u too:-D!Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
yep it's a good film except that it's a blatant lift, and if only they credited the original makers.
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u too:-D!Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
yep it's a good film except that it's a blatant lift, and if only they credited the original makers.
Naalu Pennungal, worth a watch The last and longest stretch of the film is underwhelming, but overall very well directed. The second segment is very beautifully realized.
One of the segments features Mrs.Manju Kurup of Man Madan Ambu :shock:
And Kavya Madhavan is such a beauty.
Blessy-Lalettan's next titled 'Pranayam' (Love), shoot starts next month! Cast is interesting: Jayaprada, Anupam Kher. Seems like a nostalgic trip.
The selections this year seem to be looking up with Shaji N Karun's next scheduled to start towards the fag end of the year. Commercially, a couple of multistarrers releasing next month: Chinatown (Lal, Jayaram, Dileep) and Christian Brothers (Lal, Sureshgopi, Dileep with Supreme Star). Roshan Andrews' 'Casanova' first schedule completed. Sathyan Anthikkad n Priyadarsan films also scheduled to go on floors this year, but kicked about the Blessy film the most!
she is a competent actress Manoji. her real name is Manju Pillai.Quote:
Originally Posted by AravindMano
ofcourse, lets put a couple of pics to substantiate, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by jinjuu too:-D!Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vX21EF8u3Q...l+_14__001.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A5ySmgJCcj...Thampi+(8).jpg
Pranchiyettan and The Saint - a lovely lovely film
http://www.mayyam.com/talk/attachmen...5&d=1298718210
Kudos to Ranjith for always taking up new ways of narration and story line. This time the story is presented as a narrative between Mammootty and Francis the Saint. And the one liner is that the protoganist wants to change the adjective to his name; have not seen such a plotline in any recent movies.
The ways he goes about doing it, like trying to 'buy' Padmashree :rotfl: References that if you are in the good books of the ruling party any awards can be got (bought) only flashed Amitabh's face on screen for me. No special comedy track in the movie, nevertheless comedy was one of the main ingredient in the film. Mammookka (this time with My Thrissur slang) rocks with his dialogue delivery and expressions, not unexpected though. Portraying a guy who is a loser at most of his attempts, this is one of his best roles off late. Innocent, who is originally from Irinjaalakuda, has the next best role in the movie. Yet another very nice performance from Priyamani, wish she did more of such roles than nonsense dances in the so called masala movies.
With a wonderful message at the end, its not to anyone's surprise, this movie is one of the highest grossers of this last year :thumbsup:
:clap::clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
Anoop,
You had updated only about Lal movies. Here is the latest update on Mammookka. August 15, which was supposed to hit the screens by second week of February, has been postponed to last week of March in view of the World Cup and examinations. It is scheduled to be released on 25th of March. Snap of a poster designed by a fan
http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/...4u/augomc2.jpg
Meanwhile Mammootty has finished his next movie titled Doubles. Here he is one of the twins with Nadhiya being the other sibling. They lose their parents in an accident and they are brought up by an old man at Pondicherry. When they grew up, they form an accident help unit and they service highway accident victims. Both are not married and one day they are forced to keep a victim of a highway accident, who happens to be a girl in their home for a short while and from there the story takes a turn, it seems. It has a fair amount of Tamil film actors like YGMahendra, Suresh and Anandaraj. Though the story seems to be interesting, fans doesn’t have much hope on this. Mam’s hairstyle they say is one such deterrent. This may get released during Vishu or May 1st week. Some snaps are here. [Someone can upload the links as I am not technically well versed].
http://images.mathrubhumi.com/images...202_261797.jpg
http://images.mathrubhumi.com/images...202_261799.jpg
http://images.mathrubhumi.com/images...202_261786.jpg
Mams has also completed his first Kannada movie Shikkari. Its Malayalam version is also ready. They are looking at various release dates. In the interim director Jayaraj is doing a quickie with Mams. Titled “The Train”, it deals with what happened in Mumbai during the serial bomb blast in the suburban trains in July 2006. Here Mammootty comes in as the leader of the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), which deals with the situation. The shooting was held in Mumbai last month.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...6_305242_n.jpg
There is another news. After a long gap, Mam is again doing a Telugu film. Titled Keeravani, it is a musical subject it seems and there is one Telugu hero Sharwanand who shares screen space with Mammootty. The film is already on floors at Hyderabad and it is directed by Venkat PS.
The film March 12, 1993 which marks the directorial debut of script writer Babu Janarthanan is ready to go on floors. Here Mam plays a priest by name Sadhananda Bhatt, a character hailing from Kasargode. He who is at Chennai takes up a job at Rajasthan and he travels through Mumbai and get caught in the communal frenzy. Two other people hailing from a different part of Kerala, having come to Mumbai for a job also gets caught in the melee. Three people who are in no way connected to the riots have their life torn apart by what’s happening around them. What happens after forms the crux of the story.
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._2064345_n.jpg
Regards
Murali Sir - if the updates are on Lalettan its gotto be Jinju :-P
Just now finished watching TRAFFIC - WOW what a movie, one of the best (if not THE BEST) movies i've seen in recent times.... a mix of Amores Perros and the real life incident which happened in Chennai - WONDERFUL WONDERFUL Movie :bow: :bow:
anoop illa, naan dhaan update pannen...we'l reach an agreement btwn us. naan lal projects update panren, u do mam's, wat say:-D?Quote:
Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas
this project excites me the most amongst ikka's 2011 films...babu janardhanan has done some good work as a writer...looking fwd to his directorial debut. the one liner sounds promising.
one of the best that commercial malayalam cinema has seen in years! believe it's going to be remade in hindi with naseeruddin shah, maddy, n arjun rampal.Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
Jinju,
Sorry. Seeing yours and Anoop's posts one after another made me to err.
Just thought about you a few days back. Neighbour's wife had given birth to a child and we went to the hospital to see the baby. The new born was crying while lying in the cradle and the moment the mother took him in her lap, he fell silent. My mind immediately raced to Rajiv who would peek through the window to look at his new born child and when questioned by the chief matron Sukumari, he asks why the child is always clinging to the mother's lap, she replies that the new born feels safe and secure in the lap of it's mother where it almost gets the safe feeling of being inside the womb. After a pause, Rajiv [who never had the feel of his mother] with his eyes still focussed on the child asks sofly "gnaanum inganethanayaanthirkkum alle" and you get to see his face!
A vignette etched in memory! Lal in Dasaratham was outstanding! On the way back was commenting about the same to my wife and told her that we talked about the same in the forum earlier.
Regards
Can anyone help me find this malayalam movie called Oppol?
Here is the youtube version of OPPOL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUpdh...46CB581EF51436
Kandahaar: What a waste of talent and resources!
thanks for sharing MS...so many touching dialogues from Lohi there. 'Annie swantham kunjine snehikkunnathu pole Maggiekku enne snehichukoode' by Lal to Sukumari in the climax still brings tears!Quote:
Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas
Dear jinju,
For you with love.
Chritian Brothers [realesing on 18th March?]
http://www.indiancinemagallery.com/Gallery2/d/445401-
http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos...-w1uwtI2EO.jpg
China Town
http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos...H2lRKMtJ64.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._4759876_n.jpg
Casanova
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._2184778_n.jpg
http://malayalammovieworld.com/galle...va_golf_01.jpg
Pranayam
http://i54.tinypic.com/2cp84ma.jpg
[Sorry, Lal's stills have not come out]
You know one thing? Priyadharsan is making a film in Malyalam again with Lal in the lead. Initially it was titled Arabiyum Ottakavum,P.Madhavan nairum with Mukesh playing an important role and the entire shooting is at Abu Dhabi. Now it seems that the tiltle may change to Attaraum Madhavan Nairum. [Here Attar is perfume].
http://i56.tinypic.com/16bavsw.jpg
Regards
Anoop, blow up please.
thanks a lot for the pics MS, appreciate that! i believe Lal's 80 year old look in Pranayam will not be revealed now, that's why only Jaya's and Anupam Kher's and others' pics are out. and Priyadarsan, well, let's talk after the film comes out!
i watched Christian Brothers fdfs yesterday. it's making waves on the collection front and may end up as one of the biggest ever, but except for a smartly dressed up and dapper Supreme Star in a delightful cameo and a couple of hummable numbers from Deepak Dev (picturized and placed poorly), i found nothing interesting. This is more the nonsensical Pokkiriraja than the delightful commercial masala that 20-20 was. I believe this was one of the skeletons written initially for 20-20 by Siby-Uday, no wonder it got rejected!
Jinju,
I saw CB today evening and exactly my thoughts. Sarath got a big response from the crowd. Dileep raised a few laughters but overall felt disappointed. Failed to understand why Lal keeps on faltering with the scripts.
Regards
MS, i don't think anyone signs Sibi-Udayan films after reading the scripts in the first place, coz they don't usually have one:)!!! they do crass masala aimed at the BO, and unfortunately most of them work...gotta grudgingly admit that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas
Finally, got to see Pranchiyettan & The Saint. Thanks a ton to Renjith for reassuring again that good commercial cinema in Malayalam is still alive! This is something that I can watch multiple times...that crazy first half is more than enuff! Though the script seems to wander at places and a bit of illogicality creeps in in the second half, it can be overlooked given the bigger picture that Renjith was trying to convey...richly layered writing!!! On the performance front, Mammookka and Innachan were tops! So reassuring to see that Innocent hasn't lost his touch unlike Jagadeesh, etc. Priyamani was pretty fine in her small part too. Eagerly waiting for Renjith's next, as always.
August 15 - went with a lot of expectations but movie turned out to be just ok or shall I say average? It lacks the thrill and pace that is required of an investigative thriller. SN Swamy has rehashed the original August 1 in all aspects but the original was something different. Mammootty as usual is the saving grace but shouldering the entire responsibilty with a weak script is telling on the screen.
Regards
ThoovanathumbigaL (thanks to compli - first for a bunch of cd's he loaned me)
Very impressive.
But I was severely held back by the lack of subtitles. I could see it was a movie where latching on to the conversation in detail was very important.
Nesst meet paNNuvOm.
Yet again amazed by Mohanlal performance. :bow:
As Vivs. mentioned once, its like he has no idea that there's a camera around !
நான் முன்னமே ஹப்-பில் சொல்லி இருக்கேன் :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Good that I got that CD when family was away for a month. Could enjoy multiple repeats. All three - Lal / Sumalatha / Parvathy were awesome in that film.
Lal is a given. However, Sumalatha - who was never considered any good in TF and was offered mostly so-so movies / roles but had a decent career in MF - was effortless too.
The "அலட்சியம்" exhibited by her was of unusual category...
:D recently youtubed and watched again... Lal rocks as usual in such roles :bow: PR, anga inga dialogue miss pannirundheenganaa refer pannikunga - this one is with english subs - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...C4E802703D26B6Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Murali Sir, thx for the tons of info... looks like Mammookka is for a year of hits and then a year of flops :|
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._4759876_n.jpg
http://malayalammovieworld.com/galle...va_golf_01.jpg
Watched Rafi Mecartin's Chinatown yesterday. a perfect Vishu outing with the family. The 3 best leads that Malayalam cinema has produced in regards to comedy; Lalettan, Dileep, and Jayaram are in full form here, along with Suraj! a no logic, no brainer film, me and my family laughed our butts off. It's been sometime in Malayalam since such a comedy entertainer. Though the pace dips in the second half, overall it is a hilarious outing!
DH, the two Ms as Plum had mentioned somewhere, take turns like the political parties of Kerala in terms of hits and flops!
:lol: yeah... saw Christian brothers - Suresh Gopi was good in his role, not mouthing insane english dialogues and keeping it low. Sarath is so smart in such roles, hope he does a good tamil movie, an investigation office or something ala Kamal's VV.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinju
Lal and Dileep has very little to do - Lal's heroism was a bit jaded, he usually is awesome doing larger than life characters, in this movie he is not even his 50% best. But gotto appreciate the multistarrers whatever be the output.Gotto watch August 15th now - am expecting a worst movie going by reviews :|
Anoop & Jinju,
You are right or shall I say that majority of Ikka Fans were right in predicting the fate of Doubles. Saw it yesterday. A very weak story with poorly written screenplay. [Heard that Sachi & Sethu are a promising pair of script writers but no traces of it here]. Normally a debutant director would try to showcase his first movie with interesting twists and turns but Seenu Sohanlal must be one [out of the innumerable directors that Mammootty has introduced] who has failed to capitalise on the offer. Even Mam who normally try to pep up the proceedings seems to be going through the motions here. Nadia is a pale shadow of herself. Many artists from Tamil Cinema like Y.Gee.M, Suresh and Anandaraj have nothing much to do. Even James Vasanthan who makes his debut in Malayalam is not able to churn out even a decent number.
Hope Mammookka bounces back in the coming months!
Regards
My plan was to catch up with Chinatown on Vishu day and watch this one tomorrow, knowing the history of debutant directors n Mammootty, but reviews all over seem to suggest it's a disaster, so staying away from this. Sachi-Sethu are very good indeed, but have recently been prone to average stuff like Robinhood and now this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Murali Srinivas
ya, lalettan looked bored for most of the film. regarding aug 15, from what i've heard and from the snippets that i've seen on tv, u CAN indeed expect the worst!Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
Doubles bombed, huh?
nothing surprising there AB.Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
:oops: didnt take that risk, started watching Best Actor and about an hour into the movie, not bad so far :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jinju
nalla padamnu kelvippatten. original dvd hasn't been released yet...waiting waiting!Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
lovely song from City of God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMAMd-xtQdo
:ty:Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
Brilliant film.
Highly cud-chewable.
The second time they meet, Clara says she was thinking about how to react if Jayachandran brings up the question of marriage. She says that in 'passive voice'. i.e. 'had the question been raised' (not: had Jayachandran raised the qn).
He counters it with: what if the question had been raised (i.e. what would have been your speculation).
And her response is : the question has not been raised. Has it?
I found that fantastic. There is just no simulating life. No predicting, expecting how people would react, deciding accordingly. Things just happen like rain and you have to bloody go with it. It's not like you have a choice.
You can think as much as you like about how you would react to situations when they crop up. But will you indeed react that way? Can you be sure about that?
If values, beliefs are all supposed to be based on 'how one reacts to situations', then how can one think 'I am like this only' in such a fundamentally uncertain world.
So, later when she says let us not part saying 'we will never meet again', it just strikes as perfectly in line with her wide view of the world.
Perhaps it is the way the language is. But the choice of expression: 'the question has not been raised, has it?' as opposed to 'you have not raised the question again now, have you?' is just brillliant.
Why didn't he ask the question? Because she has 'changed' since we last met him? That's a what a girl like Clara, is well within her rights to think of a man. But then we know that kind of thing won't stop him and we also know Clara isn't someone who would think of Jayachandran to be such a person (what masterly writing for audience to be sure they 'know' a character they've only seen in a handful of scene). So she is not being hurtful, at the max. only playful with him.
Then she goes on to say how it is only the lucky girls who give and receive first love. She is not being self-deprecatory or being falsely soft towards Radha. Her observations are all sincerety. And a quasi-maternal concern for a 'simple girl' is unmissable.
You have to sit back and see how WTF the reactions of Radha to Jayachandran's revelations are. But it is not. And it is shone to be highly- pardon the word- believable and heartwarming.
I am guessing: monE, thadi condractorE nee yaaraa(m)? would be a cult dialogue in Kerala.
Perhaps it is quite chauvinistic in its 'I am a man of many parts and would appreciate someone who can understand that'. I liked it all the same.
Beautiful.
P_R,
What's your take on the "now-Mrs Ambarish"?
(Exclude the few seconds in the tribal outfit but the overall 'alatchiyam' thingy)
TD DASAN STANDARD VI B - malayalam.
It is a neat movie without unwarranted emblishments and noises.
a school boy lives in a village near Palakkad writes a letter to his dad, who left him & his mom.
The letter reaches to the B'lore address but the house has new residents now.
The residents are urban folks.
Resident's daughter started to reply to the rural boy for his letters as his father meanwhile her father, ad film maker thinks the boy's situation a good film material. Meanwhile, the girl's mama found out about the girl's letter activities. Boy's mom too found the letters and whacked the kid.
What happens next?
Watch the charming, poetic movie.
All the characters are very well carved, they have delivered naturally.
Loved the youngsters including the bully boy, wonderful.
nice cinematography.
emotional and feel good at the end.
folk composition is sweet, enjoyed the picturisation.
Venchaamarakkaate sancharipoonkatte.......
Vinatha.
:clap: :clap: best movie of 2010 in malayalam cinema by a gargantuan mile...a throwback to the golden era of malayalam films. wonder where u got to watch it, coz it was chucked out from theaters in less than 2 weeks:roll:!Quote:
Originally Posted by baroque