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 Young director Jithu
Joseph in his second movie 'Mummy And Me’ seems to have been interested
in all kinds of social anxieties, loneliness and depressions that the
new age teenagers from nuclear families are subjected to, in the current
scheme of Kerala culture. He has constructed a script taking into
account the credibility and fear factors associated with chat friends...
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| Katha Thudarum - Sathyan has a winner in ‘Katha Thudarum’ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Director Sathyan
Anthikkad in his fifty's movie ‘Kathu Thudarum’ has come up with an
offering that is a bit atop of his regular melodrama formula flicks. He
is here, amidst an engaging storyline with a layer of social satire
sprinkled through almost every scene, without taking that preachy line
of his previous movies like ‘Innathe Chinthavishayam’...
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| Pokkiri Raja - Is a masala fiesta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Vysakh as a debutant
director has made a decent entertainer and the young man is definitely
destined to go places in mainstream Malayalam cinema, if he can select
more sensible plots. All in all, Pokkiriraja is a full-length
entertainer, which will give you your money’s worth, if you are not in
the type of a thinking serious film buff. A Paisa vasool stuff indeed,
for all the lovers of all colou
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| Alexander The Great - Is good | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 If Murali Nagavalli’s
debut venture ‘Wanted’ had too many loose ends that did more harm than
good to the film, his second film ‘Alexander The Great’ stands out as a
well-directed, excellently scripted and good film that touches chords in
your heart...
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| T D Dasan Standard VI B - Is a real treat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 For all those film
festival buffs who had been the ardent fans of the Iranian films, that
narrated simple emotional stories with children, this one is indeed a
treat. Debutant director Mohan Raghavan has created an unusual Mollywood
movie exactly in the same league of festival winners, with his debut
film 'T D Dasan, Standard VI B'...
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| Pullimaan - Is a disaster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A bunch of well made
shots, not even a single praiseworthy sequence, heavily over the top and
colorful costumes that were least needed, a pathetic plot with
narratives that meander without any purpose-these all can define
'Pullimaan', the new movie from Kalabhavan Mani which is more than a
torture for any viewer...
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| Pappy Appacha - Is a passable fare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 With a predictable story
about a father and son living like buddies that had been done to
perfection in many Mollywood movies before, 'Pappy Appacha' from the
debutant director Mammas is solely based on the intentions to tickle
your funny bone, now and then...
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| Kadaksham - Could have been better | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Director Sasi Paravoor
has won the year's best story award for his movie 'Kadaksham' (subtitled
in the movie as 'tearful eyes’) that is in theaters now. When one gets
into the cinema hall to view a movie which had the best story of the
year, expectations were naturally quite high. But sadly, those were
never met in the movie, which had a tad slow, conventional style of
making and leisurely narrati
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| Janakan - Is above average stuff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 When reviewers observe
that there are dearth of good story lines in Mollywood, little will
anyone expect about two multi-starrer big budgeters made almost at the
same time in similar story lines and with same actors...
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| April Fool - Is watchable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A movie that spends
seventy percent of its screen time on the interiors of a single
apartment, mostly depending on the banter between two characters and
occasional walk-ins of a couple of supporting artists...
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| In Ghost House Inn - Is not very funny | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The most lovable four
characters and their heavy camaraderie had been the most saleable USP,
when anyone thinks of another sequel to the famous ‘Harihar Nagar’...
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| Pramaani - Is mediocre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Writer-director B
Unnikrishnan has mish-mashed every technique that he has learnt while
constructing his last hit ‘Madambi’ and applied the same for the next
movie with the other superstar Mammootty. And the result is ‘Pramaani’,
in an age old storyline about a corrupt village leader, who turns a
fresh leaf in life following his verbal fights and clashes with his own
feudal family members...
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| Nayakan - Breathes fresh air to Mollywood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A real imposing debut
and impactful winner, Lijo Jose Pellisery has claimed both with his
debut movie ‘Nayakan’ which is an astounding feat in Mollywood looking
for intensely polished movies...
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 Imitation and
recreation had been definitely one of the ways to emerge into better
creative results. Believing in this notion, the creators of the mass
masala movie ‘Thanthonny’ have did their very best to indulge in copy
pasting many sequences of the hit movies of the past to create a
potpourri, reminding us of many bigger hits like Basha, Usthad to
Devasuram. Even with this shortcomings that boo
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| Cheriya Kallanum Valiya Policeum - Poor fare of a police and Kallan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Few will remember that
Haridas Kesavan was one director who was awarded with the state
recognition for the debut director for his very first film, Georgekutty
c/o Georgekutty...
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| Sufi Paranja Kadha - A brilliant Sufi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 With his new movie ‘Sufi
Paranja Katha’, Director Priyanandanan has once again proved that why
he is at the helm of award ceremonies in the previous years. Continuing
with his characteristic ease in selecting and presenting themes with
maturity, the movie is a simple poignant story based on writer K P
Ramanunni’s award winning novel...
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| Aagathan - lacks that essential punch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 ‘Aagathan’ was thought
out to be a project that will help Dileep to regain his lost charisma at
the Box Office...
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| Yugapurushan - A biopic with life and blood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 One of the best
contributions that superstar Mammootty has done to Mollywood last year,
was definitely his decision to stay away from the role of Sree
Narayanaguru. His observations about his stardom which may come into the
actual realisation of the legendary social reformer on screen, was
certainly true...
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| Senior Mandrake - No magic in this Mandrake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Making sequel is never
an easy thing. If Ali Akbar had been inspired by the success of the
sequels like ‘To Harihar Nagar’, he must have at least studied deeply
why these movies had wonder runs at the Box Office...
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| Drona 2010 - is half baked | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Even after an array of
flops, it seems that director Shaji Kailas has not yet figured that
style and substance alone cannot make a good, commercial potboiler. What
essentially needed is a promising story that can make the viewers
sing-to its tunes and wonder at its narratives. Shaji's latest product
‘Drona 2010’ also seems to a confused product, which hardly will appeal
too much of the masses...
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| Bodyguard - This Bodyguard' needs to fight tough | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bodyguard is the hit
machine Siddhique's ninth go into the Mollywood Box Office and this time
too, he doesn't falter much in creating a good drama
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 Young director Saji
Surendran's 'Happy Husbands'' impresses you in the very first frame
where it acknowledges that its base story is adapted from the Tamil
movie, Charlie Chaplin'. But this positive vibes don't last long as you
almost immediately realise that the movie is just another caricature
humour rollercoaster, which uses the plights of confused husbands to
create fun on screen...
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 Have you been recently
into a film that takes its own time to unfold its relevant strong
topical theme, in a realistic manner? How many times have you find in
recent films where the editors of commercial ventures are never forced
to resort to jump cuts, editing gimmicks and unnatural tones...
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 For this Christmas,
once again you have a movie plotted at a remote Tamil Nadu border, with
all that colorful camera friendly costume worn dumb village people, two
strong families at war for more than two decades, the entry of the hero
to settle the war with some mysterious personal interests, the loud
mouthed villain with that big moustache and another hundreds of regular
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S P Mahesh who
rechristened himself as Mahesh P Sreenivasan for his second movie ‘My
Big Father’ has managed to create one film that may called as just an OK
endeavor. Much better than his debut film ‘Changathy Poocha’, this
Jayaram movie is typically built around every hit prototypes of the
star...
V K Prakash is the one
director who with his all technical finesse couldn’t make one big hit in
Mollywood, mainly due to the inane scripts that was offered to him. But
this time in ‘Gulumal-The Esacape’, he seems to have opted for a safer
route...
After directing some
good films like Thirakkatha and Kaiyoppu, and conceiving a world class
project like ‘Kerala Café’, Ranjith is back with yet another film with a
niche subject titled ‘Palery Maanikyam:Ouu Pathira Kolapathakathinte
Katha’...
After a couple of duds,
the director of comic flicks, Thaha is back with a movie that tries in
all sorts to tickle the funny vein of any lighthearted viewer. This
‘Kappal Muthalali’ with an inspiring premise and racy, loud narration is
interesting in some parts, but poorly budgeted making and hurriedly
done execution has took away the charm of a quality entertainer, to
disparage it into an average
‘Neelathamara’ is all
about the traditional beliefs about an extraordinary flower, which
blooms in a temple pond as a sign of God’s will on the life of his
devotees. Whoever offers a coin at the sacred step of this temple’s
sanctum sanatorium and pray to the ‘Thevar’ to lead them out of a
confusion, this legendary flower will bloom as a sign for the devotee to
go forward with their plans, or else
Director Viji Thampi
seems to have forgotten the chemistry to venture into his viewers
hearts, in the short interval that he had kept away from films. Here in
the movie ‘Chemistry’ (written as Che-Mystery), he tries all sorts of
genres often as a spine-chilling thriller, even as a horror movie and at
times as a suspense movie. But every attempt in this messy palette
appears muddled, as the movie f
Moving on with that old
stale ''poor boy meets rich girl'' story with some twists that may give a
feel of serious blunders Sarju finds its hard to keep the proceedings
in control. And on an average script that opt for illogical ways to
complete the act, ‘Uthara Swayamvaram’ ends up as another movie, that is
made for a typical audience who don't demand much improvisations in
regular stuffs...
There had been films in
India based on big fat weddings that span for many days. Like the super
hit ‘Hum Aap Ke Hain Kaun’ to My best friend's wedding and Meera Nair's'
Monsoon wedding, all the movies were trying to built in and amidst the
happenings of the pompous wedding ceremonies...
It's late eighties - an
era before the proliferation of twenty-four hour news channels and
mobile phones. It was also the same period when the two big dailies of
Malayalam started to fight over circulation, with each of their staff
reporters trying to do something overboard to support something anew,
exclusive for their news papers. The present day generation who are used
to the technology jump th
A short story of ten
minutes, often can talk much more and present you with more intense
feelings than one film that goes on for an uncontrolled 150 minutes.
Exactly that was the challenge offered by Renjith to ten different
directors of Mollywood, who were used to in making lengthy dramas. And
here in ‘Kerala Cafe’, these Mollywood directors are proving without any
doubt, why they are celebrated
S L Puram Jayasurya's
‘Angel John’ opens as a racy youthful story with plenty of directorial
gimmicks and style in the very first hour. But with the advent of a too
unrealistic angel, the movie suddenly appear to be in the genre of kids
films, that isn't trying to be anything else...
For a Mollywood
cinephile, there are quite a number of reasons to watch ‘Pazhassi Raja’.
Not only that it is made in the biggest budget ever in Mollywood, it is
also an offering from the masters of the media, including Mammootty, M T
Vasudevan Nair and Hariharan. Moreover, there are a plenty of other
great names including Resul Pookutty, Illayaraja, Sarath Kumar and a
plenty of others whose credit
It will not be a matter
of debate that Suraj Venjaramoodu has been the only consistent
performer in Mollywood, when it comes to funny supporting roles...
Robinhood, like all
other recent biggies, have its source material from the comic book - all
about men indulging in crimes, but for a cause. It is definitely the
huge experience of veteran Joshy, that seems to have helped the new
movie to end up as a safer fare...
With films with big
stars and established directors turning out to be disappointments at
best and disasters at worst, the year had not been very good for
Mollywood. But by Onam and Ramzan, the line up has emerged good to
excellent with movies like ‘Vairam’ coming up with right mix of
melodrama and realism. Politician turned director M A Nishad's previous
endeavours had been sincere to their messag
With no conventional
story and is more character-driven, National award winning director
Jayaraj's new film ‘Loudspeaker’ is a simple movie with its heart
exactly at the right place. Decorated with no special comedy tracks or
even a traditional romance, the first screenplay from the director has
that inherent goodness that speaks volumes of life in a go...
A focused thriller on
the travails of terrorism in our daily life is not a regular thing in
Tamil cinema. But Kamal Haasan, the man of experiments, has gathered the
guts to remake Hindi hit ‘A Wednesday’ that speaks on the effects of
extremism on men in streets...
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