Which Malayalam film did you watch recently ?

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Originally Posted by Sureshs65

Not sure if this is the right thread to post. I wrote an article in Tamil on Adoor Gopalakrishnan's "Nizhalkuthu". Please read and let me know your feedback.

http://solvanam.com/?p=17800

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Suresh:

Just finished reading your review of NIZHALKUTHU. You have done an excellent job bringing out the subtle intricacies of the movie in particular, and Adoor's style of narrating a story in general. He makes great movies, admired all over the world, but not very successful commercially at the Indian box office!

By the way, Adoor got some bad press in 2003 for reportedly criticizing the National Awards Committee for giving the best actor award to Ajay Devgan (The Legend of Bhagat Singh) instead of Oduvil Unnikrishnan who was also nominated for Nizalkuthu.

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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

DH,


Watched Best Actor and enjoyed it a lot. Cocktail is the indian version of 'Butterfly on a wheel'nu Jinju sonnaar. So I let go the movie.

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Best Actor was ok for me with the kind of expecatations i've from Mammookka.. :) yes cocktail is inspired - i hadnt seen the original though and it had Samvrutha :noteeth:

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Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan

Appidi ennaga prachana fanskku avaru mela....read in an article that he was being targeted

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has a bit of background to it, Prithvi's dad Sukumaran is also a no nonsense guy who believes in speaking out what he believed in. Prithvi is also like that to an extent. With no one yet to replace the 2Ms in malayalam Prithvi had a great start to his career with Nandanam, Akale etc...

now in certain interviews he gave for the media, for certain questions on 2M's his answers were quite honest and daring! He answered that they should stick to their age and act in specific roles, and that it is an insult to their talent to be dancing around with girls half their age etc etc.. Most of what he said is true and is in everyone's mind but no one speaks out, he did!

Also after 2Ms in malayalam, there is only Dileep (there was Suresh Gopi some years back, he has fizzled out already). With Prithvi's arrival, its him who is in danger and looks like he has gone all out in hiring people for cat calls in theatre and in spreading sms whenever his movies release etc (there is also a rumour it cud be Mohanlal behind, but it wudnt be him since he doesnt have much to lose from Prithvi). Also adding onto the fuel are the fans of 2Ms who are obviously irked by such remarks.. all in all a bad time to be Prithvi :-P

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Originally Posted by directhit

has a bit of background to it, Prithvi's dad Sukumaran is also a no nonsense guy who believes in speaking out what he believed in. Prithvi is also like that to an extent. With no one yet to replace the 2Ms in malayalam Prithvi had a great start to his career with Nandanam, Akale etc...

now in certain interviews he gave for the media, for certain questions on 2M's his answers were quite honest and daring! He answered that they should stick to their age and act in specific roles, and that it is an insult to their talent to be dancing around with girls half their age etc etc.. Most of what he said is true and is in everyone's mind but no one speaks out, he did!

Also after 2Ms in malayalam, there is only Dileep (there was Suresh Gopi some years back, he has fizzled out already). With Prithvi's arrival, its him who is in danger and looks like he has gone all out in hiring people for cat calls in theatre and in spreading sms whenever his movies release etc (there is also a rumour it cud be Mohanlal behind, but it wudnt be him since he doesnt have much to lose from Prithvi). Also adding onto the fuel are the fans of 2Ms who are obviously irked by such remarks.. all in all a bad time to be Prithvi :-P

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Thanks for that...Prithvi seems to have struck gold with 'Indian rupee' though....with what i've heard so far, it seems to be quite good.....waiting for the official dvd release.....

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Originally Posted by directhit

has a bit of background to it, Prithvi's dad Sukumaran is also a no nonsense guy who believes in speaking out what he believed in. Prithvi is also like that to an extent. With no one yet to replace the 2Ms in malayalam Prithvi had a great start to his career with Nandanam, Akale etc...

now in certain interviews he gave for the media, for certain questions on 2M's his answers were quite honest and daring! He answered that they should stick to their age and act in specific roles, and that it is an insult to their talent to be dancing around with girls half their age etc etc.. Most of what he said is true and is in everyone's mind but no one speaks out, he did!

Also after 2Ms in malayalam, there is only Dileep (there was Suresh Gopi some years back, he has fizzled out already). With Prithvi's arrival, its him who is in danger and looks like he has gone all out in hiring people for cat calls in theatre and in spreading sms whenever his movies release etc (there is also a rumour it cud be Mohanlal behind, but it wudnt be him since he doesnt have much to lose from Prithvi). Also adding onto the fuel are the fans of 2Ms who are obviously irked by such remarks.. all in all a bad time to be Prithvi :-P

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Prithivirajappan videos have massive following in youtube...he tries really hard though :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tAeSwIN04U

i like his interviews :D no nonsense answers.. there was an interview during onam i guess which was super.. wud post links later. he also praised Rajini a lot in that..

Marykkundoru Kunjaadu - nothing great to write about. Expected atleast 4-5 scenes to laugh out loud with Dileep in the movie.. disappointed. Maybe I should go and rewatch Vettam for the laughs! Only thing good in the movie was the Salim character and the important scene for him... with that seen I started watching Adam inte Magan Abu :-P


Halfway through Adam inte Magan Abu - a bit slow, still very engrossing so far...

ChinaTown on Asianet. Utter, Unadulterated, Tasteless, Stale Tripe. So bad that I regretted not watching Villu on Kalaignar TV instead.(Bleddy didn't realise Surya was showing Salt 'n Pepper in parallel :banghead: )

Venicile Vyaapaari

Compared to the last 6-7 years, Mammootty had a very lean patch in 2011 and this movie released at the fag end of the year though is not able to plug back all those holes, still manages to sustain interest.

The reviews from Kerala were not encouraging though they said that the second half was a let down and so I had nil expectations. But as it happens the second half is ok, though it could have been handled better.

The film is set in 1980 [though there is no compelling reason for it to be so] but the director has not bothered to be very true to that backdrop. Though the opening scenes gives a hint that it is going to be crime investigation, after the first 20 mins it is put on the back burner only to be brought back in the last 20 mins. Not that it makes any difference. The story happens in Alapuzha [known as Venice of the east] for the title justification.

The protagonist's role has grey shades and the screenplay neatly deficits how the lure of big money makes one manipulative in his actions making use of everyone as a tool for achieving his goals. For Mammootty he would have sleep walked this role at any given point of time and he does it here also. Kavya Madhavan despite being plumb manages to hold interest. JAgathy, Suraj and Salim Kumar do evoke laughter at few places.

James Albert the man behind Classmates, Cycle and Ividam Swargamaanu had written the script and only if the second half had been made crispier, director Shafi would have hit a hat trick with Mammootty [Mayavi and Chattambi Nadu being the other two].

Regards

City of God

One of the better malayalam movies I watched last year. It's not a typical indian movie. It's raw and follows a non-liner hyperlink cinema style. I won't spoil you with the plot details but you need to watch the movie closely so as not to miss the story telling. Not that it's a great movie. There are some typical cliched characters & scenes but I think can watch it for the presentation.

City of God

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvZak...eature=related

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Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas

The Train


Not sure whether any Hindi Films had shown the Mumbai local stations so extensively. The camera simply travels with the train to and fro. One thing that needs to be said is the novelty factor. The way the story is told, I don't think that any Indian film's screenplay would have been narrated in this manner though not aware about this technique having been used in Hollywood films. Don't want to spill the beans on what exactly I mean, since people like Ajay/Anoop might want to catch the movie. But I am equally sure that 8 out of 10 people who watched the movie would not have even noticed that.


Sad that such an attempt is not getting the appreciation due. Only if Jayaraj had been little more enterprising ---

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Murali Sir, watched this last week - cud hv been much better, but with the kinda movies Mammookka has been signing off late, i'd take this even with his extended guest kinda role. And he is above 60 yrs :bow:


hv to watch Venicile - but bad print online. Got Beautiful movie - read good reviews about it, next in line ...

Anoop,

I have not seen Beautiful. Heard about it but due to the tensions that were there during December, not sure whether this came to Chennai because last 2,3 weeks a spate of releases have hit Chennai like Casanova, Spanish Masala, Marubhoomi Kadha etc. Couldn't watch anything. Heard that Casanova being touted as the costliest production ever in Malayalam is so so. Was there just for a week here in Chennai and was removed. Goes to show that what I heard may be true.

Meanwhile, Ikka's son Dulquar made his debut sans any fanfare yesterday. Titled Second Show, this low budget movie was directed by a debutant Srinath Rajendran. He never got advertised as Ikka's son. The story is not a great one but treatment is what it makes it different, goes the reports. The movie which opened with 60% audience yesterday morning and matinee had got a great WOM by evening, that it seems that crowds were thronging the theatres all over Kerala for yesterday evening and night shows. Reports say that he has got 60% of that magnetic voice of his father, which should stand him in good stead.

Sify' review

‘The King’ has ruled the screen for quite a while and now, it’s the time for the prince to get some attention! Mega Star Mammootty’s son Dulquer Salmaan makes his entry into Malayalam cinema in an emphatic way, with his maiden movie, Second Show, directed by debutant Srinath Rajendran. Yes, the movie is far from perfect, which is perhaps is somewhat expected with almost the entire cast ‘n’ crew comprising of new faces. But it is Dulquer’s amazing screen presence and a matured acting style that makes the movie an engaging watch.

Harilal aka Lalu (Dulquer Salmaan) is narrating his story to a stranger, while waiting for the bus on a rainy night. He has been some kind of a reckless youth all along, who will risk his life for his friends and they all don’t take life with any kind of seriousness. In the pursuit of some quick bucks they are ready to do anything and tread with danger.
They live in some rural town and his friends have such strange names as Kurudi, Vikatan, Neerali and so on. Gouthami Nair plays Lalu’s ‘murappennu’ in an interesting romantic track. Rohini, Baburaj, Kunjan and Bollywood actor Sudesh Berry include the experienced line up.

Though the film has a rather shaky start especially in the first half, director Srinath Rajendran and scenarist Vini Viswalal have managed to get things on track in the second half. The sincerity with which the film has been made is evident all along and the eagerness to experiment needs to be appreciated.

The lack of experience is evident at times but then, why don’t the seasoned directors in Malayalam never dare to come up with something different from the usual formulaic stuff? Malayalam cinema is highly in need of new experiments and this film, which at times reminds of the pattern followed by some of the Latin American movies, could be seen as a step in that direction.

Pappu’s visuals get a bit messy at times, as the makers try to make things perhaps too realistic. The music by Nikhil Rajan and Avial Band suits the mood. The background score by Rex Vijayan adds to the effect.

As the end titles start rolling, we realize that the film belongs to Dulquer, who has done his role with the kind of maturity that is rarely seen these days among the young actors. He’s got that indescribable star quality to him which is so rare to find and what's more is that he can act.

The rest of the fresh faces in the cast fumbles at times, but has done a highly impressive job in general. Watch out for a really nice performance from Baburaj, who can bring a smile during the brief period when he is there on screen.
The film could have been better, no two ways about it. But the team needs to get a pat on their back for their willingness to try something new. Ultimately, it's an above average film, at best time-pass viewing. Watch it with no expectations and if you’re ready to think unconventional, this film could be a nice option.

Verdict: Above Average

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Indian rupee- very good....Thilakan was just out of the world....As for prithviraj- at last a movie he could be proud of after a long time.....the pre climax scene with jagathy was the best scene according to me....

thx Murali Sir - yes heard good things abt his son.. yet to watch any Malayalam movies - busy with 24 - Season 4 :)

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Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan

Indian rupee- very good....Thilakan was just out of the world....As for prithviraj- at last a movie he could be proud of after a long time.....the pre climax scene with jagathy was the best scene according to me....

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Vargam, Vaasthavam, Akale, Classmates, Thalapaavu, City of God, and Indian Rupee - a lot of quite good movies in his short span so far. Indian Rupee is perhaps his best one, thx largely to Ranjith - hv u seen Pranjiyettan? - another wonderful movie from Ranjith

varthamanakalam

urvashi as arunthathi menon. Good.

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Originally Posted by directhit

thx Murali Sir - yes heard good things abt his son.. yet to watch any Malayalam movies - busy with 24 - Season 4 :)

Vargam, Vaasthavam, Akale, Classmates, Thalapaavu, City of God, and Indian Rupee - a lot of quite good movies in his short span so far. Indian Rupee is perhaps his best one, thx largely to Ranjith - hv u seen Pranjiyettan? - another wonderful movie from Ranjith

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Yes i've seen pranchiyettan and the saint and i enjoyed it...Ranjith really is a man with the midas touch.....as for prithviraj guess the mindless masala flicks he did in between like puthiya mukham , pokiri raja and tejabai really brought down his value....i had the misfortune of watching all the above mentioned movies...but indian rupee made it up.....along with this, vaasthavam, classmates and thalapaavu are right at the top of the list....excellent movies all of them.....

Btw how good is loud speaker......never had the time to watch it.....I might buy the dvd if it is good enough....

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Originally Posted by Arvind Srinivasan

Btw how good is loud speaker......never had the time to watch it.....I might buy the dvd if it is good enough....

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Loud Speaker - more of a Mammookka/Jayaraj movie more than anything else.. he appears quite late into the film and since its more of an art film cud test your patience till then if its not ur cup of tea. His characterization is quite funny and once he comes in, the movie is very enjoyable (lol i am biased!). Though cliched, I liked the ending a lot... not as good as Jayaraj/mammokka's best, but a recommended watch :D

Arvind,

That LS is a good film is what I also read and heard, though I had not seen it.[One movie of Mammookka that I missed out in the last decade or so].The hairstyle of Mammootty itself would be different and he plays a villager from the high range districts. Not sure whether you are aware of the life style of people in places like Idukki, Kattapanna, Kothamangalam, Thodupuzha that are situated in the mountains that are in and around Kottayam, the central Travancore area, which has a predominantly Christian Majority population and representing one such character [the character name is Philiphose but called as Mike in the movie because of his loud voice] is Mammootty. I heard that Sasikumar the MD of Asianet was specially roped in to play another important role [on the specific recommendation of Mammootty] and he also did a fairly good job it seems!

Don't want to spoil your fun! Watch it and share it here!

Regards

Traffic. Good. Overrated. idhaiyA Kamal remake paNNappORaar nu sonnAnga? Sad.

My total reaction to this film was, Dei, if all you have are doing this good deed to satisfy your own selves and others, why do it at all!

Anoop/Ajay,

Can you please blow up these images?

Stills from King & The Commissioner.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...02250273_n.jpg


http://www.shotpix.com/images/06834827614154539878.jpg

An advertising still for a jewellery shop.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2evdr43.jpg

Regards

2 thrillers worth watching

yavanika - nice movie by padmarajan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-yyU7YRpkc&feature=bf_prev&list=PL67F0A41966226380& lf=results_main

utharam another fantastic movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_8DUocQfPo

Rajesh,

Yavanika was directed by K.G.George that catapulted Mammootty to super Stardom. His Inspector role Eeraali was quite a performance and not to forget Gobi's Tabla Artist Chellappan which is still talked about in awe. It was a Super hit movie that came out in 1982. Uttharam [meaning answer] was directed by Pavithran another talented director but one who did very few films. Uttharam also belonged to investigation genre but of a different kind. But before this came out [IIRC it was released in 1989 June], CBI Diary Kurippu which got released in the previous year had captured the imagination of the people and Sethuramaiyer had become the role model. As it always happens, Mammootty in spite of dishing out a neat performance in Uttharam had to face comparison with his own CBI role and so Uttharam didn't meet with much success. If I am not off the mark, Mammootty's another film Adharvam again a movie belonging to different genre which dealt with Adharvana Vedham and directed by Dennis Joseph got released during the same time [same day?] and so Uttharam suffered from that factor also.

Regards

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Stills from King & The Commissioner.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...02250273_n.jpg


http://www.shotpix.com/images/06834827614154539878.jpg

An advertising still for a jewellery shop.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2evdr43.jpg

Regards

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Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas

Anoop/Ajay,

Can you please blow up these images?

Stills from King & The Commissioner.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...02250273_n.jpg


http://www.shotpix.com/images/06834827614154539878.jpg

An advertising still for a jewellery shop.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2evdr43.jpg

Regards

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the man is 60+ :omg: :bow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31aQjX-dKqg

oru thamaashukku vENdi..for horror :rotfl3:

Thanks Siva.

Anoop, he is yet to touch 60. Most of the magazines say that he was born on September 7th of 1953, which means he is yet to turn 60. But there are other reports too which talk about his date of birth being Sep 7th of 1951, which if it is correct means that he is 60 +. Whether it is 1951 or 53, he is the smartest handsome person around.

btw, his first Kannada movie Shikkari, which has been made as a bi-lingual [Kannada & Malayalam] is getting released on 9th March, coming friday and King & Commissioner is charted for March 23rd.

Regards

National Award for the Best Malayalam Film goes to Indian Rupee. :clap:

I vaguely remember a Padmarajan movie with one of the Ms and Rahman as younger brother. Plot points suthamA gnaabagam illai. D d-la paarthadhu. Idhai vechu yaaraavadhu kandu pidikka mudiyumA? Adhai paadhi dhan paarthen. Edho exam poga vendi irundhadhu so had to miss the second half. I vaguely remember an ashram, mata amrita type saamiyaar, murder, mystery kind of. Very vague but idhai vechu kandu pidikka mudinjaa salaam poduven

Plum,

Is it KAriyila KAatru pola? It has both M's and Rahman. Lal is an inspector and Big M is a cine director. Big M is murdered and Lal comes for investigation. Though the scenario you are describing is not matching, this seems to be the movie IMO since you said it is directed by Padmarajan. Rahman is the brother of Lal. This is one movie where both M's never had a Face to Face scene. Does it ring a bell?

Regards

Salt & Pepper

Felt hungry after watching the film. :) Decent entertainer with a fully dressed Shweta Menon.

Jagathy Sreekumar seriously injured in accident

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/...?homepage=true

The King & the Commissioner

The two powerful characters of Malayalam cinema created by the script writer Renji Panicker namely Joseph Alex IAS and Bharath Chandran IPS come together in this latest movie scripted by Renji and directed by Shaji Kailas. It is all sound and fury as the story is about the murder of the RAW chief and the intrusion of Pakistan Militants to assassinate the PM. How the IAS and IPS officer join together to defeat the nefarious activities forms the crux.

Though story wise it is nothing extraordinary and been told in the routine manner, it is the dialogues and the performances of the two, Mammootty as Joseph Alex and Suresh Gopi as Bharath Chandran which helps us to sustain the interest throughout. The dialogues in flowery English and Malayalam gets the maximum applause though at times it borders on the extreme prompting one to label it as verbal diarrhea.

If you like Shaji-Renji films, this is the one which you can enjoy it the core.

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Anoop,

Samvrita is there and though she has a very limited screen space, you would like it.

Revisited oru CBI diary kurippu again. But I never knew it has 4 sequels :shock: Saw all of them. last one was not upto the mark. But others were timepass.

Can anyone provide me the list of investigative thrillers from Mamooty?

Oru CBI Diary Kurippu and Jagratha (better than part 1) were quite good, Sethuramaiyer is not bad, Nerariyan was a bit sloppy..


The other investigative ones which comes immediately to mind are The Truth, King, August 1


Amongst the old ones there are quite a few as well... Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary, Yavanika and Adayalam etc

Watching Suresh Gopi in the Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati :bow: Superb - this is what someone with Charisma can do to this kinda Shows :thumbsup:

MS - indha kELvi kEttadhaiyE maRandhtEn :ashamed: . Oru maadhiri match aagudhu....still not sure...

Kadha Thudarunnu :big thumbs down:. Went with big expectation after watching Sathyan's Sneha Veedu, but this film was a let down. Even though the plot was good, the ending was too shabby.

"I have nothing to prove in Bollywood: Mohanlal"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/12701464.cms