Lal

Lal’s third outing as an independent director,’Tournament: Play and Replay’ after the decent ’2 Harihar Nagar’ and the mediocre ‘In Ghost House Inn’ ends up as a disappointing film.The script goes haywire post intermission,the twists get repetitive and culminates in a climax which is silly and idiotic to say the least. The intentions of the [...]

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vc on June 3rd, 2009

Kerala State Film Awards for 2008 has been announced by a jury with Kannada Director Girish Kasaravally as the chairman. Category Winner Best Film Oru Pennum Randannum(Director – Adoor Gopalakrishnan) Best Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan(Movie – Oru Pennum Randannum) Best Actor Lal (Thalappavu) Best Actress Priyanka(Vilapangalkkapuram) Acting – Comedy Mamukkoya(Innathe Chinthavishayam) Best Actor(Runner Up) Anoop Menon(Thirakatha) [...]

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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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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 20th, 2007

Reviewers have come up with varied opinions, which is not a good sign for long sustainability of the movie in theatres. Looking at Ranjit’s recent track record, he will have to go back to drawing board or get his brain rewired. IndiaGlitz, didn’t copy from Movie Mazaa‘s review this time. But certainly the film can [...]

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vc on December 22nd, 2006

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 [...]

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