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Lover of Bollywood, Hollywood and all things movies Check out my film reviews on my blog https://moviemavengal.com/

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#Don Review with my son Ben! This was Ben's first @iamsrk film. My youngest son Ben is home for the summer from college. He agreed to watch an action movie with me, and of the films I described, he picked Shahrukh Khan's Don.

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Ohm Shanthi Oshaana with Samantha Kannan

@NaanSamantha joined me for a discussion of her new book, A New Journey and our fave movie #OhmShanthiOshaana

Samantha Kannan joined me for a discussion about her new book, A New Journey, just released July 1, 2020. We also fangirl together over our love of Nivin Pauly playing Giri in one of my all time favorite films, Ohm Shanthi Oshaana.

Samantha’s book is a fictionalized account of the few months she spent teaching at a village school in Kerala, India. Samantha sent me an advance copy, and I found…

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Gulabo Sitabo Review Gulabo Sitabo was one of the first Indian film releases straight to streaming services, skipping theaters due to COVID-19.

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Mullum Malarum has a glorious crisp new print and new subtitles by rekhs on Simply South's #ThrowbackThursday series. Here's my review. Streaming service Simply South has a #ThrowbackThursday series, and they re-released the classic Rajinikanth 1978 film Mullum Malaram (The Thorn & the Flower) in a crisp newly mastered print with new subtitles by rekhs.

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Love Mocktail Review I really enjoyed Love Mocktail, a romantic Kannada film starring and directed by Krishna. A mocktail is a drink with a mix of juices -- and this is a tale of the different loves of Krishna's character.

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Kandukondain Kandukondain with Alisa Rivera Kandukondain Kandukondain (I Have Found It, I Have Found It) is one of my all time favorite Tamil films.

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Ponmagal Vandhal Movie Review Ponmagal Vandhal is a new Tamil film starring Jyothika that was released directly on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video.

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Thambi Movie Review I finally caught up with the 2019 Tamil film Thambi (younger brother) starring Karthi and Jyothika. This film is directed by Jeethu Joseph, the director of the Malayalam film Drishyam, and has some similar themes of a family with secrets.

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Happy 60th Birthday Mohanlal!

Happy 60th Birthday Mohanlal!

I am so grateful I started watching Malayalam cinema a few years ago, and stumbled into the films of Mohanlal.  What a distinguished career for one of the world’s finest actors.  I have only seen a small fraction of his over 300 films.  I thought I’d make a compilation of those reviews here to celebrate Lalettan on this milestone 60th birthday.

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Manichitrathazhu Movie Review I finally saw this classic Mohanlal film!  OMG Shobana was AMAZING!  She won a National Award for this film for good reason. 

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1: Nenokkadine Review with Alisa the Bollywood Newbie Alisa Rivera, @BollywoodNewbie on Twitter, asked me to suggest a South Indian film we could both watch and discuss. 

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Extraction Movie Review Extraction is Netflix production starring Chris Hemsworth and Randeep Hooda (!!) with a script by Joe Russo of the Avengers films. 

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Ayyapanum Koshiyum Review Prithviraj and Biju Menon star opposite each other in this tense Malayalam drama from director Sachy.  I caught up with this film on Amazon Prime.

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Chat with Sunny about Chori Chori & Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin Sunny of Sunny's Starlight had a fantastic discussion about the two Hindi remakes of the classic Hollywood film It Happened One Night, one of my all time favorites.

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Bangalore Days Movie Review After rewatching this favorite Malayalam film for the It Pod To Be You podcast, I realized I'd never done a video review. 

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Bangalore Days on It Pod To Be You

I had a great time discussing one of my all time favorite films, Bangalore Days, with Manish Mathur on his podcast, It Pod To Be You.  He normally talks about Hollywood Rom Coms, but he gave me the choice of film to talk about.  Bangalore Days was Manish’s first Malayalam film, and his first time seeing Dulquer Salmaan in a movie.  Bangalore Days, a film about three close cousins and their…

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Dia – A Unique Romance Film Many viewers had recommended the 2020 Kannada film Dia to me.  It's now streaming on Amazon Prime, and I'm so glad I watched it.