The other thing I find about younger actors is that the directors always try to give them roles in the superstar mould for e.g Vinayan’s ‘Sathayam’, Lohi ‘Chakaram’ etc. In recent years one can only find a ‘Classmates’, where the actors were not moulded into an image but played natural parts in a story.

i am particularly saddened by the failure of movies like vasthavam, karuthapakshikal, pakal which had a contemperory message to tell the audience. this year and last year saw some really talented young directors either make their debut or make an identity for themselves, like lal jose, padmakumar, roshan andrews, kukku surendran, vinu anand, anwar rasheed besides blessy and i think it is a positive change that will help replace the old guard of joshi, sibi malayil, fazil, rajasenan, shaji kailas, vinayan, etc, etc who refuse to go away unless they are kicked out!

it is not a coincidence…everyone plz not that the most refreshingly different films in 2006 namely vasthavam, keerthichakra, palunku, pakal, oruvan, achanurangaatha veedu, classmates, etc had comparitively newcomers at the helm, either behind or in front of the camera. the sooner we malayalis switch our “fanatic” loyalties to the younger generation, the better!