Comments on: What ails Malayalam Cinema – Part 3 http://varnachitram.com/2006/12/27/what-ails-malayalam-cinema-part-3/ A Blog on Cinema Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Raphel http://varnachitram.com/2006/12/27/what-ails-malayalam-cinema-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-11335 Raphel Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:57:20 +0000 http://varnachitram.com/2006/12/27/what-ails-malayalam-cinema-part-3/#comment-11335 It is a well-written article. Sh Unni has succeeded in getting to the root of the problems and in the process slight misses, which I feel are there. May be it is my own thoughts. The B team was very well in the making during 2003-2004. The arrival of Prithvi paved the way for such an opening. I was very well there in Kerala during that period. The 2Ms failed miserably, and then the Shakeela wave. The movie I remember, Stop violence’ was very good for a new comer and followed up with Nandanam, Nammal(Kamal-Vishnu), Vellithira (which opened very big, we had to get it booked two days in advance in Kavita) etc. Most of his earlier movies run for 50 days minimum in Ernakulam. But, then realizing the potential danger, the film world led by the super stars woke up and did everything possible to project him as an actor who is having poor skills, head weight etc. The print media supported very well, publishing endless articles against him. Many of the film weekly’s made strongly biased articles, depicting the youngsters are nemesis and clubbing Prithvi along with the likes of small time guys like Sidarth, Vishnu etc. It was a deliberate attempt to reduce his importance. Unfortunately the public who is generally media maniac fell and with it started the complete domination of the 2Ms. The media outside Kerala published articles on this Mallu Phenomenon, of depending on Aged stars and the near empty chances of Young heroines, who fled to Tamil or Telugu. Where they will act, where Bhavana, Navya, Meera, will fit in to, they can act the most as heroines of Dileep or Prithvi, no one else. This unfortunate situation is our own making. We, public especially youth develop an envy factor against any Younger actor, which is the reason no youngster was accepted by Keralite in its history, but with lots of struggle. This never happens anywhere. What is the problem with our Keralites and the Mallu media? Is it their mind-set? A man like Dileep who is over 38 year old is still considered as Young super star!!. I just made these points only to highlight the reason for lack of any support team is the making of vested interests. Why big directors are not coming to make movies with Youngsters. If they are confident they can make it. But I feel all the Big Directors are either do not want to antagonize the Super Stars or have no self-confidence at all. Shaji, Blessy, Joshy are proving again and again. Joshy made in fact some of the huge flops of 2006. Blessy ended up visiting all channels to promote his movie, which become a monotonous masterpiece. It is a well-written article. Sh Unni has succeeded in getting to the root of the problems and in the process slight misses, which I feel are there. May be it is my own thoughts.

The B team was very well in the making during 2003-2004. The arrival of Prithvi paved the way for such an opening. I was very well there in Kerala during that period. The 2Ms failed miserably, and then the Shakeela wave. The movie I remember, Stop violence’ was very good for a new comer and followed up with Nandanam, Nammal(Kamal-Vishnu), Vellithira (which opened very big, we had to get it booked two days in advance in Kavita) etc. Most of his earlier movies run for 50 days minimum in Ernakulam. But, then realizing the potential danger, the film world led by the super stars woke up and did everything possible to project him as an actor who is having poor skills, head weight etc. The print media supported very well, publishing endless articles against him. Many of the film weekly’s made strongly biased articles, depicting the youngsters are nemesis and clubbing Prithvi along with the likes of small time guys like Sidarth, Vishnu etc. It was a deliberate attempt to reduce his importance. Unfortunately the public who is generally media maniac fell and with it started the complete domination of the 2Ms.
The media outside Kerala published articles on this Mallu Phenomenon, of depending on Aged stars and the near empty chances of Young heroines, who fled to Tamil or Telugu. Where they will act, where Bhavana, Navya, Meera, will fit in to, they can act the most as heroines of Dileep or Prithvi, no one else. This unfortunate situation is our own making. We, public especially youth develop an envy factor against any Younger actor, which is the reason no youngster was accepted by Keralite in its history, but with lots of struggle. This never happens anywhere. What is the problem with our Keralites and the Mallu media? Is it their mind-set? A man like Dileep who is over 38 year old is still considered as Young super star!!. I just made these points only to highlight the reason for lack of any support team is the making of vested interests. Why big directors are not coming to make movies with Youngsters. If they are confident they can make it. But I feel all the Big Directors are either do not want to antagonize the Super Stars or have no self-confidence at all. Shaji, Blessy, Joshy are proving again and again. Joshy made in fact some of the huge flops of 2006. Blessy ended up visiting all channels to promote his movie, which become a monotonous masterpiece.

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