vc on January 16th, 2006

Malayali actress love Tamil Cinema for two reasons. One, they get paid a lot more than Malayalam. Second, they get to wear (or not wear) whatever dress they like. For example, if Navya Nair wanted to take bath under a waterfall, not many directors in Kerala would be willing to take that risk. But if [...]

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vc on January 13th, 2006

Chandupottu is a simple tale. It’s about a boy who grows up in a small fishing village in the company of girls. He’s more at ease with girls than boys. After an incident involving him and another kid, his dad (played by Lal) ends up jail for murder. Radha (krishnan) is brought up by his [...]

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vc on January 12th, 2006

Kathakali, the dance form which originated in Kerala tells stories from the Hindu epics Mahabharata and Ramayana and usually the performances are done by Hindus. So imagine the oddity when a Muslim decides to perform Kathakali and the social and religious objections it would have raised. Kathakali is usually performed in temples and this meant [...]

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vc on January 11th, 2006

Bus Conductor put brakes to Mammootty’s dream run at the box office. The reviews and the reports suggest that this movie does not do anything great for the actor as well as the producer. After reading the reviews we feel that as a new year resolution Mammootty should promise himself that he will stay from [...]

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vc on January 10th, 2006

Cast: Jayasurya, Kavya Madhavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Lal, Salim Kumar , Harisri Ashokan Music : Berni Ignatius Director: Shafi When Jayasurya goes to borrow some money from the financier Manavalan (Salim Kumar), he (Salim Kumar) is seen wearing an Eastman color dress, dark glasses and talking as if he is in a drama. He points his [...]

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vc on January 9th, 2006

We had reported earlier that Mohanlal’s new film Tanmatra directed by Blessy is not doing that well. But most reviewers seem to agree that Mohanlal has given a wonderful performance. Paresh C. Palicha writes “Tanmatra” can also be credited with the rediscovery of actor Mohanlal, not just because his performance is sans any star aura [...]

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vc on January 6th, 2006

Here’s Priyadarshan’s Modus Operandi in Bollywood – Make a movie in Malayalam, then later remake it in Hindi. Sometimes he remakes succesful Malayalam movies directed by other directors. Now Priyadarshan says he would retire in 2 years time from commercial cinema.Is that because by then he would have remade all his malayalam movies to Hindi? [...]

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