Shaji Kailas
August 1 , which got released in the late eighties was based on 1971 novel, The Day of the Jackal, by English writer Frederick Forsyth. 23 years later, S.N.Swamy and M.Mani(the producer of August 1)have come up with it’s sequel tilted August 15.Mammooty reprises the role of Perumal, (who was the DySP, CB-CID 23 years [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 about [...]
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 breath, [...]
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 Chief [...]
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