Kalabhavan Mani
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 [...]
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 [...]
Anwar Rasheed shot from relative obscurity to super director status with Raja Manickyam. He took over the reins of that movie when Renjith abandoned it. Not to be left behind, Mohanlal immediately signed up to act in the directors next movie. He is called Vasco by his friends. For more close pals he is Thalaai. [...]
While we lament about the lack of young heroes in Malayalam, it is refreshing to see some producers actually making movies with youngsters like Prithviraj, Indrajith and Naren. After the success of Classmates, now each one of them is trying their own thing. This movie stars Indrajith in a role different from the ones in [...]
We wrote the following about Kalabhavan Mani recently The talented Kalabhavan Mani is a different genre altogether. His low budget movies always recover the cost and makes the producers happy. Mani is very versatile and can almost any character – from comedian to police officer to villain. He can sing too. He is one man [...]
To start with, this movie has very few positives about. In fact we didn’t find a single scene worth mentioning in the whole movie. Pauran has identity crisis as it tries to be a family drama as well as a political thriller and fails at both attempts. Divakaran (Jayaram) is a communist party leader who [...]
On the one side there are movies by stars which run for many days even if the story seems to have been written by a neo-literate. Then there are movies like Nottam and Out of Syllabus which have good stories, but since they do not have stars, vanish from movie screens. In between lies Kalabhavan [...]
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