Oru Naal Varum 2010
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ORU NAAL VARUM MOVIE REVIEW
Director T K Rajeev Kumar's Oru Naal Varum is a cat and mouse game where the life of a corrupt government official takes some intriguing topsy-turvy turns.
With the magical combo of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in action, there are times when the movie reminds us of some of their glorious years together, on screen. But as it eventually turns out, the film is nowhere near the gems from those days.
Gopikrishnan (Sreenivasan) is an Assistant Town Planning Officer, who misuses his powers, bends rules on receiving bribes and never cares about the poor. He has great dreams about his daughter and is saving money to get a seat for her admission to a medical college.
Sukumaran (Mohanlal) approaches Gopikrishnan for approval to build a house. The two were part of a scuffle earlier and the Town Planner makes life hell for the hapless Sukumaran. Now, we can't reveal further about the storyline as there are some suspense elements involved here.
In all fairness, there are some really nice elements in the story and Sreenivasan has smartly woven it all into a decent script, which makes the movie a watchable one. But the problem here is that it never goes beyond a superficial level with the story of a corrupt system being limited to a few characters.
The lives of the two protagonists get intertwined in a surprising way which makes matters even worse and a bit clichéd as well.
The narrative could have been more interesting if the director had gone for a more stylish or a modern presentation, but no such luck here. The strength of the story is some surprising twists in the tale but too many of them make it a tad boring after a while.
At more than two hours and thirty minutes the film takes a leisurely pace to unfurl. The visuals by Manoj Pillai and the music by M G Sreekumar are fine.
Mohanlal looks good in his role, though it's not a demanding. Still he makes things live with his inimitable style and dialogue delivery, which has been strength all along, but was missing in some of his recent movies. Sreenivasan makes his character repeat some of his trademark gestures and even those lines from some of his yesteryear films, at times. But he has played his part pretty well, in general.
Sameera Reddy plays Mohanlal's wife, who has filed a divorce suit. She looks wooden most of the times, but then perhaps her character has been moulded in that way. Devayani has to look nice and dumb, as she is never aware about her husband's ruthless ways, does it in a nice way.
Oru Naal Varum handles a relevant issue, but the problem here is the way it has been told. Of course, even in its current shape, the film is really good when compared to the rest of the movies that are being churned out in Malayalam these days. Well, that itself is some reason to watch this one pronto!
Thaskara Lahala 2010
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Thaskara Lahala Movie Review
If you are to find some more reasons for why Mollywood is facing a big crisis, with very few viewers ready to take what is churned out in the name of cinema, just go and watch ‘Thaskara Lahala'. I bet that once you are with this kind of films, except the reviewer folks, none will dare to visit any other cinema halls running Malayalam movies for at least three months.
A better prescription instead of ultimate punishments, the apex bodies in the film industry must make amendments to punish those who try to fool and disinterest active viewers by creating such bad flicks.
A mismatch of disjointed sequences pasted together in the name of a movie, ‘Thaskara Lahala' intended to be a comedy is a acute mayhem with no such storyline or scripts. Directed (or misdirected) by Ramesh Das, we won't see any logic in creating such a movie and constantly wonder who could be the supposed target audience of such a film, when someone plans to make one. With not a single moment to evoke laughter, the efforts for giggles here are quite brutal that 110 minutes of running time seems like more than a day.
The movie is all about four youngsters namely Manikanthan (Suraj), Ayyappan (Salimkumar), Maimunni (Jaffer Idukky) and Govindan Kutty, once obsessed with stage-plays in a village named Kurukkanthara. But some events force them to flee from the village and to attempt petty thefts for a living. If you are given a notion that from the movie's posters Suraj Venjaramoodu is the hero of this film, you will actually see a number of actors like Salim Kumar, Jaffer Idukki, Lakshmi Sharma, Sajitha Beti, Bheeman Reghu, Geetha Vijayan, Thesni Khan are some more unknown actors let loose before the camera to do what all they please. There seems to be very few in the crew who know how to make a movie worth watching.
Ramesh Das, who made a serious film 'Thattakam' a decade ago can stoop in shame and can rework on his basics of making movies. Only a couple of songs by Shyam Dharman appear good to ears (including the Jassie Gift song 'Parunthe’, but are ridiculously pictured.
A movie that leaves you stumbled, ‘Thaskara Lahala' is one bereft of any ideas, that leaves you dumb folded with no idea of what to do. An able contender for one of the worst movies of the year, avoidance of this can be a big service from you towards thinking Mollywood.
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Thaskara Lahala Movie Review
If you are to find some more reasons for why Mollywood is facing a big crisis, with very few viewers ready to take what is churned out in the name of cinema, just go and watch ‘Thaskara Lahala'. I bet that once you are with this kind of films, except the reviewer folks, none will dare to visit any other cinema halls running Malayalam movies for at least three months.
A better prescription instead of ultimate punishments, the apex bodies in the film industry must make amendments to punish those who try to fool and disinterest active viewers by creating such bad flicks.
A mismatch of disjointed sequences pasted together in the name of a movie, ‘Thaskara Lahala' intended to be a comedy is a acute mayhem with no such storyline or scripts. Directed (or misdirected) by Ramesh Das, we won't see any logic in creating such a movie and constantly wonder who could be the supposed target audience of such a film, when someone plans to make one. With not a single moment to evoke laughter, the efforts for giggles here are quite brutal that 110 minutes of running time seems like more than a day.
The movie is all about four youngsters namely Manikanthan (Suraj), Ayyappan (Salimkumar), Maimunni (Jaffer Idukky) and Govindan Kutty, once obsessed with stage-plays in a village named Kurukkanthara. But some events force them to flee from the village and to attempt petty thefts for a living. If you are given a notion that from the movie's posters Suraj Venjaramoodu is the hero of this film, you will actually see a number of actors like Salim Kumar, Jaffer Idukki, Lakshmi Sharma, Sajitha Beti, Bheeman Reghu, Geetha Vijayan, Thesni Khan are some more unknown actors let loose before the camera to do what all they please. There seems to be very few in the crew who know how to make a movie worth watching.
Ramesh Das, who made a serious film 'Thattakam' a decade ago can stoop in shame and can rework on his basics of making movies. Only a couple of songs by Shyam Dharman appear good to ears (including the Jassie Gift song 'Parunthe’, but are ridiculously pictured.
A movie that leaves you stumbled, ‘Thaskara Lahala' is one bereft of any ideas, that leaves you dumb folded with no idea of what to do. An able contender for one of the worst movies of the year, avoidance of this can be a big service from you towards thinking Mollywood.
Malayalam Movie Nirakazhcha Online
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Nirakazhcha Movie Review
The trace of a story that could be found in 'Nirakazcha' can easily be summed up in a couple of lines. An Italian painter Lorenzo (Vincenzo Bocciarelli) takes it upon himself the task of recreating the celebrated Ravi Verma paintings and falls in love with his model Shilpa (Mamta Mohandas). Shilpa's fiancé Sreekuttan (Manoj K Jayan) doesn't take too kindly to this.
So what happens during the rest of the running time of this film? There are plenty of (non)happenings in the form of C I Marthandan (Jagathy) the local cop, Poovar Pookutty (Suraj Venjarammoodu) the music teacher, Aksharavalli (Kalpana) the Malayalam tutor or the German Shepherd (Bijukuttan) the man who hopes to fly to Germany after marrying a German tourist. The director Aneesh J Karrinad himself appears in a cameo as photographer Mathai who has ulterior motives in mind.
You see some films and tell yourself that this is the worst possible scenario in two and a half hours time, and along comes another one that demolishes your belief. Nirakazhcha for instance, plunges into new depths and astounds you further on account of its absurdity.
The paintings are more of an excuse for the film, and it becomes obvious after a while. Mamta struts around half naked most of the time as the modeling goes on, and gets all wet in the surf. The painter goes for it with all dedication and yet it's strange that we almost never get to see his finished works on screen, except perhaps once.
Shilpa knows that Sreekuttan is waiting for her, and yet finds that she is hopelessly in love with Lorenzo. It's funny then that she behaves like a two year old and throws tantrums when she sees a few of his pictures with his ex-girl friend in Italy. In an unbelievably ridiculous scene she lectures Lorenzo as to how he will never realize what the mind of a Malayali girl looks and feels like. Lorenzo looks as puzzled as the rest of us at this unexpected fireworks show.
Poor Bocciarelli is in unfamiliar waters for sure, and this clearly shows. For one, he doesn't get to kiss the woman he loves on her lips, and that should be a first time for the Italian for sure. He makes do with those tiny pecks on the cheeks and a lot of rolling around on the sand. He climbs coconut trees, lends an ear to several verbal insults from the locals, does Kalaripayattu, takes part in Pulikali and what not, and all this for a film that he would never be proud of.
What on earth was Mamta Mohandas thinking about while doing this film? 'Nirakazcha' marks an all time low in her career, and people who have seen this film would really need some big help to erase the memories from their minds. This isn't just a bad career move for Mamta, it's a grave blunder. And Manoj K Jayan?
No amount of words or descriptions would aptly describe the abysmal quality of this film. The one person whom I was thinking about the whole time while watching the film was poor Raja Ravi Verma who must be twisting and turning around in his grave every time 'Nirakazcha' is screened.
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Nirakazhcha Movie Review
The trace of a story that could be found in 'Nirakazcha' can easily be summed up in a couple of lines. An Italian painter Lorenzo (Vincenzo Bocciarelli) takes it upon himself the task of recreating the celebrated Ravi Verma paintings and falls in love with his model Shilpa (Mamta Mohandas). Shilpa's fiancé Sreekuttan (Manoj K Jayan) doesn't take too kindly to this.
So what happens during the rest of the running time of this film? There are plenty of (non)happenings in the form of C I Marthandan (Jagathy) the local cop, Poovar Pookutty (Suraj Venjarammoodu) the music teacher, Aksharavalli (Kalpana) the Malayalam tutor or the German Shepherd (Bijukuttan) the man who hopes to fly to Germany after marrying a German tourist. The director Aneesh J Karrinad himself appears in a cameo as photographer Mathai who has ulterior motives in mind.
You see some films and tell yourself that this is the worst possible scenario in two and a half hours time, and along comes another one that demolishes your belief. Nirakazhcha for instance, plunges into new depths and astounds you further on account of its absurdity.
The paintings are more of an excuse for the film, and it becomes obvious after a while. Mamta struts around half naked most of the time as the modeling goes on, and gets all wet in the surf. The painter goes for it with all dedication and yet it's strange that we almost never get to see his finished works on screen, except perhaps once.
Shilpa knows that Sreekuttan is waiting for her, and yet finds that she is hopelessly in love with Lorenzo. It's funny then that she behaves like a two year old and throws tantrums when she sees a few of his pictures with his ex-girl friend in Italy. In an unbelievably ridiculous scene she lectures Lorenzo as to how he will never realize what the mind of a Malayali girl looks and feels like. Lorenzo looks as puzzled as the rest of us at this unexpected fireworks show.
Poor Bocciarelli is in unfamiliar waters for sure, and this clearly shows. For one, he doesn't get to kiss the woman he loves on her lips, and that should be a first time for the Italian for sure. He makes do with those tiny pecks on the cheeks and a lot of rolling around on the sand. He climbs coconut trees, lends an ear to several verbal insults from the locals, does Kalaripayattu, takes part in Pulikali and what not, and all this for a film that he would never be proud of.
What on earth was Mamta Mohandas thinking about while doing this film? 'Nirakazcha' marks an all time low in her career, and people who have seen this film would really need some big help to erase the memories from their minds. This isn't just a bad career move for Mamta, it's a grave blunder. And Manoj K Jayan?
No amount of words or descriptions would aptly describe the abysmal quality of this film. The one person whom I was thinking about the whole time while watching the film was poor Raja Ravi Verma who must be twisting and turning around in his grave every time 'Nirakazcha' is screened.
Oru Naal Varum movie online
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ORU NAAL VARUM MOVIE REVIEW
Director T K Rajeev Kumar's Oru Naal Varum is a cat and mouse game where the life of a corrupt government official takes some intriguing topsy-turvy turns.
With the magical combo of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in action, there are times when the movie reminds us of some of their glorious years together, on screen. But as it eventually turns out, the film is nowhere near the gems from those days.
Gopikrishnan (Sreenivasan) is an Assistant Town Planning Officer, who misuses his powers, bends rules on receiving bribes and never cares about the poor. He has great dreams about his daughter and is saving money to get a seat for her admission to a medical college.
Sukumaran (Mohanlal) approaches Gopikrishnan for approval to build a house. The two were part of a scuffle earlier and the Town Planner makes life hell for the hapless Sukumaran. Now, we can't reveal further about the storyline as there are some suspense elements involved here.
In all fairness, there are some really nice elements in the story and Sreenivasan has smartly woven it all into a decent script, which makes the movie a watchable one. But the problem here is that it never goes beyond a superficial level with the story of a corrupt system being limited to a few characters.
The lives of the two protagonists get intertwined in a surprising way which makes matters even worse and a bit clichéd as well.
The narrative could have been more interesting if the director had gone for a more stylish or a modern presentation, but no such luck here. The strength of the story is some surprising twists in the tale but too many of them make it a tad boring after a while.
At more than two hours and thirty minutes the film takes a leisurely pace to unfurl. The visuals by Manoj Pillai and the music by M G Sreekumar are fine.
Mohanlal looks good in his role, though it's not a demanding. Still he makes things live with his inimitable style and dialogue delivery, which has been strength all along, but was missing in some of his recent movies. Sreenivasan makes his character repeat some of his trademark gestures and even those lines from some of his yesteryear films, at times. But he has played his part pretty well, in general.
Sameera Reddy plays Mohanlal's wife, who has filed a divorce suit. She looks wooden most of the times, but then perhaps her character has been moulded in that way. Devayani has to look nice and dumb, as she is never aware about her husband's ruthless ways, does it in a nice way.
Oru Naal Varum handles a relevant issue, but the problem here is the way it has been told. Of course, even in its current shape, the film is really good when compared to the rest of the movies that are being churned out in Malayalam these days. Well, that itself is some reason to watch this one pronto!
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ORU NAAL VARUM MOVIE REVIEW
Director T K Rajeev Kumar's Oru Naal Varum is a cat and mouse game where the life of a corrupt government official takes some intriguing topsy-turvy turns.
With the magical combo of Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in action, there are times when the movie reminds us of some of their glorious years together, on screen. But as it eventually turns out, the film is nowhere near the gems from those days.
Gopikrishnan (Sreenivasan) is an Assistant Town Planning Officer, who misuses his powers, bends rules on receiving bribes and never cares about the poor. He has great dreams about his daughter and is saving money to get a seat for her admission to a medical college.
Sukumaran (Mohanlal) approaches Gopikrishnan for approval to build a house. The two were part of a scuffle earlier and the Town Planner makes life hell for the hapless Sukumaran. Now, we can't reveal further about the storyline as there are some suspense elements involved here.
In all fairness, there are some really nice elements in the story and Sreenivasan has smartly woven it all into a decent script, which makes the movie a watchable one. But the problem here is that it never goes beyond a superficial level with the story of a corrupt system being limited to a few characters.
The lives of the two protagonists get intertwined in a surprising way which makes matters even worse and a bit clichéd as well.
The narrative could have been more interesting if the director had gone for a more stylish or a modern presentation, but no such luck here. The strength of the story is some surprising twists in the tale but too many of them make it a tad boring after a while.
At more than two hours and thirty minutes the film takes a leisurely pace to unfurl. The visuals by Manoj Pillai and the music by M G Sreekumar are fine.
Mohanlal looks good in his role, though it's not a demanding. Still he makes things live with his inimitable style and dialogue delivery, which has been strength all along, but was missing in some of his recent movies. Sreenivasan makes his character repeat some of his trademark gestures and even those lines from some of his yesteryear films, at times. But he has played his part pretty well, in general.
Sameera Reddy plays Mohanlal's wife, who has filed a divorce suit. She looks wooden most of the times, but then perhaps her character has been moulded in that way. Devayani has to look nice and dumb, as she is never aware about her husband's ruthless ways, does it in a nice way.
Oru Naal Varum handles a relevant issue, but the problem here is the way it has been told. Of course, even in its current shape, the film is really good when compared to the rest of the movies that are being churned out in Malayalam these days. Well, that itself is some reason to watch this one pronto!
Shikar movie online - 2010
Star Cast :
Mohanlal, Padmapriya, Ananya, Samuthirakani, Lalu Alex, Thalaivasal Vijay, Kalabhavan Mani, Suraaj Venjaramoodu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sneha, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Kailash
Shikar Movie Review
There are no directorial flourishes visible in Padmakumar's Shikkar that is old wine in an older bottle. As much as it remains a visual delight, the mysteries that it offers do not much thrill, and the story that it tells seldom excites.
The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace evades the man as his past catches up with him, and Balaraman has to take risky everything to safeguard his own life and that of his daughter's.
The story of Shikkar is as old as the first hunt on the history of the earth. Suresh Babu employs every known device in the book to bring in that extra bit of energy into the proceedings but the screenplay never reaches anywhere near excellence. Isn't it strange that the hero's lorry has been named Shikkar of all possible names on earth? And what seems even more illogical is the way a massive operation is planned by a naxalite group to murder an ordinary man who has never been known to possess any supernatural powers.
The dialogues often sound downright corny as well. When you come to think of it, there isn't a single piece of conversation in the film that you would carry back home with you. On the contrary, there is a scene when Balaraman sits beside his wife watching their daughter falling into sleep. He says it would take her some time to dream, and in the meanwhile, they (him and his wife) could dream for themselves. Off they scoot off for a dream sequence and a song!
What makes Shikkar watchable then is the way the predictable script has been depicted in an unusual way on screen. The writing and its visualisation of the film are remarkably different and this is why even the most pedestrian of scenes look arresting on film.
There are few instances in films when a technician towers above the rest of the cast and crew as in Shikkar. The real hero of the film is none other than cinematographer Manoj Pillai without whom Shikkar would have ended up mediocre fare. The camerawork of the film seems like an adventure in itself, and Manoj sees to it that the verve is pumped up through the stunning landscape even as the story fails time and again.
The role demands not much from Mohanlal the actor and neither does it offer much scope to draw out the real performer in him, but the action sequences in the climax speaks volumes of his dedication towards his profession. Tamil actor Samudrakkani cast in the role of a Naxalite is awesome as Abdulla, which makes us fervently wish the character that he played on screen had some depth to it. His role is more of a cameo and Lekshmi Gopalaswami who plays his wife does a remarkable job as well in her brief role.
If you happen to see a crowd on screen with people bashing up someone, you can very well rest assured now that the man being beaten into pulp would be Suraj Venjarammoodu. Jagathy Sreekumar joins him in Shikkar in the comic track that soon runs out of steam.
Padmakumar's Shikkar is nowhere in the league of several other successful revenge sagas that have been told and retold in Malayalam cinema. The film fails to stand apart from the rest of them on account of its immense predictability.
Anwar movie online (2010)
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Anwar movie review
The movie is about the journey of a Malayali youth Anwar (Prithviraj) into the clutches of anti-social elements through unfortunate events following the loss of his family in a bomb blast. The protagonist has another hidden agenda in joining the terrorist outfit, which is revealed towards the climax.
The movie opens with the visuals of Coimbatore bomb blast and the introduction of a special team under Stalin Manimaran (Prakash Raj) who arrests Babu Sait (Lal), a local community leader as a suspect in the bomb blast case. Meanwhile, Anwar a Muslim youth is arrested while passing on with some Hawala money and is sent to jail with Babu Sait and his team. Babu Sait helps Anwar in getting a bail and lures him to his activities. Soon he becomes the most trusted and obedient right hand of Babu Sait. Anwar succeeds in planting a bomb in the police headquarters and is soon introduced to Basheer Bhai (Sampath), who selects him to spearhead another big, but dangerous project of chain blasts. Though Anwar goes on with their plans, he has a haunting flashback which makes him to act differently from the already laid out designs.
Alexander the Great
Star Cast :
Mohanlal, Aswathi, Bala, Siddique, Sudha Chandran, Jagadish, Innocent, Salim Kumar, Vijayaraghavan, Lakshmi, Nedumudi Venu, Ganesh
Aagathan 2010
Star Cast :
Dileep, Sathyaraj, Charmi, Zarina Wahab, Valsala Menon, Biju Menon, Lal
Aagathan movie review
Aagathan’ was thought out to be a project that will help Dileep to regain his lost charisma at the Box Office. But even with good production values that is very much showing in its frames, the movie fails to create the effect that is needed to make that much evading hit in the career of its hero and director. The base thread of the movie has all colours and tones that could be translated into a hit. But a tighter screenplay and a deft handling of some sequences, at least towards the climax, could have done that trick which is sadly missing in the present outcome.
‘Aagathan’ has Dileep as Gouthan Menon, the only survivor from a big massacre that happened at the hands the terrorists in the hilly regions of Kashmir. He survived only due to timely intervention of the army men. After 14 years from the loss of his family, he is now a software techie landing at Bangalore and wooing Shreya, a beautiful girl of a retired General Hareendra Natha Varma. After playing a lot of cat and mouse game, and displaying his Good Samaritan activities to behold the attention of the heroine, Gouthan succeeds to earn the attention of Shreya who falls head over heals in love with him. But hardly does she know that Goutham has arrived with a definite plan, to take revenge on someone, on something that has derailed his life.
Telling more will ruin the plot though by this time you may have got the smell of the rat. That is what exactly happens while viewing ‘Aagathan’. The big shock and surprise that was kept in store is more obvious and comes out in a worse moment. Ravikumar's script and dialogues fails to cash on this twist in the tale and falter in delivering an intense psycho drama.
Kamal has played to his strengths in the initial reels but in the second half the movie falters to sustain interest as the sequences lack impact. The presentation of the shocking secret is too unbelievable and lacks the needed effect. I don't really know why the director has rushed through that apology discourse in the final reels, with Sathyaraj asked to deliver all the dialogues at one go. Had it been paced a little more slower with needed reaction shots, the burning suspense of the thriller could have worked out well. And similar is the final reels which give a rushed feeling.
In the cast lines, Dileep is better than his recent outings, dressed well but lacks the intensity in the sequences with Sathyaraj. The Tamil veteran could have opted for a better role for his landing, though he has performed well and is charming in his Army looks. Charmi and Zareena Wahab has nothing much to do than to appear pretty and fill the demands of the screenplay.
The highlight of the movie is definitely the visual beauty of the frames contributed by its cinematographer Ajayan Vincent. His spectacular visuals are the only thing that help the movie to enter the list of a watchable ones. Ouseppachan's couple of songs are a notch better than the rest heard in recent times.
Thanthoni 2010
Star Cast :
Prithviraj, Sheela, Ambika, Suraaj Venjaramoodu, Kalabhavan Mani, Jagathy Sreekumar, Captain Raju, Biju Menon, Lalu Alex, Sudheesh, Sai Kumar, Suresh Krishna
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Thanthonni synopsys
Thanthonni movie is all about Kochukunju (Prithviraj) who is the youngest member of the wealthy Vadakkan Veettil family, happens to be a brat who is living life on his own terms. It is a huge household where he lives with his mother, three uncles and their families. All in the family are well-placed and rich, except for Kochukunju, who has been a troublemaker right from his childhood.
Senior Mandrake
Star Cast :
Jagadish, Jagathy Sreekumar, Charutha, Kalpana,
Suraaj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Mammukoya, Siddharaj,
T S Raju, Bijukuttan, Jaffer Idukki, Kochu Preman,
Bindu Panicker
Director: Ali Akbar
Producer: Mummy Century, Shameer Thukil
Music Director: Hari Venu Gopal
Lyricst: Ali Akbar, Roy Puramadam
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Senior Mandrake Synopsis
Senior Mandrake is the sequql of Junior Mandrake. Kuttan (Jagathy Sreekumar) has become enviably rich, and has got rid of the ill-fated statue.
but soon it finds its way back to the money lender's doorstep. Without any further delay, the world starts crumbling around him, and he frantically scurries around to hand it over to some unfortunate soul.
Apoorva Ragam movie online
Producer- Siyad Koker
Director- Sibi Malayil
Cast- Nishan, Asif Ali, Nithya Menon, Vinay etc.
Music- Vidyasagar
Background Music- Biji Bal
Lyrics- Santhosh Verma
Story, Screenplay, dialogues- G.S.Anand, Najeem Koya
Apoorva Ragam Movie Review
A director who has delivered many memorable films in the past, Sibi Malayil hasn’t
been giving us any real good movies for quite some time. Now, with ‘Apoorvaragam’ he
seems all set to hit back, delivering a film that proves that Sibi Malayil is only too happy
to change with the times.
‘Apoorvaragam’ begins very much like a usual campus flick. Roopesh (Nishan) and
Tomy (Asif Ali) are first year students and Roopesh in college. Roopesh develops a
liking for Nancy (Nithya Menon), who is the daughter of a rich guy. He is in love with
her and wants her to reciprocate his love. Tomy too desires this to happen and with the
help of a couple of other friends, Roopesh succeeds in winning over Nancy’s love. But
then, Tomy starts behaving rather strangely. He calls us Nancy’s father and, calling
himself a ‘well-wisher’ tells him that Nancy is in love with a ‘good-for-nothing’ guy.
Later, things take such a turn that Roopesh and Nancy decide to go in for a register
marriage, without informing Nancy’s parents. They do so and Nancy returns home,
as if nothing has happened. The ‘well-wisher’ does his job, that of informing Nancy’s
father of this too. And from here, the story takes a new turn, a totally unexpected turn.
Well, if we go in for a real critical analysis, it wouldn’t be fair to call the movie a good
one. It isn’t good on the whole. But it isn’t too bad either. It’s in fact a package of mixes.
Things don’t seem to go well in the first half, especially in the opening sequences. The
performances, the execution of the scenes, the script everything seems unimpressive.
Then, after a while, it gets better. Post interval, things seem to have picked up and it
seems you are watching an altogether different movie, treatment-wise. On the whole
there are plusses as well as minuses and ‘Apoorvaragam’ is not a total let down.
Mummy and Me
Mummy and Me Movie Review
Mummy and Me, directed by Jithu Joseph is a sensible film with lots of genuine things and facts in it. With some good moments and instances, the film catches the attention of the audience that indeed shares a message too.
Jeethu Joseph’s Mummy and Me takes a closer look at the differences in outlook and values that exist between generations. Clara (Urvasi) has trouble giving in to the rebellious ways of her teenaged daughter Jewel (Archana Kavi) and often it’s her husband Jo (Mukesh) who gets caught in between the two. Life isn’t exactly heaven for the family of four, especially with Jewel’s younger brother Jokuttan (Jeevan) forever fanning the flames. There are a few moments at least in the first half of the film that delivers the stuff. And thanks to that younger brother who is forever lingering around, it delivers a few smiles too. Having established its premise about a battling mother-daughter duo who are forever at their wits’ ends because of each other, the film introduces a new character – an unseen chat friend of Jewel’s – into the story.
The other characters who pad up the story are Jewel’s younger brother (Master Jeevan), who spies on his sister and reports to their mother; Rahul (Kunchako Boban), son of Joseph’s childhood friend (Lalu Alex), who acts as Jewel’s local guardian and secretly likes her. The twist in the tale comes, when the bad guys in college try to get even with Jewel and Rahul saves her. Jewel’s parents seek out a psychologist (Anoop Menon) to help them deal with her, and Jewel finds an Agony Uncle in her online friend Ameer (Suresh Gopi). In the process, we get to hear a few scholarly sermons on new-age parenting and what kids should do to understand and appreciate their parents.
Not long before, a few months back in fact, I V Sasi had spoken at length about this very phenomenon in his Vellathooval that has Nithya and Seema doing the mom – daughter roles. It’s quite different from Mummy and Me, but the core issue remains the same. Urvasi needs no further praise for the amazing performer that she is, and she literally carries the film through. Mukesh is charmingly mellow; Jeevan is another splendid actor who we would be seeing a lot more in the days ahead. Archana Kavi badly needs to get someone to take a look at her wardrobe and looks quite odd often standing beside a chicly dressed Chackochan.
With regard to performances, all have done quite well but Urvashi’s performance is the most applauded one. Archana Kavi has tried to portray the frustrations of a teenager but is not that impressive. Kunchacko has done well but feels quite uncomfortable seeing him as a student. Mukesh as always is impressive. Sejo John’s music is very good and melodious. Vipin Mohan’s visuals are okay. The director has taken every effective step to make the film impressive and he is successful to an extent. The film is interesting in the first two hours. Though the matter is told in an old manner, the film is a relief from all the masala and unnatural concepts.
The cast saves the movie from being a total disaster. Urvasi takes to the role as a fish would take to water. Archana should consider herself lucky to get such an author-backed role so early in her career and that too opposite Urvasi. She has screen presence, but needs to hone down the histrionics. Kunchako Boban shaves off his moustache to look like a college student and succeeds in doing so to a large extent. Veterans like Mukesh and Lalu Alex had done their part well. Mummy and Me, overall is a watchable film with a good storyline. It won’t make you feel bored but don’t expect too much.
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Rama ravanan movie review
Scenarist turned director Biju Vattappara's Rama Ravanan is based on acclaimed writer Madhavikutty's story, Manomi. It's about the impact that 'a pretty girl from the opposite front' makes in the mind of a terrorist, who happens to be a poet as well.
Well, such stories have been handled a zillion times in several Hindi films in the past, but the director of Rama Ravanan has tried to make it a bit more intense, especially by adding an ideological angle to this romantic story. But there lies the problem with the film as well. The focus gets diluted and the film gets into an extremely predictable track all on a sudden.
Thiruchelvam (Suresh Gopi) is a fugitive on the run finding refuge in a deserted bungalow. He is there on a mission before the cops nab him. He has to find Manomi (Mithra Kurian), a Sinhalese girl, who fell in love with him sometime back. She was aware that he belonged to an outfit which was engaged in war with the Sinhalese. Also, Thiruchelvam has to meet his mother, whom he hasn't seen for years.
The romance between Thiruchelvam and Manomi is shown as a flashback. But you actually wonder how the two fell desperately in love considering the cold vibes between the actors. Suresh Gopi has done an okay job but Mithra Kurian looks like wooden, in most scenes.
Nedumudi Venu plays a character named Annadurai who treats the Sri Lankan girl like his own daughter and he has performed in a really good manner. Biju Menon, as the cop in search of Thiruchelvam has to look stylish and tough, which he does quite easily.
In all fairness, there is a genuine storyline here but the writer-director has mostly failed to narrate it in a convincing way. The visuals are okay and the music is fine.
Rama Ravanan is perhaps more of a confused film. The makers of the film seem to have been not quite sure about the genre or its target audience. It's a pity as the film fails to impress in spite of having a decent concept. Wasted opportunity, what else? its dissapointing.
PART 2
Rama ravanan movie review
Scenarist turned director Biju Vattappara's Rama Ravanan is based on acclaimed writer Madhavikutty's story, Manomi. It's about the impact that 'a pretty girl from the opposite front' makes in the mind of a terrorist, who happens to be a poet as well.
Well, such stories have been handled a zillion times in several Hindi films in the past, but the director of Rama Ravanan has tried to make it a bit more intense, especially by adding an ideological angle to this romantic story. But there lies the problem with the film as well. The focus gets diluted and the film gets into an extremely predictable track all on a sudden.
Thiruchelvam (Suresh Gopi) is a fugitive on the run finding refuge in a deserted bungalow. He is there on a mission before the cops nab him. He has to find Manomi (Mithra Kurian), a Sinhalese girl, who fell in love with him sometime back. She was aware that he belonged to an outfit which was engaged in war with the Sinhalese. Also, Thiruchelvam has to meet his mother, whom he hasn't seen for years.
The romance between Thiruchelvam and Manomi is shown as a flashback. But you actually wonder how the two fell desperately in love considering the cold vibes between the actors. Suresh Gopi has done an okay job but Mithra Kurian looks like wooden, in most scenes.
Nedumudi Venu plays a character named Annadurai who treats the Sri Lankan girl like his own daughter and he has performed in a really good manner. Biju Menon, as the cop in search of Thiruchelvam has to look stylish and tough, which he does quite easily.
In all fairness, there is a genuine storyline here but the writer-director has mostly failed to narrate it in a convincing way. The visuals are okay and the music is fine.
Rama Ravanan is perhaps more of a confused film. The makers of the film seem to have been not quite sure about the genre or its target audience. It's a pity as the film fails to impress in spite of having a decent concept. Wasted opportunity, what else? its dissapointing.
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