vc on March 22nd, 2006

In the preview for Vargam we said
Vargam is written by Padmakumar himself. This factor of unkown quality would decide the fate of the movie. We do not know any previous attempt by M.Padmakumar to write, hence is unsure about the movie’s performance.
Now the movie is out and Prithviraj is getting good reviews for his portrayal [...]

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vc on March 22nd, 2006

We were very skeptical about this sequel to Kilukkam. Now the reviews are out and it seems no one liked the movie.Sify writes
Jeepers Creepers! What in the name of comedy and entertainment has director Sandhya Mohan dished out in Kilukkam Kilukilukkam? The film is full of crass comedy and buffoonery and it is really sad [...]

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Ever since the movie was released, Thanmatra managed to remain in news. Initially the movie did not do well. Then it got awards. Then there was flak from medical fraternity about the characteristics of Alzheimers disease. The movie also contributed the word Rameshan Nair syndrome to Malayalees. Then came the revelation that Mohanlal did a [...]

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vc on March 20th, 2006

It is March and you decide to go to the movies. You walk into a multiplex which has three theatres and in your hurry, you forgot to look up which movies were playing. If you walk into theatre number one, you will see Rashtram, a political thriller starring Suresh Gopi. In this movie Suresh Gopi [...]

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vc on March 17th, 2006

 
Compared to other film industries in India, Malayalam cinema has always maintained an excellent standard mainly due to brilliance of a handful of talented story writers and directors. As they wove celluloid magic, it raised the standards of viewers as well as the aspiring directors and writers. In this article we look at the careers [...]

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vc on March 16th, 2006

When Bhavana got an offer for a Tamil movie, people told her not to take risk with a movie which had newcomers. But the scene was similar to her debut in Malayalam in a film with unknowns like Siddharth and Jishnu in Nammal. In that film she had to look ugly too.
But off the sets, [...]

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vc on March 15th, 2006

To start with, this movie has very few positives about. In fact we didn’t find a single scene worth mentioning in the whole movie. Pauran has identity crisis as it tries to be a family drama as well as a political thriller and fails at both attempts.
Divakaran (Jayaram) is a communist party leader who [...]

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