability

This star-studded, visually striking film on the Kerala floods is intermittently poignant despite its templated format and decision to avoid the politics of the tragedy

Neelavelicham movie review: Aashiq Abu's enchanting reboot of Basheer's quaint tale

Tovino Thomas, Rima Kallingal and Roshan Mathew are lovable in this contemporised, visually mesmeric remake of the 1964 classic Bhargavi Nilayam.

Best Malayalam Films 2022: A year so good that keeping this list down to 10 was impossible

After a sterling performance at the height of the pandemic, Malayalam filmmakers did what might have seemed impossible to those who had loved their works in 2020-21: in 2022, they got even better.

Thallumaala movie review: Energetic, experimental, empty

Tovino Thomas is loveable, but Thallumaala’s lively soundtrack and visual gimmicks conspire to generate a sensory overload that camouflages a thin-as-a-pappadum story and emotional emptiness.

Tovino Thomas' Thallumaala is a non-stop feast of farcical fury

Thallumaala is more provocative than evocative. It is the kind of neo-noir cinema that is designed to stimulate and steer the audiences’ sensory perception into the untrodden territory.

Goof-ups, chaos galore at OTTplay Awards & SIIMA Awards, Vidya Balan gets our award for most confused actor of the year

It was unimaginable chaos, worse than anything ever witnessed at award events in Mumbai.

First Take | Sita Ramam & the resonant vibes of eternal love

Partially inspired by Yash Chopra’s cross-border love story Veer-Zaara, Sita Raman tells the epic saga of how love survives war, cross-border suspicion and the religious divide.

First Take | In a week of a mixed bag Dear Friend leaves you shattered with its equanimity

Dear Friend is a film that refuses to pander to our expectations. It opts to go the way it wants to. And if we choose to take it the wrong way, it is our failing.

Dear Friend movie review: Intriguing blend of buddy flick, thriller and psychological profile

The suspense in Dear Friend is unconventional and the end is not designed to excite viewers in a typical-mystery-movie manner, instead leaving us with food for thought.

What do Kartik Aaryan, Tovino Thomas, Sridevi, Shabana Azmi and Shah Rukh Khan have in common?

In Bollywood, we have seen several stars portraying the role of a journalist by giving their own emotional and realistic touch.