Ranjit Nair on March 7th, 2008

(Ranjit Nair blogs at Occupied Space)
Since ‘Rowdram’ and ‘Sound of Boot’ have just been released, I thought it would be apt to run through what would typically runs through the minds of the likes of Renji Panicker and Shaji Kailas when planning a new movie.
The Hero: Suresh Gopi, Mammootty or Mohanlal. If its either [...]

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vc on February 12th, 2008

Sound of Boot had raised a lot of pre release interest for 2 reasons. Shroud of secrecy around its story and speed at which Shaji Kailas completed the shooting – 22 Days to be precise. Now that the movie has released people have spoken. Looks movie’s story will remain a secret, as the people are [...]

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vc on November 29th, 2007

Here is some news for you: The grass is green. The sky is blue. Another Suresh Gopi-Shaji Kailas movie is getting released. This time there are three interesting things about the movie. First, the story of the movie was a secret and no reporters were allowed on the set. We hoped that at least the [...]

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vc on August 16th, 2007

Amidst sky high expectations, Alibhai arrived. Sky high expectation, record number of release stations, festival season – as we mentioned in the preview, this movie might work in box office. But if you go by the reviews,as a movie, it falls short. Reviews were identical in many aspects, commonly used terms being – talks [...]

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vc on August 7th, 2007

Another exciting production from director Shaji Kailas, who was instrumental in making Mohanlal Next-door-Man to He-Man. There is no question on who this movie is aimed at, as throngs of Lal fans assembled on the launch of this movie, which was held on Mohanlal’s birthday. And the movie will be released in, hold your [...]

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vc on June 5th, 2007

The subject of Shaji Kailas’s movies always have contemporary socio-political issues in the background. There will be a group of corrupt and greedy politicians, bureaucrats and police officers who form the caucus of villains, after a series of setbacks, the hero would finally break free with the blessings of a benevolent politician, usually the [...]

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vc on May 24th, 2007

 
Average, Watchable, time pass etc are some of the words used by the reviewers to describe Shaji Kailas-Suresh Gopi’s latest offering.  Beating the same theme again and again, this duo’s movies are becoming indistinguishable from one another.  And Suresh Gopi must be on his way to Guinness Book for doing most number of cop roles.
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