Laila O Laila was bad. It was horrible. There was absolutely nothing in the movie to watch. It shows an overweight Mohanlal with an aversion to shaving razors romancing girls half his age while putting substantial effort into things like running and romancing. He seems to be choking on something all the time and looks…
Neram is another one of those “new-gen” light-hearted movies which are pure fun to watch. Seemingly an “Indie movement” with lesser known actors, experimental themes, no drama, foot-tapping songs with meaningless lyrics, loads of fun and solid plots, “new generation” (as they are called) Malayalam movies whose attitude revolve around “realism” and style are making Malayalam…
Malayalam cinema today lost one of its pillars. One of the “shilpis” and evergreen actresses of Malayalam cinema, S. Sukumari fondly called Sukumari Amma by her fans and industry friends passed away in a Chennai hospital today, March 23 2013 as a result of a Cardiac Arrest. To the uninitiated, she was one of the…
After watching all these light and breezy “new-generation” Malayalam movies featuring simple star casts, stories and scripts telling real-life stories of real people it is only natural that one would forget how bad the big-budget trash that is also the mainstay of the industry and it’s “Super Stars” really are. And today I was unceremoniously…
Ranjith does it again! The ace Malayalam movie director known for his prowess of dealing with the life and times and social issues picked right out of contemporary Kerala society gives us “Spirit”, his latest offering. Teaming up with Mohanlal, he delivers a classy outing of a movie built up on one of the most…
22 Female, Kottayam is a movie with a spine. Among the bold new movies of Malayalam cinema, it shows things that people would generally not like to see, what movie makers traditionally would refuse to show. It is a small but radically different movie, made with lots of sincerity and heart with a small star cast churning…
The hallowed populace of Malluland is widely known for their mastery over languages, the ability to assimilate any phonetic material with elan, no matter how complicated it might be, maybe thanks to the tongue twister Malayalam is generally known to be. The Malayali learns the language of the place he goes with elan, something that…
What is it like being a Malayali? What is the “Mallu” way of life, language and culture, resplendent with its positives and negatives adorning the vibrant strip of land in the south-western corner of India? As usual, it was Twitter that had all the answers. Twitter was overrun by Malayalees on January 9 2012 with…
Really, not many seem to give a damn about the imminent danger they face.. Even if it is an issue that is poised to become one of the biggest man-made catastrophes the world has ever seen. Call it disinterest, ignorance, apathy, ego, lack of money-making opportunities or anything, this almost total “I-don’t-give-a-damn-ness is almost criminal. The…
If reports are to be believed, many parts of the state of Kerala are staring down the barrel of an extinction event-level disaster in the form of a ticking water-time bomb called the Mullaperiyar dam. This disaster, if it happens, will have no parallels in recorded human history and will have horrifying consequences that will haunt…
Indian Rupee is Ranjith‘s latest Malayalam offering, coming across as another one in the genre of “new age” films like Traffic, Salt N’ Pepper and Pranayam currently redefining Malayalam cinema with fresh stories of everyday lives of small-time real people. It almost looks like the “golden age” of Malayalam cinema of the late 80s and early…
“This is a Caaaar!” Golden words never die, they just get cunningly reused in the right places. And the Nissan Sunny ad campaign is the latest example for this. The TV advertisement describes the car as being not just a car, but a Caaaaar. What do you think this tagline is about? The space inside…