The Renji-Shaji combo, well-known for socio-political masala films, is back with their trademark theme and trenchant punch lines. A multi-starrer lead by Mammootty and Suresh Gopi, ‘The King and the Commissioner’ depicts the modern socio-political scenario as perceived by the protagonists. Advertisements even refer to it as a film with an extra bone! The film …
“Ordinary” is the story of ordinary people and the events that take place in their daily life. Sugeeth, who worked earlier as associate to Kamal, directs the movie. Script is written by Nishad K Koya and Manu Prasad. Gavi is a village in Kerala and just like many villages. It is remotely located and depends …
Movie:Casanovva Director:Rosshan Andrrews Producer:Confident Group, Aashirwad Cinemas Cast:Mohanlal, Shriya Saran, Lakshmi Rai, Sanjana Director Rosshan Andrrews’ Casanovva, the modern version of the legendary lady charmer, has been claimed by its makers as the costliest Malayalam film ever. Well, even if we are ready to buy that, the absence of a genuine storyline looms large and …
Movie:Spanish Masala Director:Lal Jose Producer:Naushad Music:Vidyasagar Cast:Dileep, Kunchacko Boban, Daniela Zacherl What if you replaced some of the characters from a typical 80s melodrama with some foreign actors and set the story in Spain? Well, it would be similar to Lal Jose’ Spanish Masala. The film is mainly about the life of Charlie (Dileep), a …
Movie:Vellaripravinte Changathi Director:Akku Akbar Music:Mohan Sithara Cast:Dileep, Kavya Madhavan Director Akku Akbar’s Vellaripravinte Changathi is about a cinema-within-cinema. There are visuals of an old film, which was shot in the 1970’s and then, the story investigates what happened to the characters later on. You have to admire the honesty with which the film has …
Movie:Venicile Vyapari Director:Shafi Music:Bijibal Cast:Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan, Suraj Venjarammoodu, Salim Kumar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Vijayaraghavan, Suresh Krishna Director Shafi’s Venicile Vyapari (The Merchant of Venice) is happening in the 1980’s and it is essentially about the unveiling of a murder mystery. Scripted by ‘Classmates’ fame James Albert, the film has an engaging first half which is …
Movie:Oru Marubhoomikkatha Director:Priyadarsan Cinematographer:Azhagappan Music:M G Sreekumar Cast:Mohanlal, Mukesh, Bhavana, Lakshmi Rai Madhavan Nair (Mohanlal) is an accountant in a Gulf based firm run by a Sheikh (Shakti Kapoor). After some strange happenings which are straight out of films like Serendipity or its Hindi version, Milenge Milenge, the two decides to get married. Meanwhile an …
Movie:Beautiful Director:V K Prakash Producer:Yes Cinema Company Cinematographer:Jomon T John Music:Ratheesh Vega Cast:Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Meghna Raj There is a scene in director V K Prakash’ Beautiful where Jayasurya’s maid, played by Thesni Khan tells her boss the reason for one of his aides being angry with her. “He tried to have sex with me, …
‘Nayika’, a Jayaraj directorial venture , take on the life of a yesteryear heroine, this movie will the have Jayaram, Padmapriya and senior actor Sharada in the important roles. The movie is produced by Thomas Benjamin. Deedi Damodaran is the script writer. Nayika is the story of Gracy (Sharada) a leading star until she suddenly …
Movie:Swapna Sanchari Director:Kamal Music:M Jayachandran Cast:Jayaram, Samvritha Sunil Director Kamal’s Swapna Sanchari is about the escapades of a nouveau riche. Of course, the basic storyline looks really promising and the film has some nice moments as well, but things get too melodramatic and disturbingly clichéd after a while. Some really bad performances add to the …
