Which Malayalam film did you watch recently ?

[jinju]

Who won the award then?

mammootty...no qualms about it coz that was a fabulous performance as ahmed haji in paleri manikyam...but any yardstick one uses to compare it with the bhramaram perfo and pick one over the other is injustice!

bhramaram is a national award contender perfo, if not winning, atleast deserves to be second best which i think is where it will end up, coz the northies will prefer Paa over this n give it to AB, just like they overlooked tanmatra for Black in the final round! i don't know if there are any arthouse performances that is above bhramaram in 2009, but if Paa perfo is what wins it, i'l b depressed again and boycott national awards which of course has become a joke of late, but still....

[ajaybaskar]

I have a gut feel that Paa won't make it.. AB has given much better performances than Paa. For me, Paa was a joke nevertheless..

[ajaybaskar]

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[jinju]

I have a gut feel that Paa won't make it.. AB has given much better performances than Paa. For me, Paa was a joke nevertheless..

yenga, hum tum-kku saif alikku kuduthrukkaanga...appuram enna Paa joke aavudhu coke aavudhu northie mafiakku...evvlo panrom, idha pannamaattoma!

[raghavendran]

I have a gut feel that Paa won't make it.. AB has given much better performances than Paa. For me, Paa was a joke nevertheless..

yenga, hum tum-kku saif alikku kuduthrukkaanga...appuram enna Paa joke aavudhu coke aavudhu northie mafiakku...evvlo panrom, idha pannamaattoma!

paa...shabbaaa.....amitabh pls..vitrunge

[jinju]

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[Plum]

I have a gut feel that Paa won't make it.. AB has given much better performances than Paa. For me, Paa was a joke nevertheless..

yenga, hum tum-kku saif alikku kuduthrukkaanga...appuram enna Paa joke aavudhu coke aavudhu northie mafiakku...evvlo panrom, idha pannamaattoma!

porumai porumai. evanaavadhu bachchan hater jury chairmanA vandhA? Congressku vEra BachchannA aagadhu. ipdillAm dhAn nAn ennaiyE thEthikitturukkEn

[jinju]

I have a gut feel that Paa won't make it.. AB has given much better performances than Paa. For me, Paa was a joke nevertheless..

yenga, hum tum-kku saif alikku kuduthrukkaanga...appuram enna Paa joke aavudhu coke aavudhu northie mafiakku...evvlo panrom, idha pannamaattoma!

porumai porumai. evanaavadhu bachchan hater jury chairmanA vandhA? Congressku vEra BachchannA aagadhu. ipdillAm dhAn nAn ennaiyE thEthikitturukkEn

yes plum thats the hope many of us lal fans r actually riding on...the government! but there cud always be other deserving perfos which we don't know about....hmm, poruthirunthu paarppom!

[ajaybaskar]

Pokkiri Raja..

Went to the theatre after reading Jinju's review. My expectation level was at rock bottom. I just wanted to wile away the time for 3 hours and opted for PR since it was running in a theatre near my house.

This film is more like Rajamanikyam. Replace Bellari Raja with Madurai Raja, Rahman with Prithviraj, South Travancore malayalam with 'dabba' english and you get Pokkiri Raja. Every scene of the movie was predictable as I have been following tamil cinema for 25 odd years.. But I have to admit that the mallu crowd in the theatre enjoyed the movie a lot and I could sense that the movie is churning out to be a superhit/blockbuster. Its running to full house in chennai and that's a good sign irrespective of the standard of the film.

Mammooty as Madurai Raja was worth watching. His charisma saves the second half of the film with the first half saved by Suraj Venjaramoodu and Salimkumar. The second half was a bit lenghty. An intelligent editor could'Ve been opted when it is one of the most anticipated projects of the year.

Just go to the theatre, leaving your brains at home. You'l definitely have a fun ride. Unadulterated mass masala!

[raghavendran]

prithvi malayalam industryukku oru slow death irukkunnu feel panraru...no young gud directors,scriptwriters it seems