Jagathi Sreekumar

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 December 13th, 2007

Sudama was a childhood friend of Krishna, but they lost touch with each other. Sudama remained a poor brahmin and when he went through bad times in his life his wife reminded him of Krishna. Reluctantly Sudama went to meet Krishna and you know what happened. Srinivasan’s version of the story consists of the friendship [...]

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vc on December 10th, 2007

After 28 movies, the trade circles think that Prithviraj can be a solo hero. When Classmates was a super hit, it was said that it was not a single hero movie. When his roles in Vargam and Vasthavam were said to be good, it was suggested that he cannot do comedy. Now that Chocolate is [...]

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vc on November 26th, 2007

Karl Marx, when he wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 believed that, ” capitalism will be displaced by communism, a classless society after another transitional period in which the state would be nothing else but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat.” Nothing of that sort happened and communism turned out to be the worst economic [...]

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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 October 15th, 2007

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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vc on July 6th, 2007

  Reviewers have given verdict that Hello is a fun film, with Mohanlal performance matching his yesteryears best. All the reviews complain about lacklustre Second half, but overall it seems that movie is worth watching. Rediff.com reviews: The film belongs to Mohanlal; it is his breezy performance as the semi-conscious drunkard with some witty dialogues [...]

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