vc on March 15th, 2010

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 [...]

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vc on December 25th, 2009

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 once again superb [...]

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vc on December 6th, 2009

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 [...]

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vc on October 16th, 2009

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 of the [...]

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vc on August 11th, 2009

We thought it would be interesting to take a look at Mammootty’s movies across 3 decades. Apart from reflecting audience’s taste, such an analysis would also provide us an insight on actor’s choice of roles. We were specifically looking at movies released in years 1989,1999 and 2008/2009.

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vc on May 7th, 2009

Mammootty, who landed in JFK airport was held for two hours by US Homeland security. The Indian consulate intervened and he was released. Moviebuzz is all angry .

For some bizzare reasons, Mammootty was briefly “Separated for questioning and grilled” by US Homeland security. In his passport Mammootys name is Mohammad Kutty Ismail Paniparambil. The buzz [...]

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vc on February 23rd, 2009

Recently reader Abhilash sent a link to this article which talks about the sad state of Malayalam cinema and blames it on the superstars. The article says:
The sad thing is that once they were prophets of good movies and were
part of them but now they are not promoting such movies. In fact, they
are not ready [...]

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