Swaroop Kodur reviews
21 reviews of Indian films, average rating 2.9/5.
Sri Ganesh's film, starring Siddharth, R. Sarathkumar, Devayani and Yogi Babu, is steadfastly sentimental and dense, leaving little room for the mundanities of life to breathe on their own.
Read the full reviewThe film's central emotion is grief but writer-director Sumanth Bhat shows how it can easily be misdirected as angst. What's even more fascinating is he chooses an 11-year-old boy to make the case.
Read the full reviewNithin Krishnamurthy's high-brow dark comedy runs out of ideas after a point and even begins to stutter a little, but its biggest merit is that it
Read the full reviewVijay N. writes and directs the action drama with KRG Studios' Karthik Gowda and Yogi G. Raj producing it.
Read the full reviewBad Manners is every bit the 'Sukka Suri' pour we were expecting it to be, but the film is far from being in the same category as his best work.
Read the full reviewHari Hara Veera Mallu review: Hari Hara Veera Mallu lets off the opportunity to create a fascinating folk hero for our times, and ends up being a misguided revisionist project.
Read the full reviewDespite its strong intent to tell an epic tale, 'Ekka' leaves behind a murky picture that’s barely noticeable, and not enough to be remembered.
Read the full review‘Rakkasapuradhol’, directed by Ravi Saranga and starring Raj B Shetty, plays rigidly by the mystery-thriller rulebook, yet makes an impression through its economical craft.
Read the full reviewIn 'Landlord,' a Kannada film by Jadesha K Hampi, potent themes of caste and power dynamics are overshadowed by inconsistent storytelling.
Read the full reviewDespite the shortcomings in the narrative, Darshan carries the film on his shoulders and delivers a performance that his fans longed for.
Read the full review70-year-old Chiranjeevi is dynamic as ever, and Nayanthara is at her radiant best. But the film makes a low-effort attempt at entertaining us, and only a few parts work well.
Read the full reviewNani delivers a fierce performance in ‘HIT: The Third Case’, a darker, high-stakes thriller that ditches emotion for drama—with mixed results.
Read the full reviewOG Movie Review and Rating: Although the risk-averse writing in this Pawan Kalyan-starrer becomes a blip in the experience, the film's technical brilliance and Thaman's thumping soundtrack save the day.
Read the full reviewWhile the Dhanush and Nagarjuna-starrer is not without its share of missteps, the film still holds its own because of a discerning filmmaker and his sincere ensemble cast.
Read the full reviewThe sequel of Akhanda has some amusing, self-aware moments in the first half, before it grows too verbose and chaotic for its own good.
Read the full reviewKannappa remains incoherent for most parts, and the disjointed storytelling leaves a lasting dent in it.
Read the full reviewMahesh Babu P finds himself entrusted with a juggling act that, although ambitious, grows a little overbearing with time.
Read the full reviewThe Girlfriend becomes a matter of pertinence as it goes about studying the skewed nature of the gender dynamics around us, and for all its other shortcomings, it still beams bright for opting to pursue its study from really up…
Read the full reviewDespite the painstaking setup, Kingdom never truly tethers us emotionally to its story. Though the film juggles many elements, it never settles on a central thread to bring them into harmony.
Read the full reviewThe jokes start rolling from the word go, the gags are kept in perfect check to never drop the beat, and each character that comes our way is precisely trained to put fun on the screen, and nothing else.
Read the full reviewNaveen Polishetty strikes good form yet again and shoulders a simple, low-stakes comedy-drama entirely on his own.
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