Mammootty
(Ranjit Nair blogs at Occupied Space) “Pranchiyettan and the Saint” is, I believe, director Ranjit giving the finger to those who had labeled him a “Hinduvta” director after a series of movies such as Devasuram, Ravanaprabhu, Nandanam, Prajapathy etc. There have been several movies based on the Kottayam Christian milieu; however movies set in Thrissur are [...]
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August 1 , which got released in the late eighties was based on 1971 novel, The Day of the Jackal, by English writer Frederick Forsyth. 23 years later, S.N.Swamy and M.Mani(the producer of August 1)have come up with it’s sequel tilted August 15.Mammooty reprises the role of Perumal, (who was the DySP, CB-CID 23 years [...]
S P Balasubramanyam does not sing after midnight. So one night Vidyasagar made him listen to the track of a song he had composed for an Arjun film. Impressed with the song, SPB sang that song, though it was well past his bed time. Arjun was present during the recording and the only request SPB [...]
One truth that came out of Thilakan’s mouth and one which we agree is that the film industry revolves around two stars. This is vastly different from the solar system where all planets revolve around one star. The only other place where we have seen two stars like this is the planet Tatooine where Luke [...]
Looks like the story of Chattambinadu didn’t stray away too much from the usual formulaic potboilers we have seen in the near past. But looks like the main protagonist, done by Mammootty, holds up the movie. Berly comments: RainMaker says the movie is Strictly Average: The saving grace of the whole affair is Mammotty who is [...]
Renjith is on a roll, and 2009 seems to be good year for Malayalam cinema. As per the reviews, what makes Palery Manikyam: Oru Pathirakkolapathakathinte Katha a winner is Mammootty, screenplay and direction. Movie got released in just 40 centers, which is half the number of usual super star guerrilla attack releases. We’ll have to wait for some [...]
Wait was worth! For Malayalam cinema, it’s history in making – literally. The forgotten story of a prince, barely mentioned in our history books comes alive through the brilliant writing of MT, the majestic acting of Mammotty and direction of Hariharan. We hope that the producer recovers his investment. Nikhil writes: The movie portrays some [...]
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