Srinivasan
(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 [...]
Rajesh Pillai’s debut movie, ‘Hrudayathil Sukshikkan’ which came out in the year 2005 was a poor copy of the Hollywood hit ‘Meet the Parents’. But his second movie ‘Traffic’ which is also the first Malayalam release of 2011 is not only an original one but also manages to keep you in the edge of the [...]
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 [...]
When you associate Srinivasan with a movie, you know at best, it would be a watchable one. Debutant scriptwriter- director Leo Thadeus has done to Srinivasan what Ranjan Pramod did to Mohanlal in Photographer. Ram writes The problem with Pachamarathanalil is its script- there is no cohesiveness to it and it meanders aimlessly between characters. [...]
[Srinivasan says the truth ] While analyzing Mohanlal’s flops of the year we identified scripting or the lack of it as the major reason for the flop and it is heartening to see one of the best script writers in Malayalam agreeing with us. In fact the whole article is worth reading. There is a [...]
“Scripts must not be considered as the backseat element to star valueâ€, says the star of 2007, Sreenivasan. “A good script is a fundamental element contributing to the success of a film. Instead of giving importance to get better scripts, obsession with star value has reduced the significance of the script in a filmâ€, says [...]
Story telling is an art in itself – one that has as its prerequisites three imperative traits; characters with potential, a decisive plot and cautious attention to detail. A good narrator does not use these in isolation; rather he spectacularly weaves them together in a vibrant fabric of creativity and comes up with a mind [...]
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