vc on February 28th, 2007

 
While people gloat about the positive things about Kerala like high life expectancy and literacy rate, there ignore many negativities on the social and economic front. For example, Malayalees are one of the biggest drunkards in India and also lead the nation in the number of suicides.  Though we have high literacy, we need to [...]

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vc on February 26th, 2007

P.Bhaskaran, multifaceted talent, passed away yesterday. He was 83, died on Sunday afternoon after complaining of chest pain. P.Bhaskaran had made his mark as poet, lyricist and director and had won many National Awards.

One of the few in Malayalam to combine literary and directorial skills, his contributions to both aspects of filmmaking have been equally [...]

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vc on February 23rd, 2007

Recently the rule for heroines was like this: Act in a few Malayalam movies when you are in school, and by the time you reach college you find that you get peanuts for salary and the best offer you can get is as the inconsequential heroine of Prithviraj or Dileep. Then you jump to Tamil [...]

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vc on February 22nd, 2007

Detective, maiden directorial venture of Jithu Joseph, has evoked mixed reviews from the critics. Most reviewers opine that the director holds promise, but the movie doesn’t. As per the reviews and reviewers the story and it’s treatment draws similarity to the CBI series.
Nowrunning.com’s Unni Nair:
Detective, the debut directorial venture of Jeethu Joseph, is a rather [...]

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vc on February 20th, 2007

Shobha Warrier of Rediff, who usually writes decent articles has come up with an article filled with speculation, guess work and use of vivid imagination. She wonders why would Mammotty, the winner of 3 National Awards and 7 State Awards act in silly and commercial films?
The answer, Shobha, is that he is an actor. He [...]

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vc on February 19th, 2007

There is not much in common among Malayalees and Pakistanis, apart from the fact that both are carbon based life forms. So when you meet a Pakistani, there are only a few things you can ask them like, “What do you think the fate of Musharraf will be?”  or “How many suicide bombers are there [...]

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vc on February 15th, 2007

Three important things happened for [tag]Kavya Madhavan[/tag], the winner of the Only Malayalee Actress who can speak Malayalam award in 2006.
It is tough to say no to money, especially if someone says they are willing to pay 10 times what you are getting now. Kavya could have made lot of money if she switched to [...]

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