Comments on: Interview: Sibi K. Thomas, Uday Krishna – Part 1

By: Sajan

Sajan — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:23:26 +0000

This interview has been very revealing to me. I have been wondering for a long time, why Malayalam films are so bad, even more so lately. The film making process in Malayalam films is so archaic and primitive – and that is the reason for such poor movies being pumped out. Cheap slap-stick comedies, candy-floss song/dance and unwanted violence that have not connection with the storylne are so common, in malayalam films that it is ridiculous that any of the film making elements would ever want to be part of the project.

I can’t believe that movies are written for actors to act, as opposed to movies that are written for audiences to watch. That is why we find all malayalam films with the same actors doing the same old things repeatedly. Rarely do they act, but be themselves.

Unless we start driving our script writing with the story telling and character development as the premise, we are going to go round and round into the pit. It is unfortunate that the script writers are driven by the actors. Unfortunately it is a vicious circle that each film making element points the blame at the other. None of them have the courage to step out of it, and salvage the industry. It is such a shame, really.

By: Jibs

Jibs — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:27:40 +0000

Udayan and Sibi duo are single handedly responsible for taking Malayalam cinema to the gutter in the name of “family entertainers”

If they are the best writers for you in the whole world, you live in a sorry world.

By: Jiju.P

Jiju.P — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:33:19 +0000

I am the BIGGEST fan of Dileep
And I proudly say Udayakrishna sibi k Thomas was The ONE AND ONLY writer in the world

By: Twenty-20 in Belmont « New England Malayalee Association’s blog

Twenty-20 in Belmont « New England Malayalee Association’s blog — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:26:25 +0000

[...] reads: Interview with script writers of Twenty-20, Siby and Uday who handled the potential disaster – star egos- with great care and [...]

By: varnachitram » Blog Archive » Why stars matter

varnachitram » Blog Archive » Why stars matter — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:19:15 +0000

[...] Even in Malayalam movie industry’s context, this is true. Superstars get to choose the best scripts and best directors. Good directors and script writers work exclusively with top stars only. Movie planning gets started once the producer gets the star’s dates. Very rarely scripts and directors are ready before the star is chosen. As Sibi K. Thomas and Uday Krishna told varnachitram.com , only script writers like M. T. Vasudevan Nair write without the actor in mind. This combination of star along with good director and writers ensures fantastic opening for the movie. [...]

By: varnachitram » Blog Archive » Interview: Sibi K. Thomas, Uday Krishna - Part 3

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:47:54 +0000

[...] Sibi K. Thomas and Uday Krishna need no introduction to Malayalam Film Viewers. The script writer duo who have been in the industry for almost 16 years have been behind box office hits like C.I.D.Moosa, Kochi Rajavu, Vettam, Lion, Runway, Kilukkam Kilukilukkam , Thuruppugulan, and most recently Chess. The editors of varnachitram.com talked to both of them about how they entered the film industry, their current work, their general opinion about Malayalam film industry and future work.Part 1 and Part 2 of this interview was published in the last two days, this is the concluding part of this series. [...]

By: varnachitram » Blog Archive » Interview: Sibi K. Thomas, Uday Krishna - Part 2

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:59:12 +0000