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Showing posts with label cinema. Show all posts
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Friday, March 8, 2013

Lucky Star - Exclusive Malayalam Movie Review

Lucky Star Malayalam Movie Review




 Written & Directed By - Deepu Anthikkad
Produced By- Milan Jaleel
Co.Producer- Nadir Jaleel
Music- Ratheesh Vega
Cinematography- Vijay Ulaganath
Edited By- V.T Sreejith
Exe.Producer- Manoj Menon
Production Designer-Razak
Production Controller- Baburaj Manissery
Stills-Hassif Hakkim
Designs-Antony Stephens





Starring

Jayaram, Rachana, Mukesh ,Pooja,Mammokoya etc



Expectation

The first attraction towards the movie was that it marks the debut of Mini Screen actress Rachana, who became quite popular through 'Marimayam' a weekly comedy sitcom. The Posters, Songs, Trailer etc increased the hype to even greater heights.





The theme of the movie is centered on the life of Ranjith (Jayaram) who aims to become a rich man. To become billionaire, Ranjith foresee two ways; take lottery tickets or to become a movie star.

Falling too short of his dreams, Ranjith meets junior artist Janaki (Rachana Narayanankutty) and their friendship later ends up in marriage. Ranjith and Janaki who were not ready to compromise other than becoming rich thought of another plan. The idea was to think about surrogacy- an arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a kid for a different couple or individual. Moving forward with the idea, Ranjith and Janaki meet Dr Joseph Chittilappally, an infertility specialist and share their purpose of visit.

But what they expected didn't carry out as the couple land in trouble finding no way to get rid of it. 
 Evaluation

Lucky Star is a complete family film that delivers what it promised. The first half is full of humour, while in the second half the movie turn completely serious. The movie has a Sathyan Anthikkad flavour to it, who is a mentor and great inspiration for Director Deepu

The storyline is similar to the 1989 Mohanlal classic 'Dasharatham', which one of the characters also mentions in the movie. 

Jayaram has made a comeback through Luck star after a small gap. We also got glimpses of the old Mukesh, which sadly was limited just to the first half of the movie. Rachana has made a rocking debut in big screen, may be one of the most talked about/awaited heroine intro in Mollywood in years. Rest of the cast like Pooja Ramachandran [SS Music VJ, actress], Mamukkoya, Amu [Sun TV Anchor, VJ], Sreekumar [Marimayam fame] etc have also done good job.

Cinematographer has done a very good job, even though the DI [I think so] made it look dull in many scenes.  BG and Music was good. Editing was smooth and efficient.

The drastic change from comedy to serious can be a turn off for few people especially the mass, youth audience.  Serial like narration comes in places quite often. The 2nd half could have treated more lightly. The climax is similar to recent Sathyan Anthikadu movies - Haste and Unconvincing/Unsatisfying.

All in all Lucky Star will be a treat for Family audience, after a long gap, I think. 

Go to the theater have a nice time with Lucky and his family 

Rating: 6.25/10

Box Office: - Expecting a Family Hit

Friday, February 15, 2013

Celluloid - Exclusive Malayalam Movie Review


Directed by Kamal
Produced by Kamal, Ubaid
Written by Vinu Abraham
Music by M. Jayachandran
Cinematography Venu
Studio Prime Time Cinema
Release date(s) 15 February 2013
Country India
Language Malayalam
'Celluloid' is the biopic on Jivanayakam Cyril Daniel Nadar (1893 - 1975) aka J.C.Daniel the Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer & hero of Malayalam's first film ever 'Vigathakumaran'. It also discusses the troubles women had to face during that time, especially those from the lower caste, through P.K.Rossie, Mollywood's first heroine. The film based on the book written by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan who did extensice research on Daniel, fought even with Kerala Govt. who at that time refused to acknowledge or honour Daniel.
Prithviraj - J.C. Daniel
Mamta Mohandas - Jenet
Sreenivasan - Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan
Chandini - P.K.Rosie
First thing first, Celluloid is a fitting tribute to the 'Father of Malayalam Cinema' from master craftsmen Kamal.
Kamal is a director known for making both commercial entertainers and serious real life subjects. Celluloid belongs to the second category and once again he hasing colors. Celluloid is a 'GEM' of a movie that no lover of Malayalam Cinema or just Cinema itself, shouldn't miss. Biopics are rare in Indian cinemas, well this one gives courage to all the makers out there to try out the genre. 

Prithviraj has given his career best perfomance in Celluloid. Won't be a surprise if he wins both State & National awards for his brilliant portrayal of J C Daniel [He also appears as Harris Daniel, JCDaniels youngest son] 

New comer Chandini is outstanding as PK Rosie

Mamta, Sreejith Ravi and all the other supporting cast has done superb job.

The 2 Songs in the film are already a super hit.

Kudos to the cameraman, Music Director, Cinematographer, Art Director, Editor and the entire crew for making a wonderful movie

This one doesn't belong to the typical art house movies, its short, sweet and entertaining. 

I don't think anybody who loeves Malayalam cinema can leave the movie house without a  shed of tear in their eyes.
 Special care ahs been taken by the makers to get the feel of 30's and 60-70's .


Celluloid is a Brilliant, must watch for all Malayalam Cinema lovers -  4/5

Friday, April 13, 2012

22 Female Kottayam - My Movie Review



Salt N Pepper Director, Viral Promotional Videos etc did create quite lot of interest among the movie goers about 22 Female Kottayam. But again the makers disappointed with a limited release.Had to travel a bit to watch the movie FDFS on the thought that the movie would be worth my trip and Aashiq Abu wouldn't disappoint me.

The story is of Tessa.K.Abraham (Rima Kallingal), a Kottayam achayathi working as a nurse in Banglore who is desperately trying to go to Canada Cyril (Fahad Fazil) is the travel agent which makes everything ready for her and Prathap Pothan as his boss. Slowly a relationship begin to develop between Tessa & Cyril which turns her life upside down. Tessa goes through phases which no women should ever go through. The rest of the story is about whether Tessa  will be able to fight back and bring back her life to normal.

The main attraction of the movie is the stellar performances by the entire cast, whether a debutant or a pro, all have did exceedingly well. The visuals of Bangalore were Breathtaking. Kudos to the director & cameraman. The music felt refreshing & BG was apt. The climax portion was written well. the first half was breezy. 

The story/script is is heavily inspired from 'Ek haseena thi'. It has similarities with film like Kill Bill too. The script drags big time in 2nd half, should have been more tight. Lack of entertainment values could hurt the movie big time @ the Box Office. 

Overall its a movie worth watching in Big Screen for serious movie goers, with a good message [even though it something we have seen a lot in the recent past in films like Masters, Chappa kurishu etc]

Rating: 3/5

Verdict: Nice watch

Box Office - Average / Flop



Forgive me for (if any) mistakes in the review, please do comment below and let me know your response

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Nidra - Movie Review










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à´…à´­ിനയം - à´¸ിà´¦്à´§ാà´°്à´¤ും à´±ിമയും തകര്‍à´¤്à´¤ു à´…à´­ിനയിà´š്à´šിà´°ിà´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ു. à´°à´£്à´Ÿു à´ªേà´°ുà´Ÿെà´¯ും à´¸ിà´¨ിà´® à´œീà´µിതത്à´¤ിà´²െ à´®ിà´•à´š്à´š à´ª്à´°à´•à´Ÿà´¨ം .
 
à´•്à´¯ാമറ - സമീà´°്‍ à´¤ാà´¹ിà´°്‍ à´µീà´£്à´Ÿും തന്à´±െ à´•à´´ിà´µ് à´¤െà´³ിà´¯ിà´š്à´šിà´°ിà´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ു . [Kerala is really God's Own coutry !!! What a beautiful locale... ] . സന്à´¤ോà´·് à´¶ിവന്  à´°ാവണന്‍ à´¸ിà´¨ിമയിà´²്‍ à´µെà´±ുà´®ൊà´°ു visualinu  à´•ിà´Ÿ്à´Ÿിà´¯ à´ªോà´²ൊà´°ു  à´•à´¯്യടി à´ˆ à´¸ിà´¨ിമയിà´²െ à´’à´°ു à´°ംà´—à´¤്à´¤ിà´²ൂà´Ÿെ à´¤ാà´¹ിà´°ിà´¨ും ജനങ്ങള്‍ നല്‍à´•ി [the inverted visual while both where in boat, with hills & river in the back/forground]

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à´•്à´²ൈà´®ാà´•്à´¸്‌ - HEART BREAKING !!!!

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പഴയ  'à´¨ിà´¦്à´°' à´•ാà´£ാà´¤്തവര്‍  à´Žà´¨്à´¤ാà´¯ാà´²ും  à´•à´£്à´Ÿിà´°ിà´•്à´•േà´£്à´Ÿ  à´’à´°ു  à´•ൊà´š്à´šു  à´šിà´¤്à´°ം , à´•à´£്ടവര്‍à´•്à´•ും   à´’à´¨്à´¨്  à´•ാà´£ുനത്à´¤ിà´²്‍  à´¤െà´±്à´±ിà´²

3.25/5