Normally we don’t hear a lot from script writers on how they convert a story into a screenplay. So we were fascinated when we heard Akiva Goldsman talking about the craft. He won an Oscar for his script for the movie A Beautiful Mind, which was based on a book by Sylvia Nasar. Now he [...]
Written by Guest contributor Unni Hollywood has always been a perennial source of inspiration for our story-writers – the vast majority who moan the dearth of “good” stories. There are exceptions though who say that “Stories are there all the time. you just need to look around and spot them”. Now story-telling based on realistic [...]
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There was a lot of apprehension about this movie as the movie faced multiple hurdles before release. Looks like it was worth the wait. Most of the reviews describe the movie in glowing terms. In our preview of this movie, we had written that one of the keys for this movie’s success would be the [...]
Oduvil Unnikrishnan, one of the best actors in Malayalam cinema, passed away today. He died because of kidney failure. He was 62 and is survived by his wife Padmaja and 2 daughters. Versatile Malayalam Actor Oduvil Unnikrishnan died following kidney failure at a private hospital here early this morning. He was 62 and is survived [...]
(with inputs from Unni) In the old K.G.George movie Panchavadipalam, there is a scene where one party tries to kidnap a politician from the opposition in a basket. This was a time in India when political kidnappings were common. In Mithunam, there is a similar scene where Mohanlal and Sreenivasan kidnap Urvashi from her house [...]
While there are tons of reviews for superstar movies, there seem to be almost none for low budget, non-superstar movies. Thus we are disappointed to find only a single review for the film Nottam Malavika Vettath writes: Malayalam film “Nottam” excels. Depicting the soul of Koodiyattam – Kerala’s ancient Sanskrit theatre art form, director Sashi [...]
After reading the title of the above article, we were wondering why Sunil would walk on Sari which has payal. There were also other disturbing questions, how can payal come on a sari? Or even more disturbing: Was Sunil wearing the sari? After a minute, we found the answer – We were dumb. Who said [...]
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