If you are standing in Chennai’s ISO 9001 certified airport these days, you can see that passengers from most airlines arriving from Kerala are Malayali film actresses who are on their way to Kodambakkam. Amidst this exodus, it is refreshing to see a new Malayali actress acting in Malayalam movies.
The fresh face is Mamta Mohandas. [...]
“Waking Ned Devine” opens with the news that someone in the Irish hamlet of Tullymore (population 53–uh, 52) has won the National Lottery. Who could it be? The locals, who have lived in one another’s pockets for years, snoop and gossip, and seize upon the slightest deviation from habit as proof that someone expects a [...]
Continue reading about Priyadarshan’s Rameshan Nair syndrome
Uttaram (1989) was a very different kind of murder mystery. There was no police, no laughing villains or sudden twists in the plot. It was an enquiry into the death of a friend’s wife by a journalist and for finding the mystery, the journalist, played by Mammotty charms his way into finding information from others. [...]
Priyadarshan’s Kilukkam introduced us to a host of memorable characters and made some dialogues part of popular culture. We still remember Joji, Nischal, Nandini, Kitunni and Judge Nambiar with fondness. Jojiyum njanum adichu pirinju, jhagada, jhagada and the lengthy dialogue that Kitunni tells Judge Nambiar after he thinks he won the lottery were told by [...]
(Reader karthiksn also contributed to this review)
Once a while, in movies, you will see something which could be termed as wonderful idea. The song Pinakkamano in Ananthabadram is one beautiful visualization of a melodious song. The paintings of Raja Ravi Varma were bought to life by Kavya Madhavan and Prithviraj and filmed by Santosh [...]
Gopika made her debut in Vinayan’s Pranayamanithooval opposite Jayasurya and Vineet Kumar and the story of how she was selected is one historians will sing for long time.
Thulasidas was on the look out for a suitable face to do the role of Meera in Pranayamanithooval. He tried many new faces, only to be disappointed and [...]
Continue reading about Gopika – back in Malayalam … for now!
In the 2005 Kerala State Film Awards, the film which swept the awards for Music was Nottam. For this film, Ponkunnam Damodaran got the award for the best lyricist, M. Jayachandran and K.S.Chitra won the awards for the best male and female singers. If you have not listened to the songs, Mayangi Poyi and Melle, [...]
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