vc on November 13th, 2008

Adultery is not an uncommon theme in cinema; even Karan Johar has dealt with it in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. The question then is what new angle can a film maker give to this relationship to make it refreshing? Script writers Cathy Rabin and Dan Verete decide to set an adulterous relationship against the backdrop [...]

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Nikhil on July 18th, 2008

Kamal is one of those rare ‘veteran directors in Malayalam cinema who has survived the test of times.While most of his contemporaries faded into oblivion by the late nineties, Kamal was successful in delivering youthful entertainers.He gave us a Jane Tu…..almost a decade ago,(his ‘Niram’, which was released in 2000 had a story line which [...]

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vc on January 25th, 2008

(Crossposted at Movie Mazaa)
Blessy’s Calcutta News is a slickly designed film that unfortunately has very little to say. Well intentioned, but astoundingly unexciting, the film is a major disappointment in terms of content, concerns and convictions.
Ajith Thomas (Dileep) is a Senior Correspondent with Calcutta News who inadvertently runs into a Malayali couple, Hari (Indrajith) [...]

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vc on December 24th, 2007

We had great expectations for Sibi Malayil’s come back movie, but he seems to have lost sense of cinema during the time he was off. How else do you explain the fact that he agreed to direct such a movie, which is losely based on Manichithathazhu in which Sibi himself worked? The reviewers unanimously agree [...]

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vc on November 18th, 2007

(Crossposted at Movie Mazaa)
I have just made an agonizing discovery of a masochistic streak that robustly runs somewhere deep within me that prompts me to good naturedly watch yet another Vinayan film. With Hareendran Oru Nishkalankan, the director plummets further depths, digs up spanking new atrocities and concocts atypical follies that I valiantly endured [...]

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vc on June 5th, 2007

The subject of Shaji Kailas’s movies always have contemporary socio-political issues in the background. There will be a group of corrupt and greedy politicians, bureaucrats and police officers who form the caucus of villains, after a series of setbacks, the hero would finally break free with the blessings of a benevolent politician, usually the [...]

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vc on April 10th, 2007

In Chotta Mumbai there were two questions for which we were seeking answers.

Is Anwar Rasheed a one act pony?
Does Mohanlal look like Bhavana’s Daddy?

According to the reviews the answer to (1) and (2) is No. Anwar Rasheed seems to have created an excellent “entertainer”, a word much abused by Johnny Antony and Mohanlal looks youthful [...]

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