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By Arun Mohan See, there are several historical pitfalls as deep as a bore, which any history knowing person will understand. The advantage Urumi has is that, 99% of Malayalees donot know our own history, atleast pre-1857, whereas most of them study and learn about Mughal and Rajput histories. Even our own state curriculum donot [...]
In Malayalam, Urumi’s release preceeded with two trashy superstar movies, August 15 and Christian Brothers. In a sense, time was ripe for Urumi. For the lead actor Prithvi Raj, facing a huge road block in his career, with back to back flops, this should be a welcome relief. That he had invested in this movie [...]
Recently when Mr.James Cameron visited the sets of Priyadarshan movie Arabiyum, Ottakavum, P Madhavan Nairum there was a lot of speculation on the real motive of his visit. Now clear picture is emerging from the LA Times report and Mr.Cameron’s office’s press release. LA Times reports: Mr.Mohanlal, a leading actor in Southern Indian Cinema will [...]
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 [...]
(This review was written by Hari Krishnan and is cross posted from his blog Malayalam Movie Reviews) Direction: Joshiy / Joshee/ Josh-hee or some other funny spelling. Other crew: I don’t know, and I frankly don’t care, because, they are not even worth mentioning. Well, we have all seen this – a hundred times. A [...]
Joshiy and his team have reworked their ‘Twenty-20’ template to make a half baked thriller called ‘Christian Brothers’. There are foreign location songs, superstar Mohanlal in a larger than life role, father-son sentiments, Dileep’s comic acts, twists which come in every thirty minutes, Suraj Venjaramooodu’s bufoonery, an interval punch similar to what we saw in [...]
(This review was written by Nikhil Narayanan and is cross posted from his blog) If you are unhappy with the lack of women-centric themes in Malayalam cinema, here’s a reprieve. This movie belongs to Kavya Madhavan, who has brilliantly delivered the role portraying the hardships of a Malayalee maid in a Sheikh’s house in Saudi [...]
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