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Kishkindha Kandam review

Just finished watching Kishikandha Kanda movie. Merely ok story. Some of it doesn't make sense at all/not explained. Acting is also not particularly great. Don't understand how it got such that highly positive reviews. Comparisons to Drishyam? You cannot be serious!! First half is slow and too much buildup. Asif Ali is ordinary except for a few scenes. For majority of it, his emotions and delivery dialogue is flat. Aparna (Asif wife role) and Vijayaraghavan (Asif father role or grandfather for kid) are clearly better, Aparna even more so. Yes, even if Vijayaraghavan character annoyed me a quite a bit. Overall: 6.25/10 for me. Spoilers below: 1. How on earth does a kid know how to put in the bullets, remove the safety and actually fire properly? 2. The grandfather hits the kid, but doesn't remove the bullets and hide it elsewhere after kid has fired and shot the monkey? WTF. 3. The gun is still hidden within a compartment of the grandfather's room. really? 4. The loop ab

Sachin vs Pollock in ODIs

2(15) at Sharjah 96 24:05, out at 5.5 overs, caught off Fannie de villiers slower ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzc4Qt6oSk&ab_channel=ArslanMajid 17(26) at Sharjah 96 0:07 - first 4 off Pollock at 10/0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_CJsMg3JXQ&ab_channel=ArslanMajid 1:08 - 2nd 4 off Pollock at 18/0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAF7d7rHHZI&ab_channel=AnirudhKalraCricket so atleast 8 runs off Pollock 57(71) at Sharjah 96 starts from around 22:20 Sachin 0(3) 1st over - de villiers 1.1 overs: 4 off Pollock 3.3 overs: 4 off Pollock 4.6 overs: double off de villiers  5.6 overs: 4 off Pollock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyH5WzXSnUk&ab_channel=ArslanMajid 0(4) at Bloemfontein 97 https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/standard-bank-international-one-day-series-1996-97-60998/south-africa-vs-india-1st-match-66068/full-scorecard at 18:15, out at 2.3 overs, out to Pollock, bowled https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=167406981621448 1(14) at Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) 97 ht