Lal Jose
Recently, facing charges of sexual harassment, Public Works Minister, P J Jospeh quit the Communist ministry. The allegation that he misbehaved with a woman on a Kingfisher flight from Chennai to Kochi was investigated by police and found to be true. Thus P J Joseph joined the long line of ministers like Neelalohithadas Nadar and [...]
Electricity Board officer Samuel (Salim Kumar) has time only to talk about his youngest daughter Lisamma (Mukta). Compared to the other two daughters, Treesa (Suja Karthik) and Sherly (Samvritha Sunil), she is the most intelligent and Samuel’s dream is to make her a doctor. Samuel’s wife died after giving birth to Lisamma and he had [...]
Classmates is acclaimed as the winner among the Onam releases . Reviewers are impressed by the craftsmanship of director Lal Jose and the promise extended by writer James Albert’s debut. Success of this movie gives hopes for revival of good cinema and a precursor for welcome changes in malayalam cinema industry. NowRunning.com comments: Classmates, director [...]
Malayalam Cinema is under the grip of superstars even in 2006. Except for Mammotty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Dileep, no other hero’s movies had much financial success. This trend is bad for the movie industry as we will get to see only those movies in which these four can act which excludes so many stories. [...]
Salim Kumar won the Best Supporting Actor award in the 2005 Kerala State Awards for his portrayal of 50+ widower with three daughters in Achanurangatha Veedu. This film was directed by Lal Jose, who is known for making comedy movies with Dileep. Here is a roundup of the reviews: Franko Davis writes: The Director’s success [...]
In Malayalam there are various Actor-Director combinations which produce the same style of movies one after other like Priyadarshan-Mohanlal, Rajasenan-Jayaram, Shaji Kailas-Suresh Gopi and Lal Jose-Dileep. These combinations are safe bets and have mostly produced economically successful movies. Occasionally these directors venture outside their tribe and try their luck with other actors like Priyadarshan with [...]
Chandupottu is a simple tale. It’s about a boy who grows up in a small fishing village in the company of girls. He’s more at ease with girls than boys. After an incident involving him and another kid, his dad (played by Lal) ends up jail for murder. Radha (krishnan) is brought up by his [...]
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