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Movie :Anwar
Director :Amal Neerad
Music :Gopi Sundar
Cast :Prithviraj, Mamta, Prakash Raj, Lal


Director Amal Neerad’s Anwar is an engaging film that makes a definite impact on the viewer. With its technical brilliance, brisk pace, good music and some fine performances, it is capable enough to take you to a different world. It may be far from perfect especially with a rather average script but such things barely come to your mind while watching it.
It is perhaps difficult to explain the storyline, without giving away too much about the film or its suspense. Anwar (Prithviraj) is a hot blooded youth who falls pretty easily into the charming theories of Babu Sait (Lal), a rich man who finds it quite normal to help the terrorists, in the name of religion.

The two meet in jail and soon Anwar becomes his trusted henchman, as Babu Sait plans to conduct several terrorist attacks and bomb blasts. All along, the brilliant anti-terrorist cop Stalin Manimaran (Prakash Raj) is in pursuit of the criminals. Mamta Mohandas plays Ayesha, who is nabbed the police, after they find certain aspects that links her to a bomb blast.

Amal Neerad, who had depended only on technical wizardry for his earlier films like Big B and Sagar Alias Jackie- Reloaded, has come up with a decent storyline here. Of course, the inspiration from Jeffrey Nachmanoff’s Traitor is evident at times. Satheesh Kurup’s visuals and Gopi Sundar’s music are among the highlights of the film.

Prithviraj, who looks really handsome, has done a brilliant job as Anwar. He has long been acknowledged as the next best thing of Malayalam cinema and he shows why such assumptions are relevant. Prakash Raj and Lal may not have too many scenes but the actors have shown their credentials in an excellent way even then. Mamta mainly has to look beautiful and that, she does in style. The rest of the cast have also performed quite well.

With some fine moments, Anwar qualifies as an engrossing entertainer. It may be far from being perfect with too many ‘cinematic liberties’ to boost the hero and things could have been better with a tighter script. But even in the current form, the movie succeeds in shaking the viewer up with its merits. Watch this one!

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Movie : Ring Tone
Director : Ajmal
Music : Shaan
Cast : Suresh Gopi, Bala, Megha Nair

Listen to the ridiculous lyrics and music of the song “Pathalle, pathalle nee ennum aapathalle…” and you will know what to expect from director Ajmal's Ring Tone!
Sadly, things turn out to be even worse and in plain words, the film is nothing less than an insult to the viewers. With no worthy script and amateurish direction, the only surprise here is on how those involved managed to convince others to go ahead and make a film like this.

It is actually a painful thing to remember the exact storyline, as none of those behind its making seems to have a clue about that as well. Even the relevance of the title is never explained but no one is going to bother about all these after two hours of excruciating experience, watching this one.

Krishna (Bala) flees from the cops after he inadvertently becomes involved in a bomb blast at a hospital. After certain unbelievable incidents, he finds refuge in the home of the virtuous Thampuran (Rajan P Dev), a rich man living in a sleepy village near Tamil Nadu.

Believe it or not, there is a girl named Meera (Megha Nair) who lands up at the same place and everyone thinks that the two are love birds. Quite obviously this starts the song ‘n’ dance routines as well. If you are interested still, there is a Naxalite angle to the story and a super-cop, Nainan Koshy (Suresh Gopi) makes his entry soon.

It's not just the script or direction that is faulty here, the production quality is tacky as well. The visuals look ordinary and less said about the music, the better. The sets look ordinary and the thrills lack any fizz.

Suresh Gopi tries in vain to look like some of his high voltage characters from the past as a cop and try to mimic some of those styles. Both Bala and Megha Nair seem to have been competing with each other to come up with the worst performance. (Of course, they will share the prize as it is difficult to decide who the winner is). The rest of the cast, including Rajan P Dev, Sai Kumar, Anoop Chandran and Zeenath among others have only limited roles to play.

After watching the film, the first thing that would be in the viewer's mind is on why someone should produce this crap? Other than wasting money and time, films like these serves no particular purpose. Take a walk, have some nice food, watch a nice movie on DVD, just doze off or if you are too particular, go for this movie, but at your own risk only!

Malayalam - Twenty 20 - Review

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Imagine casting all the important stars in a language for a single film and giving equal importance to all the superstars!! It is indeed a mammoth task which has been carried out very well by the makers of Twenty:20. The huge effort taken by all the cast and crew in the Malayalam film industry has resulted in a racy, thrilling and amazingly well-made film. The first round of applause should be given to the writers who have taken script-writing to a new level by providing us a 3 hour film without a single dull moment. In fact, all the areas of film-making in Twenty:20 excel with superb action, songs and suspense.

The plot, interestingly, comes in layers. There are stories inside the story and it seems there is a twist in every scene. The suspense slowly builds up, ending in an explosive climax which will leave the audience in ecstasy.



It is Vishu and like every nostalgic Malayalee, Retired Justice Viswanathan Menon (Madhu) returns home with his wife ( Kaviyoor Ponnamma) to his splendid ancestral home in Kerala to celebrate the event with his children (Siddique and Vijayaraghavan). In the beginning itself, there is rib-tickling comedy involving Innocent, who acts as the caretaker of the house and some thieves (played by Cochin Haneefa, Harisri Asokan, Kochu Preman and Kalpana) who break into the house creating mayhem.

The joyful atmosphere soon turns gloomy as Viswanathan's son Arun (Indrajith), a medical student in Bangalore, is taken into police custody by the cunning Police Commissioner Antony Punnakkadan (Suresh Gopi). His alleged crime? Murdering a fellow student! A brilliant lawyer Ramesan Nambiar (Mammootty) arrives on the scene to rescue him out. Vinod Bhaskar (Jayaram), professor of the medical college, who wants to testify in Arun's favour, is kidnapped by a thug Karinkal Pappachan (Kalabhavan Mani); adding to the misery, mayhem and mystery, Arun too gets killed. Antony Punnakkadan arrests Devan (Mohanlal) in connection with Arun's murder, but Devan turns out to be a poor trader whose presence at the murder spot was a mere coincidence.

Devan's sister (Kavya Madhavan) and mother (Sukumari) arrive and declare that Devan is innocent and that he is being framed by Punnakkadan. They urge Ramesan Nambiar to take up Devan's case. Ramesan, heeding his dear wife's advice, argues in court for Devan, eventually setting him free. Now comes the real twist. Devan is actually an underworld don Devaraja Pratap Varma, who is after Ramesan to extract his revenge for the death of his brother Karthi (Dileep). The film goes into flashback mode, becoming the backbone of the story, and revealing some startling truths. All this winds up in the big climax with all the hullabaloo ending in a shootout.

Mammootty and Mohanlal fans can finally relax; the film gives equal importance to both of them and they are superb as usual. Other movies in which Mammootty played a lawyer have proved that it is the most suitable role for him; in Twenty:20, his excellent performance confirms this. Mohanlal as Devan is outstanding with the right mannerisms and style. Suresh Gopi is amazing in his typical police role. This actor is born to play a policeman!! Dileep appearing in a short role has an impeccable sense of timing. The comedy band led by Innocent and Jagathy are at their wittiest here. Director Joshy and script writers Sibi K. Thomas and Udayakrishnan have done the impossible and created history, not to mention the crew, which consists of all the brilliant brains in the Malayalam film industry. Like Prithviraj, some of the actors have miniscule roles; Jayasurya appears only in a song with Nayantara. The three songs composed by Suresh Peters are peppy.

Twenty:20 is a tribute to Malayalam cinema for its years of creating excellent films and the money it raises will be spent on a good cause. So, the last word is: Twenty:20 is awesome and those who miss it miss the chance to watch the entire Malayalam film industry coming together on a single platform to provide the most wholesome entertainment it has ever produced.

Director Joshy
Producer Dileep on behalf of AMMA
Music Suresh Peters
Cast All Malayalam actors


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Malayalam Film Review - Thalappavu

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Movie
Thalappavu
Director
Madhupal
Music
Alex Paul
Cast
Prithviraj, Lal, Rohini, Atul Kulkarni


Thalappavu marks the debut of actor Madhupal, as a director. Though the disclaimer announcing no resemblance of the film's characters to any person living or dead is shown when titles go up, the story has obviously been inspired by newspaper reports of the killing of Naxalite leader Varghese in the early 70’s. The news had created quite a storm some time back after an ageing cop confessed that he fired at the leader, as per the instructions of some higher officials.

The story of Thalappavu is about the anguish that Police Constable Ravindran Pillai (Lal) goes through after he confesses about the incident, more than 30 years after he shot dead Naxalite leader Joseph (Prithviraj). Perhaps the happenings in the cop's life that are shown in the film have been added by the script writer from his own imagination but that remain the weak link in the story.

Also, the director seems to be rather confused about the focus of the movie- the naxalite movement of the 70’s or the anguish and the prick of conscience of a cop. Madhupal in his labored way, discuss their lives on a one-after-the-other basis. This really hampers the impact that the story creates on the viewer's mind.

The thoughts of Joseph killing continue to haunt the distraught constable for the rest of his life. In a fit of despair, he hits the bottle and his wife Karthyani (Rohini) leaves him when she is made to believe that her husband is having an affair with his childhood sweetheart.

For the most part of his life, Ravindran Pillai keeps his woes close to his heart and never discloses his feelings to anyone else. It is surprising as well, as his wife was quite an understanding lady, even gracefully accepting her husband's past romance, before their marriage.

The story is essentially about Lal's character and he delivers an impressive performance. Prithviraj is good in his mannerisms and style as Naxalite Joseph, but he barely looks like the sort who has walked through the rough terrains in forests of Wyanad with minimal comforts. It is quite surprising that an actor of Atul Kulkarni's potential has been limited to the rather clichéd role of a wicked landlord, the epitome of all vices, in a couple of scenes.

Thalappavu is not a bad film by any means, but would have perhaps been more effective if it had succeeded in taking the angst in the mind of the hapless constable to the viewer. But the film fails to a great extent in doing that and gives the feeling to the viewer at times that he is overplaying it. Still, the originality of the basic theme, Azhagappan's breathtaking visuals and some nice moments makes the film watchable




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Tamil Cinema Reviews - Sandai

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Sandai


Watching this total masala film is like eating a hearty meal.



A millionairess based in Bangkok, Nadia wants to marry off her daughter to a country bumpkin. So, she and her daughter travel to her native village.



Nadia's elder brother creates problems for her plan to get a groom from the village. For their protection, they employ a rowdy, Sundar C. A groom is finalised and marriage arrangements are made. But the groom's family suddenly back out of the marriage. Sundar C is a loyal employee and Nadia decides to make him her son-in-law.



After the marriage, Nadia preens to her brother that despite his opposition, she had managed to get her daughter married off to a local guy. In return, he shocks her by revealing that the groom is none other than his own son!



Now, Nadia is against her daughter living with Sundar C and he in turn challenges that he will definitely do so. In this ego tussle, it's a known fact that Sundar C will eventually triumph.




This is a typical 'maappillai' type masala film story but director Shakti Chidambaram has given it an exciting flavour.





In a formula film of action combined with comedy, action combined with sentiment, Sundar C is most suitable for his role. But he messes up things in the dance duets despite the dance master's diligent tutoring.



Nadia is still so gorgeous that she could still well play the heroine to many a young hero. She delivers a great piece of acting with her vampish attempts to separate her daughter and son-in-law. But it's taking things too far to try to kill with a bomb.



Nadia's daughter is supposed to be the heroine. The best part is there is no beauty, acting or glamour to save her.



After a long time, Vivek's comedy is impressive. His pranks with a sangam are atrocious.



As the karagattam Chinnakilli, Namitha has all that it takes. As Nadia's Collector husband, Napoleon makes an impact in the few scenes that he appears.



One cannot laud music, cinematography and other elements of the film.



'Sandai' can recover its investment.

Malayalam Cinema Kichamani MBA

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Kichamani MBA

Cast - - Suresh Gopi, Navya Nair, Jayasurya, Biju Menon and others


Director - - Samad Mankada


The Producer - - Hill Top Salim





Music - Alex paul


After beating up corrupt politicians and police officers and just about everybody else, Suresh Gopi decided to try his hand at comedy. Unfortunately, we think we like him better when he goes about mouthing loud dialogues. Samad Mankada makes his debut as a director with this film.


When you watch it, you get a feeling that he could have chosen a better story to make his debut with. Suresh Gopi was going through a series of mixed results at the box office thanks to some average performers at the box office. So, he was looking for something new. He didn't pick up a good option either.


Here is the story.


Suresh Gopi is Kichamani, an orphan who is brought up by a tea-shop owner. He grows up right next to an important checkpost and gets to watch corruption in all its forms from very close quarters and it therefore doesn't come as a surprise that he grows up as a very smart man who knows how to handle the system. He could get anything done provided the client is willing to pay.


He is known as Kichamani MBA (the MBA here stands for Member of Bachelor Association). The association soon becomes a parallel powerhouse of sorts, much to the anger and annoyance of local politician Devanarayanan, played by Biju Menon.


Into the volatile scene arrives a documentary filmmaker named Shivani of course, the heroine, Navya Nair). This time around too, we have a chief minister, the Munnar problem, corruption, politicians who are more than willing to betray their leader and a punchline- he ends each sentence with "Narayana!" For some reason, he also has a very funny gait.


For the first fifteen minutes, the film actually sounds very interesting. Soon afterwards, it starts to falter. But, by the time the first half ends, you wonder why you're still watching it.

Malayalam Cinema - Review - Of The People

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Jayaraj has lost his magic touch to make movies with new themes and fresh innovative ideas. He still cannot get out of the web cast by his first people movie 4 the people, as his last in the trilogy Of the people is a boring flick which is also technically tacky.
. Storywise, it’s old wine in new bottle. This film begins where 4 the people ended. Three of the four vigilantes – Easwar Iyer (Arjun) Shafique (Padmakumar) and Sebastin (Arun) come out of jail after serving their sentences, but are shunned by the society and students. Being influenced by Che Guevara, they go to the forests to fight a guerilla style war through their laptop as they have like in the original created a website where they take complaints from harassed people and annihilate baddies dressed like Che Guevara!

A journalist Nancy Issac (Devipriya) interviews them and they become top on the watch list of Hari Shankar (Harish), the new IPS officer looking after the case. The big bad guy is Nassar (Anoop), the land mafia leader who starts targeting our guys. Nancy is murdered leading to a long drawn out predictable climax.

There is no iota of originality in the film. And the songs which were the highlight in the original is let down, with no hummable number. In short Of the people is a documentary on Kerala politics or what appeared in the media like the eviction drive in Munnar, the land mafia of Kochi, police-underworld nexus, campus unrest and other happenings.

Our advice to Jayaraj- "Stop the people series and vigilante stories full of music video style songs which look like an ad for Kerala tourism". Please find a good script before embarking on your next venture.

Verdict- Disappointing

Malayalam Cinema - Review - Calcutta News

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Movie
Calcutta News

Director
Blessy

Producer
Thampi Antony

Music
Debjyothi Mishra

Cast
Dileep, Meera Jasmine, VImala Raman


Blessy the pathbreaking director in modern Malayalam cinema has come out with his fourth film in six years, Calcutta News which is as good as his previous oeuvres. The writer and director this time holds a mirror to metropolitan India's ugly underbelly of trafficking in women and how a middle class girl from Kerala gets caught in it.
It is riveting cinema and exhibits emotional depth and visual richness aided by lovely music, razor sharp script, superb camera, slick editing and above all knock-out performances from the lovable lead of Dileep and Meera. Blessy is able to bring savvy freshness to form hitherto unexplored. The story and settings are entirely different from the earlier films of the director which were basically family stories set in lower middleclass milieu in Kerala. Here it is a love story set against a big city like Kolkata and the plot unfolds like a thriller and has to be appreciated for tackling a relevant theme with a sensitive portrayal.


`Calcutta News`is technically my best film': Blessy

Ajit Thomas (Dileep) is an acclaimed investigative television anchor and producer with a leading channel 'Calcutta News', and is the son of a former footballer who grew up in Kolkata. His team at the channel includes news assistant Smita (Vimala Raman), and anchors Aruna (Manasa) and Sheela (Brinda). Ajit is a lovable guy who lives in a flat with his mom and sister and is active member of the Malayalee Samajam led by a comical president (Innocent) and his wife ( Bindu Panickkar) One day Ajit bumps into a newly married Malayalee couple while on work in a tram, but the guy is hostile when he tries to introduce himself as a Mallu! However, while editing the news, he is shocked to find that an unidentified body found near Kalighat resembles the rude guy he met in the tram.

Ajit's investigative nature comes into the fore as he goes about finding the mystery behind the brutal murder of the guy. The guy was Hari (Indrajith), who had married an orphan Krishnapriya (Meera Jasmine) from Pattambi and brought her to Kolkata, before his brutal murder. Krishnapriya is unaware of her husband's job or what he does for a living and is shattered to know about his death. However hope floats into her life after Ajit sort of becomes her protector and also gets attracted to her for her innocence and their mutual love for music.

Meanwhile Ajit finds that there is something rotten and discovers that Hari was one of the henchman in a sex racket that traps innocent girls and sells them to a one-arm bearded guy (Kathal Krishnamoorthy) who operates from Sonagachi, the largest red-light area in eastern India! Ajit along with his friends try to unravel the sex racket using their television channel, which leads to the bearded guy kidnapping Krishnapriya and taking her to his den in Songachi! Can Ajit in hot pursuit get through the maze of nightmarish and confusing alleys and by-lanes of Songachi to reach his lady love?

The film makes a strong statement against the trafficking of women and sex trade in big cities which are dependent on the gullible girls from villages across India including Kerala who are lured into it by middle men who con them into marriage. Blessy has a solid straightforward plot with an emotional core that pulls your heart strings like his previous films. Blessy has told it in a realistic manner through the eyes of his protagonist Ajit Thomas an ordinary journalist with guts and determination.

You cannot take your eyes off Ajit Thomas, played brilliantly by Dileep with a new hair style, glasses and looking every inch a television reporter who is expressive and riveting. The director has fleshed out his protagonist background adequately explaining his reason for falling in love with a country girl and making it believable. Meera is splendid pitching her act just right and portrays Krishnapriya's strength and vulnerability beautifully. Indrajith has the right look and menace required for his character,Thambi Antony as doctor is impressive, Vimala is wasted while Krishnamoorthy creates fear as the sex trader.

Technically it is Blessy's best film. The veteran cameraman S.Kumar has been able to capture the grimness of Songachi and its myriad alleys and the majesty of old Kolkatta its trams, Howrah Bridge, Kalighat, Oberoi Grand and its elegance amazingly. Count among other plus points Vijay Shankar's fast cuts, Ranjit Ambadi's make-up especially of Dileep and Manu Jagadh's art work and choice of locations essential for the story.

And the biggest factor working for the film is the music of Debojyoti Mishra, based on classical forms and definitely there is a Bengali feel to it which Kerala listeners love (Remember Salil Chowdhary influence in Malayalam film songs of the 70's and 80's). Music is part of the film as they are married to the visuals by the lyrics of Vaylar Sarathchandra Varma with the melodious - Engino Vanna Panchavarnakili…. and the peppy Kannadi Kootile Kowmara Thumbi…. being the pick of the lot. The background score of Ouseappachan adds to the rich fare which makes the film gel.

Calcutta News is a vital, sardonic and disturbingly brave attempt within the commercial film format at good meaningful cinema that also entertains. Great going Blessy!

Verdict: Very Good

Malayalam - Parthan Kanta Paralokam progressing fast

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The shooting of filmmaker Anil’s upcoming film, Partha Kanta Paralokam, which began in the second week of December, is progressing fast in and around Palakkad. The movie, starring Jayaram and Mukesh in the lead and scripted by Rajan Kiriyat, focuses on the relationship between two men, played by Jayaram and Mukesh.

The movie also casts Sreedevika, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kalabhavan Mani, Kottyam Naseer, Salim Kumar and Sobha Mohan, and is slated for Vishu release. Jayaram and Mukesh are teaming for a film after a long gap; they were last seen together in the comedy film, Friends.

Malayalam Movie - FLASH

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Cast: Mohanlal, Jagathy, Nedumudi Venu, Shamna Kasim, Siddhique, Indrajith, Saikumar, Sureshkrisna, Suraj Venjaaramodu, Ponvannan.

Direction: Sibi Malayil.

Music: Gopi Sunder.




In this film Mohanlal is Mithun Madhavan, a Mumbai based Information technology industrialist.

Priyan, a software engineer, is the favorite staff of Mithun Madhavan, who is in love with his uncle's daughter Dhwani.

Dhwani, on the other hand, born and brought up in Chennai, is a stubborn girl who won’t care for anything.


She knows little about the culture, traditions and even her relatives in Kerala. She being the sole heir of Kalarithodi Tharavaadu, is brought to her ancestral home, when her mother dies of cancer.

Her grandfather, who is only person left in the Tharavadu, cares very much for her and asks her to be with him in Kerala for the time being.

After some problems in her life, that is becoming grave day after day, It is at this juncture that Mithun comes into her life, on a vacation visit to Kerala.

He was introduced to Dhwani by his sister who is a close friend of her, following which everything changes in both of their lives.

Flash have Mohanlal as Mithun Madhavan while notebook fame Parvathy is Dhwany.

Jagathy Sreekumar plays a major role in the film as Mithun's close friend called Idea Sasi, because he is all the time coming up with ideas, all of which are impractical.

Tamil actor Ponvannan also plays a meaty role in the film. The others in the cast include Shamna Kasim, Siddhique, Indrajith, Saikumar, Sureshkrisna and Suraj Venjaaramodu.

It is not a matter of debate to acknowledge that it was the team of Mohanlal, and Sibi Malayil who created the best of the plots and films in Malayalam in the last decade.

Films like Kireedom, Sadhayam, Chenkol, Maayamayooram, Dhanam , Bharatham, Kamaladalam, His Highness Abdulla and Dasaratham - all by the duo are rated as the best that was witnessed in the nineties.

They did the last film together way back in 2000 title 'Devadhoodhan' which met with dismal results in the box office.

Now after seven years, the duo are coming together to create another great work in the new film ‘Flash’.

Flash scripted by journalist S Bhasurachandran is tipped as a psychological suspense thriller.

Malayalam Movie - KANGARU

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Director: Raj Babu
Producer: Cecily Biju.

Cast: Prithviraj, Jayasurya,Kavya Madhavan, Kavery, Lalu Alex, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim Kumar,
Harisree Ashokan, KPAC Lalitha, Sukumari, Kala Ranjini, Indrans,Kalabhavan Sujosh, Helen.

Music: Saji Ram.
Lyrics: Biju Kaipparedan.

In this movie, Prithviraj is Josekutty,
an educated youth, hailing from the
famous Palakunnil tharavaadu.


But as the present economic
situation of this tharavadu was
quite pathetic, and Josekutty
being the only person who has
to look after all the affairs of
the ancestral tharavadu,

he decides to become an auto
rickshaw driver, rather than
to wait for a white collar job.



josekutty has two sisters,
his mother and a little insane
elder brother who are depending
on his income.


At present he is facing two grave problems that he has to find a way out.


One being his elder sister’s husband,a staff of electricity board, who is quarrelling all the day to pay him back the money that he had spend earlier on the family.

More over , Josekutty has to marry off his younger sister Susanna, for which he needed a lump sum.


So there was no other option left for Josekutty, than to be in the race for a living in an auto rickshaw.



It was at this junction, that Circumstances forced Josekutty to take care of an year old child.


He than becomes the father and mother of the child, taking it with him all around in his auto, just like a kangaroo takes the child in his pocket.

The film’s story is narrated in the backdrop of interesting ceremonies and rituals of knanaya sabha, to which our prime characters belong to.

Jayasuriya appear in an important role of Monichan in this film, while Kavya Madhavan appears as the heroine Nancy.

Actress Kavery also makes a comeback as Nancy's sister Jancy through the film.

The film also features a bunch of comedy artists from the industry like Jagathy Sreekumar, Harishree Ashokan, Bindu Panikkar, K P A C Lalitha, Lalu Alex and Salimkumar.

Produced in the banner of Isabella movie tone by Sisily Buiju Kaiparoden, the film is based on a story by Anilraj.

Scripted by J Pallassery, the film is cinematographed by Saloo George. ‘Kangaru' also introduces a new name in music direction - Saji Ram.

The film which was shot in and around Eerattupetta, is distributed by Lal release.

Malayalam Film Review - NOVEL

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Cast: Jayaram, Sada, Jagathy, Nedumudi Venu, Sarika

Direction: East Coast Vijayan.

Music: M.Jayachandran , Bala Bhaskar.


In this film,Jayaram is Sethunath - a successful businessman and writer.
Sethu is presently on the limelight following his new book 'Swantham' which has earned a lot of

international awards and appreciations from masses and critics alike.

Even as he is surrounded by journalists who are to seek the details about the backdrops and storyline
of the novel, Sethu prefers to keep silent.

As he never believed in these kind of ceremonial promotions, he restrained
even from attending functions that were organized to congratulate him.

After long persuasions, Sethu accepts to be on a celebration organized at an orphanage, only due to the fact that he was also the product of this same orphan’s asylum.

And here, he turns nostalgic and starts speaking up about the creative urge that forced him to write such a rewarding novelettes.

Very soon, the audience comes to know that through the novel he was narrating his own love story, that too with a playback singer Priyanandini (Sada) who starts falling slowly in love with Sethunath when she comes to do a jingle for one of his products.


Her beautiful voice enchants Sethu and she is appointed for singing for his company.

Amidst one of her singing assignments, she accidentally finds a few scribbled papers bunch and on finding that they were novels written by her boss, she sends them for publication.

The film goes on to narrate how the theme of the novel intermingles with the life of the novelist, to provide an enchanting work to literature, and how this presentations changes the life of its creater.

''The film is for those people who still keep a love in a corner of their hearts'', says the director East Coast Vijayan.


Jayaram appears in the movie as Sethunath while Sada debuts playing Priya Nandhini.

In able support in the other casts are Jagathy, Saju Kodiyan, Devan, Saiju, Ganesh, Anoop Shivasevan, Indrans, Jagannatha Varma, Anitha Surendran, Sharika, and Lakshmi Ramakrishanan.

The screenplay and dialogues of the film are by Ashok Sasi while Azhagappan who was behind last years notable films is back, wielding the camera for the film .


The other high lights of the film is the six songs, set to music by M Jayachandran and Umbayee, of which five are rendered by 'Ganagandharvan' K J Yesudas.

The film which was mostly shot in and around the capital city also have a few scenes shot at Kuala Lumpur including the climax song.


More over this film is the launch vehicle of popular organizer of stage shows and album maker, East Coast Vijayan, into films.

The movie is produced, written and directed by him in his own banner.

Moreover, Sada, of Jayam and more famous through ‘Anniyan’, is making her foray into Mollywood cinema through 'Novel'.

As much of our actresses are hardly finding time to be with other South Indian ventures, Sada is quite a different attempt and she expressed much of her satisfaction working with the crew and looks forward to secure a prominent place in Malayalam cinema.

Malayalam Movie - Romeo

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Cast: Dileep, Samvrutha, Vimala Raman, Shruthilakshmi, Riza Bava, Sooraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Bheeman Reghu, Mallika Sukumaran, Cochin Haneefa, Ashokan, T.P. Madhavan, Madhu Warrier
Producer: Rafi, Mecartin
Director: Rajasenan
Music Director: Alex Paul
Cinematography: K.P. Nambiathiri
Editor: Raja Mohamed
Art: Boban
Lyricist: Vyalar Sharad Chandra Varma
Screenplay: Rafi, Mecartin




Romeo is the first Christmas offering for Malayalam cine buffs. Directed by Rajasenan, it's a family entertainer, with lots of hilarious sequences produced by veteran writers Rafi and Mecartin. The last Rajasenan comedy film with a script penned by Rafi and Mecartin was Anniyan Bava Chetan Bava.

Romeo revolves around a male nurse romantically involved with several women, leading to complex situations.

Manu, son of junior artist Ratheesh Kumar (Cochin Haneefa) and former singer Lakshmikutty Amma (Mallika Sukumaran), works as a male nurse in a very big hospital. Manu is a cool, friendly guy who falls for every girl he meets. Manu and Dr. Priya (Vimala Raman) are close friends since childhood. Priya is in love with Manu but does not express her love.

Manu, on the other hand, is in love with Leena (Samvrutha), a singer contesting in a TV reality show where Manu's mother is one of the judges. Manu tries to help Leena win the contest by requesting everyone to vote for her. Leena's father, rich businessman Avarachan (Bheeman Reghu), bribes Ratheesh Kumar to make Leena win the contest. However, despite everyone's efforts, Leena fails to win the competition.

Manu and his friend Prasanth (Sooraj Venjaramoodu) hatch a plan to console the aggravated Avarachan and convince him to get his daughter married to Manu. Avarachan agrees to the proposal on the condition that Manu gets converted to Christianity. Manu thus gets converted to Christianity and is now named Manuel. But to everyone's dismay, Leena now refuses to marry Manu. This creates more trouble for Manu, who has already lost his job due to his conversion.

Manu's friend Prasanth helps him find a job as a home nurse to take care of an insane person named Ramanathan (Riza Bava) in a Brahmin agraharam. For this new job, Manu pretends to be a Brahmin and introduces himself as Subramani. Manu meets a Brahmin girl, Bhama (Sruthilakshmi) who sings bhajans in temples. Love blossoms between Subramani and Bhama as she finds him to be a good man, quite different from the drunkard (Ashokan) who wants to marry her. But when the community learns that Manu is actually a Christian, Manu finds himself in more big trouble and runs away from the agraharam.

Priya helps Manu at this stage; he now realizes that she is in love with him. Priya convinces her father, retired CBI officer Raghava Menon, to get her married with Manu. Leena decides to marry Manu, as she does not like the person approved by her father. Meantime, Bhama has been thrown out of her house. Along with her friends, she wanders around in search of Manu to marry him. Whom does Manu finally marry?

Dileep has given a superb performance as Manu. Samvrutha does a wonderful job. Vimala Raman is good as Priya. Newcomer Sruthilakshmi is ok. Other supporting cast (Riza Bava, Sooraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Bheeman Reghu, Mallika Sukumaran, Cochin Haneefa and Ashokan) add to the comic elements of the film.

Alex Paul and Vyalar Sarath Chandra Varma together provide some very good songs. The song 'Killichundan mavvil thanupu ulla thanalil' is excellent. The movie begins well with several funny scenes to keep you entertained, but the second half gets boring at times and moves at a slow pace.

An average comic entertainer targeted at family audiences.

Malayalam Movie - Katha Parayumbol

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Cast: Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Meena, Mukhes, Jagadish, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Innocent, Salim Kumar, KPAC Lalitha
Producer: Mukesh, Sreenivasan
Director: M. Mohanan
Music Director: M. Jayachandran
Cinematography: P. Sukumar
Editor: Ranjan Abraham
Art: Gokuldas
Lyricist: Anil Panachooran, Gireesh Puthencherry
Screenplay: Sreenivasan



Katha Parayumbol is the best film released this Christmas. Written by Sreenivasan, directed by debutante M. Mohanan and co-produced by Mukesh and Sreenivasan, the movie is based on the simple story of a poor barber, narrated in a beautiful manner.

Sreenivasan is known for his decent performances and the different characters he plays in his films. In his last movie, Arabikatha, he excelled in the role of a diehard communist; in Katha Parayumbol, he steals the show as a barber.

Balan is a poor barber, who stays with his family - his wife, Sridevi (Meena), two daughters and a son in Melekavu village. Balan finds it very difficult to maintain his family with the meagre amount he earns from his old saloon. To make the situation worse, a new modern saloon is opened by Sarasaran (Jagadish) in the village. Balan leads an honest life and is reluctant to give bribes to obtain a loan for renovating and refurbishing his dilapidated saloon. He becomes a subject of mockery for the villagers as he refuses to adopt the wrong path for improving his standard of life. Sridevi finds it hard making ends meet and the children are in a stage of being thrown out of the school due to non-payment of fees.

The movie is set in the background of a village, with several interesting characters including a cruel money lender Eeppachan(Innocent), a tea shop owner (Mamukoya), a amateur poet Das Vadakemuri (Salim Kumar), a school principal (KPAC Lalitha) and a college professor Venu (Mukesh).

Things begin to change suddenly when superstar Ashok Raj comes to the village for the shooting of his film, Pakshikal Parakate. The news of Ashok Raj being a friend of Balan spreads like rapid fire. Enemies now turn friends! Those who used to make fun of Balan start respecting him and come seeking his help so that they could get closer to Ashok Raj. Poet Das Vadakemuri writes a poem praising Balan. However, Balan hesitates to meet his old friend with the fear that Ashok Raj may have forgotten him. Will Balan meet Ashok Raj?

Sreenivasan has successfully handled three big responsibilities of being an excellent writer, a talented actor and a good producer. The major highlight of the film is Sreenivasan's performance and a superb climax. He excels in every scene of the film.

Mammootty has given a stunning and lively performance as the real superstar. Meena as Sreenivasan's wife has done a wonderful job. The other supporting characters played by Jagadish, Mukesh, Innocent, Salim Kumar, Mamukoya, Suraj Venjaramoodu add to the comic elements of the film.

'Vyathyasthanamoru Barbaraam' penned by Anil Panachooran and set to tune by M. Jayachandran is the best track.

The movie includes several funny sequences to keep you entertained. So don't miss it!!