Category: Malayalam

A few years back when Prithviraj was asked about his choice of films (during that Ayalum Njanum Thammil phase) he said he feels like a much-evolved person now and he may not do a film like Pokkiri Raja.  Whether a movie like Madhuraraja would work for you or not depends on two factors.  One, if… Continue reading MadhuraRaja

In one scene in the movie Mera Naam Shaji, one Shaji played by Biju Menon gets out of his Jeep in Rohit Shetty style and gives a lecture on how to be a good woman to the character played by Ranjini Haridas. And the important lesson in his profound lecture was that women will know… Continue reading Mera Naam Shaji

Lucifer is a smartly structured movie keeping in mind the targeted audience. If anyone asks me what kind of a film it is, I would say it is a reinvention of a formula that we have seen in many movies (Mohanlal himself has done one titled Ustad). But what is good about Lucifer is the… Continue reading Lucifer

The best way to look at the new Madhav Ramadasan movie Ilayaraja would be to view it as a kid’s film. It is loud, it is predictable and you will have to be totally alien to these kinds of stories if this movie has to move you emotionally. Developed as an underdog story, this movie… Continue reading Ilayaraja

Even in a flop film like Alamara, Midhun Manuel Thomas was able to create witty moments through conversations and characters. Humor is his safe zone and the kind of humor we have seen in every movie that Midhun Manuel Thomas has associated with is indeed the saving factor of the new movie Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu.… Continue reading Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu

There was one scene in the movie Ottam where a goon starts to talk profound stuff about life and starts to compare it as a running race. Our depressed hero suddenly gets an energy hearing that banal speech and the visuals of him getting self-awakening was so bizarre that I looked at the guy who… Continue reading Ottam

Remember the expression of Mohanlal when Kuthiravattam Pappu says that classic “Thaan aaranennu thanikkariyan paadillel….” dialogue from Thenmavin Kombathu? Seeing the way the characters talk in the movie The Gambinos directed by Girish Panicker, I was also experiencing the same dilemma of Manikyan. At the end of the movie, I felt like asking the scriptwriter… Continue reading The Gambinos

The new Malayalam movie Soothrakkaran has two heroes; Gokul Suresh Gopi and Niranj Maniyanpilla Raju. While watching the film I was wondering whether these two actors told their star dads about committing to this trashy subject. 10 minutes into the film, I could sense the terror and trust me it never showed any signs of… Continue reading Soothrakkaran