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ReviewThrough some wonderful performances, ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey’, written by three men, takes a stand against domestic abuse, but at the cost of losing the thread on the reality of a woman's life.CrisThe Darshana-Basil shoulder dance bit from Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey that went viral before the movie came out is not included in the movie. But those few seconds – Basil dancing, moving his shoulders up and down and forcing an annoyed looking Darshana to do the same – capture the entire mood of the film very well. Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey, written and directed by Vipin Das, focuses the lens on the life of Jaya, a girl growing up in a very typical lower middle class family, and effortlessly shows the amount of unfairness in a woman’s life that’s taken for granted. The casting is absolutely apt, you know when you see a...

ReviewNivin Pauly-Asif Ali starrer can be viewed as a political commentary. Unfortunately, the film does not make it easy for the viewer to analyse that politics.Lakshmi PriyaImage credit: YouTube/ 123MusixMahaveera Ugrasena Maharajavu Thirumanassu, a mighty 18th century king with a penchant for women, is in an unfortunate predicament. He is unable to get sleep, look after royal affairs, or focus on anything significant for that matter, all because of a perpetual hiccup affliction — one that not even the best of the best medical practitioners across his kingdom are able to get rid of. Hence, the king (Lal) sends out his trusted prime minister Veerabhadran (Asif Ali) on a mission: to find him a woman of poetic beauty, who he thinks can help him get a good sleep. This is the point in time from which Mahaveeryar — the latest among director Abrid Shine’s series of collaborations with actor...