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Meera Deshmukh: Power

Tabu's Meera is terrifying because she has something Vijay doesn't: institutional power.

She has the police, interrogation, surveillance and authority. She can put pressure on his entire family.

But there's an important contradiction.

She's a police officer looking for the truth, but she's also a mother looking for her son.

That's what makes her much better than a conventional villain. From Vijay's perspective she's the antagonist. From her perspective, Vijay is the man who knows what happened to her child.

So Part 1 becomes:

A powerful woman who knows something happened

vs.

an ordinary man who knows exactly what happened.

Vijay's advantage isn't power. A preparation.

Tarun Ahlawat: Intelligence

Then Akshaye Khanna arrives, and the film makes a brilliant change. He doesn't try to overpower Vijay.

He studies him.

Tarun understands that Vijay has already defeated conventional policing. So instead of treating him like an ordinary suspect, he treats him almost like another player in a chess match.

That's why Akshaye Khanna feels so dangerous even when he's just sitting, smiling and talking.

He respects Vijay's intelligence.

And ironically, that respect makes him more dangerous.

Part 1 asks:

Can Vijay survive the police?

Part 2 asks:

Can Vijay survive someone who understands how Vijay thinks?

And Vijay's defence evolves too. He's no longer merely hiding evidence.

He's anticipating what will happen when the evidence is eventually found.

That's the genius of Part 2

Rajveer Singh Tomar: Unpredictability

And this is where Jaideep Ahlawat becomes such an interesting choice.

Everyone knows Vijay is clever.

Trying to beat him using the same investigative game again would just repeat Part 2.

Meera attacks Vijay's secret.

Tarun attacks Vijay's plan.

Rajveer attacks Vijay's ability to predict what comes next

Urvashi is the reason to watch this thriller. Let me tell you, it's not an outstanding thriller or great writing like Kishkindha Kaandam or Ayyappanum Koshiyum. It's mid, but Meryl Streep of malayalam cinema OG Urvashi, she will blow your mind. She make Aasha 👌🔥

Aasha is a stubborn, short-tempered widow. She lives with her daughter Anagha (Aishwarya L). She already has mental stress and sleep problems. One night her car hits Jeemon’s (Joju) vehicle. She refuses to drop the case. He gets angry and threatens her. Things then go in dark, unexpected directions. The film starts like a family story and slowly becomes a mystery-thriller.

In many scenes you can see Urvashi's mind is already tired even before the big problems start. She is very good in the quiet moments and in the big emotional ones. She was Aasha in every moment of the film.

Just do not expect a perfect ending. Expect a great performance from Joju and Urvashi, you will be happy.

Three generations of actresses taking centre stage & their films are winning hearts in theatres. Great to see this 🤍✨

Two brilliant actresses ❣️ Urvashi & Parvathi ✨Happy to see Parvathi's comeback with PDK

Teen outsider → neglected wife → Hollywood icon → grieving mother → dying woman chasing pleasure in Dying for Sex. She can do musicals (The Greatest Showman), Broadway (Cabaret, Blackbird — Tony nomination), and tiny indie films with equal commitment... She do everything.

From 1993 to 2026 is 33 years.

She is one of the truly talented actresses who treats acting like close observation instead of display. That’s rare, and that’s why people call her great

The basic plot goes like: In 2006, a TV host named Chris Hansen wants a hit show. His team lures men into a house by pretending a teenager is waiting there. When the men arrive, Hansen walks in, cameras rolling, and confronts them live. The show gets huge. Then one sting goes wrong, and the hunt for ratings turns ugly.

What’s good

Pattinson is scary-good as Hansen, slick, hungry, and hard to like. The film is tense and messy in a way that feels real, not like a normal cop movie.

If you already watched, please share your thoughts

Watch Silo if you like a mystery that actually pays off.

The setup is simple: thousands of people live in a giant underground tower. They are told the outside world is deadly. Almost nobody questions it. Then an engineer starts noticing things that don’t add up.

That’s the hook.

It is not just another cool sci-fi ideas...It is people under pressure: fear, power, loyalty, and the cost of telling the truth. Rebecca Ferguson is excellent as Juliette, stubborn, tired, and hard to look away from.

After a few episodes, it's hard to stop.

Apple’s total is 20 if you count the “I’m Not Remarkable” commercial

I really like the design of the first one from the Avengers.

I am not understanding the Why part 🙈 Why should he try all these (except Varanasi, no idea yet) films like Aiyaa, Sarzameen... A good stardom in Malayalam, great skills and widely popular across industries, and saying Yes to all these. Is it money, I don't think so, because the production is not that big.

Unfortunately Nagarjuna couldn't continue that streak of being a big Star

Every actor has a strong zone, and the right movie under that particular genre will do magical box-office run. Nivin is showing the same with Sarvam Maya & now #BKU

The so called maximum potential for a malayalam film I was expecting through Jithu-A10 film. But unfortunately....dropped I guess🥲

This is the timeline of soneone who started as a Disney channel kid in 2010 and then did the thing almost none of them do: she left the cute lane before it ate her

2017 happens and the whole story changes. And in 2026 🔥🔥

What I like about her is she can open a Marvel movie and still show up in something that feels like it was made for only few audiences

I believe DILEESH POTHAN - A10 🔥 Will be an industry hit🤞

Baasha, Mankatha, Jailer, Vikram... The list is long. Curious to know other movies which can be in this list.

I believe, Girish AD is the new gen Shafi (2000's rom-com), the king of feel-good rom-coms

But what I like most is his selection of stories. He's actually telling the story of a single character, every movie is in different stages of her / his life.

Thanneer Mathan Dinangal – the raw, awkward, watermelon-juice days of teenage insecurities.

Super Sharanya –Shy small-town girl thrown into hostel chaos, that confused experimental college phase, where she slowly learn to stand up for yourself.

Premalu – that uncertain yet curious, hopeful, figuring out love while dealing with unwanted attention and new possibilities.

Bethlehem Kudumba Unit – Waiting but from trailer, it's again a continuation of her 25+

It’s not the same character, but it feels like watching one continuous girl arc (or even a boy) across time, the same soft humour, the same confusion, the same romantic roller coaster drama, it looks like Mamitha Baiju almost becomes the face of that journey.

Can be considered as Girish AD’s version of Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy.

Where Linklater followed one couple through different stages of love and life, Girish is doing it for youth with pure humour ..

What are your expectations on BKU

Three completely different women, but one thing in common....

Chandra from Vada Chennai.

She exists in a world built for men, gangsters, politics, power. But she moves everything around her without anyone realising it. The moon that learned to move the tides without ever touching the water.

Chandra from Lokah.

She didn't choose immortality. She chose to survive it. The moon that has been rising and setting for centuries, alone, still showing up.

Chandra from DC is actually based on Chandramukhi from Devdas but Arun Matheswaran completely reimagined her.

She is the bloody moon that was contained for too long in a world that took everything from her, her freedom, her body, her dream of a simple life. The moon that just burns.

BUT THEY WERE ALL DEFINED by what the world did to them. and then they decided they were done being defined by it.