Samvritha

Movie Mazaa on October 13th, 2007

(Cross posted at Movie Mazaa) Chocolate is as scrumptious as it possibly can get. It’s a film that has its target audience chalked out in precise and exact strokes, and as such does a great job catering to its taste. Pretty darn funny at times, and wickedly humorous at others, it definitely won’t set new [...]

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vc on October 10th, 2007

It’s not very often that Pritviraj gets signed up by A-list directors of Malayalam cinema, like Shafi. Shafi’s movies like Thommanum Makkalum and Mayavi, though they had stale themes, have earned the producer a lot of money. His movies may not win awards at the Berlin Film Festival, but he is one of those directors [...]

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vc on August 3rd, 2007

The heroines who had migrated to warmer climates are coming back home for the monsoon season. Navya Nair has two upcoming movies, Ali Bhai and Kichamani MBA. In both the movies she is not the lone heroines and she seems to have no problems with that. Meera Jasmine, after going all way till Hyderabad will [...]

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vc on January 29th, 2007

  In one of the most powerful scenes  in Vaasthavam we see  Unnithan(Jagathi) and Balachandran(Prithviraj) dividing five lakh rupees in hundreds of envelopes.  This is the money for bribing various individuals in state secretariat to get approval for a factory. In this occasion  Unnithan waxes eloquent about power of envelope and its place in democracy. This [...]

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vc on January 25th, 2007

Anjil Oral Arjunan follows the fate of other recently released Jayaram movies. None of the reviews were favourable. The actors career is at crossroads. IndiaGlitz writes: What do you call a film that is well made, in terms of cinematic features, but still doesn’t touch your heart? A film that has absorbing sequences but still [...]

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vc on December 14th, 2006

Dear Ranjith, You were an impressive film maker. You wrote that wonderful comedy called Peruvannapurathe Viseshangal, and also that classic called Devasuram. You directed Nandanam, which was so different, but a great movie as well. So when we watched Chandrolsavam, we were hoping for something different and exciting, but instead you gave us a rehash [...]

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vc on November 20th, 2006

As per the reviews, the movies seems to be of good quality. Looks like Vaasthavam is a movie in which has good direction, story/screen play and performances – a rare occurence in Malayalam. Sify.com says: The Pritviraj-Padmakumar team has given us something to cheer. After Ammakilikoodu and Vargam, they have come out with Vaasthavam, a [...]

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