Ranabaali2/5
2026 · Telugu · Rediff
A physically charged performance from Vijay Deverakonda can't salvage Ranabaali's bland, low energy spectacle. The ambition and scope in its narrative intentions are not met by the lacklustre execution.
Arjun Menon reviews
23 reviews of Indian films, average rating 2.7/5.
23reviews
2.67/5average rating
4highest: Maharaja
1lowest: Akhanda 2: Thaandavam
8Under 2.25
52.25 to 2.9
73 to 3.9
34 and up
Telugu 1.8/5 (5)Kannada 2.5/5 (2)Malayalam 3.19/5 (8)Tamil 2.75/5 (8)
KD – The Devil1.5/5
2026 · Kannada · Rediff
KD: The Devil attempts to deliver a grounded action experience but ultimately succumbs to a loud, generic gangster narrative, muddled storytelling, and excessive theatrics.
2026 · Malayalam · Rediff
Pallichattambi is a functional exercise in action cinema, that neither focuses on the logistics of its action choreography, nor makes the setting rousing enough to meet the expectations of a 'chosen one' narrative.
Sarvam Maya2/5
2025 · Malayalam · Rediff
Sarvam Maya banks on its leading man, Nivin Pauly, who grasps at straws and makes the improbable scenes work with his charm, notes Arjun Menon.
2025 · Telugu · Rediff
It is tough to sit through many of the action set pieces as they are built up with excessively slow motion shots.
Kalamkaval3.5/5
2025 · Malayalam · Rediff
Kalamkaval, releasing on OTT on January 16, is like any good work of art, and suggests more than it shows, applauds Arjun Menon.
Eko3.5/5
2025 · Malayalam · Rediff
Eko, a smartly written film, loses steam midway but somehow stays afloat and deliver the goods, notes Arjun Menon.
Aaryan2/5
2025 · Tamil · The Indian Express
Aaryan movie review: A serial killer who comes back from the dead to go on a killing spree isn’t a new idea in crime fiction. There are countless paperbacks and airport thrillers that could lay claim to this familiar logline.
Dude2.5/5
2025 · Tamil · The Indian Express
Dude is ultimately a one-time watch, a film that starts off with breezy fun but loses its charm in a meandering, uneven second half.
2025 · Kannada · Rediff
Kantara: A Legend Chapter-1 is an ambitious, bold update of the ideas of the first film on a much bigger canvas.
Idli Kadai3/5
2025 · Tamil · Rediff
Idli Kadai wears its heart on its sleeve, embracing nostalgia and roots with both hands. Dhanush is in top form as an actor and director here, mining most of the material.
Madharaasi2.5/5
2025 · Tamil · The Indian Express
The film shows glimpses of Murugadoss operating at his full powers. But ultimately, Sivakarthikeyan-starrer is frustrating as an exercise in action storytelling because it is too tired to break its own conventionality.
Coolie2.5/5
2025 · Tamil · The Indian Express
Coolie Movie Review & Rating: ‘He is always ahead of of us, sir, ‘ proclaims a breathless Dayal (Soubin Shahir) to his boss Simone (Nagarjuna) in one of the busiest scenes in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Coolie.
Thudarum3.5/5
2025 · Malayalam · Rediff
Thudarum is a masterpiece for adults, a serious yet self-aware piece of cinema that has something for everybody, feels Arjun Menon.
Odela 21.5/5
2025 · Telugu · Rediff
If not for Tamannaah, it would have been an ordeal to sit through this uninspired horror fable, notes Arjun Menon.
Thandel2.5/5
2025 · Telugu · Rediff
Thandel is a film in a constant state of identity crisis, trying to be bigger and dramatically ambitious, with middling results.
2024 · Telugu · Rediff
Pushpa 2 is a badly misjudged, doubtful sequel that can't capitalise on the wealth of the story world set up in the first film, observes Arjun Menon.
Kanguva2.5/5
2024 · Tamil · Rediff
Kanguva is a mishmash of conceptually strong set pieces that feels bloated, as the central scaffolding holding together the core themes of love that heals over time and eternity, feels like an afterthought, observes Arjun Menon.
Amaran3/5
2024 · Tamil · Rediff
Amaran is effective as an intimate, well researched piece of storytelling, but does not break any new ground.
Maharaja4/5
2024 · Tamil · Rediff
Maharaja is an audacious attempt that breaks down the tropes of a crime film with a brilliant Vijay Sethupathi in the lead, notes Arjun Menon.
Aavesham3/5
2024 · Malayalam · Rediff
Aavesham is smooth in its storytelling and leaves a chilling aftertaste, thanks to its one-of-a-kind anti-hero, applauds Arjun Menon.
2024 · Malayalam · Rediff
Aadujeevitham marks a new direction for Malayalam cinema, where ambition meets resources and the right people, all in favour of stories that deserve to be told on the biggest stage of them all, notes Arjun Menon.
2024 · Malayalam · Rediff
Manjummel Boys gets so many things right that the small nitpicks don't amount to much in the larger picture. Manjummel Boys is a well oiled machine of a screenplay that is efficiently staged without losing its momentum.
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