He has been ridiculed many times – for being a plagiarist and unoriginal. But he ignored the critics, claimed that his movies are not for intellectuals, but kids, and went on to become one of the highest paid directors in India. Now finally Priyadarshan has got recognition at a national level for an un-Priyadarshan type [...]
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Adoor’s new movie Oru Pennum Randanum has a straight forward narration compared to his previous movies like Anantharam.
The film consists of four segments The Thief, The Police, Two Men and a Woman and One Woman, Two Men. The first story is about a thief who, by force of circumstances, is unable to renounce his only [...]
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Kerala State Film Awards for 2008 has been announced by a jury with Kannada Director Girish Kasaravally as the chairman.
Category
Winner
Best Film
Oru Pennum Randannum(Director – Adoor Gopalakrishnan)
Best Director
Adoor Gopalakrishnan(Movie – Oru Pennum Randannum)
Best Actor
Lal (Thalappavu)
Best Actress
Priyanka(Vilapangalkkapuram)
Acting – Comedy
Mamukkoya(Innathe Chinthavishayam)
Best Actor(Runner Up)
Anoop Menon(Thirakatha)
Best Actress(Runner Up)
Praveena (Oru Pennum Randannum)
Best Film (Runner Up)
Vilapangalkkapuram (T.V.Chandran)
Popular Movie
Innathe Chinthavishayam(Sathyan Anthikkad)
Best Screenplay
Adoor Gopalakrishnan(Movie [...]
Only fools analyze movies like Immini Nalloral and Pulival Kalyanam. Some others dump the story and write a few lines, “actor x did well, camera was good, costumes were good etc.” Real reviewers don’t write pages of story, but offer some sort of analysis which enhances the knowledge of the reader. The worst ones are [...]
(Cross-posted at Movie Mazaa)
Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s tribute to Thakazhy Shivasankara Pillai – Naalu Pennungal (Four Women) – chronicles a journey of womanhood across assorted backdrops; a classic amalgamation of source matter and technique that splendidly spans frames and times.
Of the four disjoined narrations The Prostitute is by far the best; Kunju Pennu, the street hustler (Padmapriya) [...]
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