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'Sara'S' review: Anchored by a powerful script, this simple film breaks the conventions of the feel-good template

Jude Anthany Joseph's third feature, after Ohm Shanti Oshana and Oru Muthassi Gadha, released on Prime Video at midnight today. This seemingly feel-good film, also seemingly made in limited spaces and with a shoestring budget, tackles a concept and issue never tested before in Malayalam cinema  circles. In Sara'S, we follow the life of Sara Vincent (Anna Ben), a young, bubbly, yet unapologetic filmmaker who struggles to make it big in the industry. She continuously assists male directors and is in the scripting works of her dream film. Sara has decided, from her school days, that she would not bear any kids. This is when she meets Jeevan (Sunny Wayne); her relationship with him subsequently brings her ideology and decision into a confrontation with the established norms of society, family and child-rearing.  Anna Ben in Sara'S The best aspect in which Sara'S has excelled, without doubt, is its hard-hitting taut script. Debutant Akshay Hareesh deserves praise for managin...

Reviewer-The Blog's Guide to 91st Oscar Nominations

Note: This will be the first in a series of posts leading to the upcoming 91st Academy Awards- Road To The Oscars

The wait is coming to an end. An year full of expectations, surprises and praise will culminate on the prestigious night of the 91st Academy Awards. With 2018 producing a beautiful bunch of superbly made films, we expect the competition to bag the coveted statuette to be tougher than usual.


To kick off hopes, the nominees for the various categories of the 2019 Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, 22nd January 2019 at 5:20 am Pacific Time/ 6:50 pm Indian Standard Time. The nominees will be announced by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The categories for the upcoming Academy Awards are- actor in a leading role, actress in a leading role, animated feature film, cinematography, directing, documentary feature, documentary short subject, foreign-language film, makeup and hairstyling, best picture, visual effects, adapted screenplay, original screenplay, original song and production design.

Readers can watch the announcing ceremony live in the box below.

The 91st Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, 24th February 2019. This year's edition had already gained notoriety with Kevin Hart, who was the host announced earlier, backing out from attending the event as emcee. 

Reviewer-The Blog will be active in covering the entire Academy Awards, from nominations, pre-show and post-show reports.

Stay tuned.

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