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Film CommentaryThe title can be read as ‘the past’ and ‘the time of demons’ and the film is simultaneously about both. How does the past sow the demons that we have to confront in the present? Sowmya Rajendran*Major spoilers ahead. This is not a review but a closer look at the film and its themes. Malayalam film Bhoothakaalam premiered on SonyLiv on January 21 and has become an instant favourite with fans of the horror genre. With a minimal cast and hardly any dependence on visual effects, the film has emerged as one of the scariest horror films to come out in recent times. At the heart of Bhoothakaalam, directed by Rahul Sadasivan, who co-wrote it with Sreekumar Shreyas, is the troubled relationship between a mother and son, Asha (Revathy) and Vinu (Shane Nigam). The title can be read as ‘the past’ and ‘the time of demons’ and the film is simultaneously about both.

MollywoodThe film is based on a festival celebrated during 17th century Kerala, in which warriors from different parts of the country would arrive to fight against each other.Tnm StaffIf Mammootty barely appeared in the teaser of his upcoming period film Mamangam, the trailer, released on Saturday, begins with the star's voice. The familiar lit up night from the teaser presents the background for Mamangam, which was a medieval time trade festival for warriors. Mammootty's character says, "If even one person still goes for Mamangam from Valluvanadu, it's because the women prepare a pyre of revenge in their minds. You and I were born in the womb of such women." You see the women's faces flash -- Kaniha, Anu Sithara, veterans like Valsala Menon and Kaviyoor Ponnamma. The slow music with which the trailer begins swiftly changes to a fast one, when fights begin and men kill men. A...