Kamal
(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 [...]
Kerala, as you know is God’s own country. Our model of development is the envy of various other states. We are literate than any other state in the union. So it is only natural that we do classy jobs in Kerala, like going to movie theaters and hooting. Director Kamal called a press conference the [...]
Kamal is one of those rare ‘veteran directors in Malayalam cinema who has survived the test of times.While most of his contemporaries faded into oblivion by the late nineties, Kamal was successful in delivering youthful entertainers.He gave us a Jane Tu…..almost a decade ago,(his ‘Niram’, which was released in 2000 had a story line which [...]
Making movies with new comers is risky business and it was explained to us by producer Maniyanpilla Raju It’s a common misconception that if new comers are acting in a movie the cost of the movie will be low. Even if the newcomer is hero , the other actors in the movie, would not reduce [...]
After Karutha Pakshigal, Goal is Kamal’s offering for the masses. But if the reviews were to be beleived, the ball misses the goal post. Music, locales and promising new talents seems to be the highlights of this movie. Sify.com reviews: Kamal’s Goal falls a few yards behind the post because it has all the essence [...]
Two noticeable films recently were Notebook, which told the story of adolescence in a school setting and Speedtrack told the story of the Self Sacrificing Brother (TM), refreshingly, with the backdrop of sports. Director Kamal, has decided to mash both and come up with a movie set in a school backdrop with sports as the [...]
After tickling our laughing bones with such entertainers like Pachakuthira and Thuruppu Gulan, both Mammotty and Kamal have regained sanity. They have decided to make cinema and that too serious ones with a topping of melancholy. Â Â Rediff Says: Karutha Pakshikal showcases the life in slums with these characters but it moves between starkness and [...]
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