vc on December 30th, 2008

It’s the end of the year and 2008 was not a stellar year for malayalam cinema. There were a few bright spots though. Sethumadhavan in PFC lists out what he thinks are the best movies of 2008.
2008 was a very average year for Malayalam cinema. The truly artistic movies seemed to be far and [...]

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James on December 28th, 2008

(Frequent visitor James left this as a comment. It addresses an important topic and hence it is promoted as an article. If you are leaving a comment, it has to be within the context of the acting differences. If you want to you simply state your favourite actor is superior as a slogan, then this [...]

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vc on December 24th, 2008

Pritviraj’s Shafi directed Lollipop is turning out to be not a sweet experience for its distributors Mulagupadam Films. The climax of the film was changed, a day after its release!
The audience’s reaction to the film which released on Friday (December 19), was very bad. They just could not digest a ghost (Jayasurya) narrate the story [...]

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vc on December 23rd, 2008

Dud!
Sreeram says that this Lollipop sucks:
Lack of originality in script, repeated comic sequences and dialogues that irritate, boring songs and dull song picturizations, overacting by most of the cast (Salim Kumar and Jayasurya are the saving grace), shoddy editing, tacky art direction and outrageous props- these are only some of the drawbacks of this listless [...]

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vc on December 21st, 2008

Shahul (http://www.shortz.in) saw 24 movies at IFFK 2008 and had put his impressions as a comment in vc. We thought it was appropriate to publish it as an article.

Here are my brief opinions on the 24 movies I watched over five days, in the order in which I saw them.
1. Magician by Ingmar Bergman
Brief synopsis: A [...]

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vc on December 20th, 2008

It’s time for YRF to start their celebrations as Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi has had a successful run at the BO since its release last week. And if that was not enough the news is that YRF has got a call from the Oscar library requesting them for the script of Rab Ne… for [...]

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vc on December 18th, 2008

All your four films have been hits. What is the secret of your success?
I think I know what the audience will like. I like to be among them and observe the changing trends — the kind of stories people will appreciate. Script is the most important ingredient. Then comes the screenplay.
Creativity becomes fake when you [...]

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