This is the second post from our guest humour columnist, Jibs There is an interesting story doing rounds about Nasrani’s release. After the debacle of July 4th Director Joshi had consulted an astrologer to find out ways to make Nasrani a hit. It’s the same astrologer who vandalised Joshi’s name to Joshiey. The astrologer suggested [...]
Shafi, the entertainer who can turn water into wine or movies without stories into mega hits has done it again. The movie could be the first solo hit for Prithviraj and it also shows that he can do comedy very well. One of the first movie reviews about Chocolate was published here at vc by [...]
The great French filmmaker Jean Renoir said that each director makes only one film. Echoing that thought is James Gray, the director of “We Own the Night,” who said that “If you’re lucky, you get to make the same movie over and over again.†By that measure there are many lucky directors in Malayalam, who [...]
(Reader Nikhil sent us this review of Chocolate) Shafi’s Chocolate tells the story of a boy, who comes to study in a women’s college. Prithviraj plays the lead Shyam Balagopal who carries nine suspensions and seven police cases during his graduation. Roma is the heroine Ann Mathews. The movie starts with the PTA meeting happening [...]
Last week Priyadarshan’s latest Hindi movie Bhool Bhulaiyya starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Rajpal Yadav and Paresh Rawal was released to mixed reviews. Like most of his previous movies, this one was also a remake, this time of the Malayalam classic Manichithrathazhu , but some reviewers think that even though it was a scene by [...]
The lethal combination of Renjith, Johshiey and Mammotty had the potential to churn out something substantial, but all reviewers agree that it is just an average film. Unni Nair writes The big plus in Nazrani is no doubt Mammootty who is the saving grace for the film. His electrifying presence and his mesmerizing performance as [...]
Mohanlal’s performance seems to be the highlight of Pardesi. Reviewers are proclaiming that it’s a National award worthy performance. But then, acting ability is taken off as one of the criterion for national award, hence getting a national award would be a tough proposition. The story and treatment of the subject too receives reviewers appreciation. [...]
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