vc on September 16th, 2010

The Jury for 57th National Film awards chose Resul Pookkutty for Best audiography for his work in Pazhassi Raja.  Resul, kind gentleman that he is, in a magnanimous gesture wrote to the jury that he wanted to share the award with his colleague  Amrit Preetam Dutta, who assisted Resul in the movie Pazhassi Raja. Now, [...]

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vc on September 15th, 2010

Pazhassi fought the British. He acted under Hariharan’s direction on MT’s script. You would think that is sufficient for a national award. It was a magnum opus movie with considerable logistics and some terrific acting by Mammotty. But for the national jury, that was insufficient. According to Ranjith, they gave the award to a latex [...]

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vc on September 15th, 2010

Best Film – Kutty Srank(Malayalam) * Best Direction – Rituparno Ghosh * Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – 3 Idiots * Best Children’s Film – Putaani Party (kannada), Keshu(Malayalam) * Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan (Paa) * Best Actress – Ananya Chatterjee (Abohoman) * Best Supporting Actress – Arundhati Nag (Paa) * Best Supporting [...]

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vc on September 10th, 2010

In the 80s, Venu Nagavalli and Jalaja acted in many movies which depressed us.  He probably never laughed in that decade. But he acted in some super hit songs. But we would like to remember him, not as the Devadas he portrayed on screen, but as the writer of this wonderful scene.

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vc on September 2nd, 2010

The latest. Past trail.

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