Abhishek writes about the shallowness of movie reviews in Indian media What bothers me is the shallowness of the movie reviews that are carried in leading media vehicles today. I understand that India churnes out more movies per year than any other country (where 9 out of 10 movies flop is another piece of important [...]
Among the movies released in July, Hello, Arabikatha, July 4, Aakasham, Mission 90 days and Sooriyan, only the producer of Hello will be laughing his way to the bank. Monsoon, Chicken Guniya, more entertainment on TV channels from Pinarayi-VS-Mathrubhoomi-Church Priests fights have all resulted in low collections. Dileep has a more valid excuse that his [...]
53rd National Film awards were announced today after a delay of almost one year. Understandably the awards were announced without much fanfare. Malayalam films were conspicuos by their absence in the winners list. Category Winner Best Film Kaalpurush-Memories in the mist(Directed by Directed by Budhadeb Dasgupta) Best Director Rahul Dholakia(Parzania) Best Actor Amitabh Bachan(Black) Best [...]
Another exciting production from director Shaji Kailas, who was instrumental in making Mohanlal Next-door-Man to He-Man. There is no question on who this movie is aimed at, as throngs of Lal fans assembled on the launch of this movie, which was held on Mohanlal’s birthday. And the movie will be released in, hold your breath, [...]
There is no shortage of quixotic ideas for saving Malayalam movie industry. Here’s the latest one: The worried Malayalam film industry has now decided to seek the Chief Minister’s help to save the film industry. Mammootty had met the Chief Minister recently and had given him a detailed petition listing the problem. They want the [...]
The heroines who had migrated to warmer climates are coming back home for the monsoon season. Navya Nair has two upcoming movies, Ali Bhai and Kichamani MBA. In both the movies she is not the lone heroines and she seems to have no problems with that. Meera Jasmine, after going all way till Hyderabad will [...]
Blogger southways has reviews of Perumazhakkalam, Kayyoppu , Thanmathra , Oru Cheru Punchiri , and Sancharram. I have to say I enjoyed Thanmathra the least of the five movies. It is the story of a family who have to deal with the fact that the father, who is also the one that holds the family [...]
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