Kerala State Film Awards 2012 - Complete Winners List

Kerala State Film Awards 2012 - Complete Winners List

BEST ACTOR :Prithviraj (Celluloid, Ayalum Nganum Thammil)

BEST ACTRESS : Rima Kallingal  (Nidra, 22 Female Kottayam)

BEST 2ND ACTOR : Manoj K Jayan (Kaliyachan)

BEST 2ND ACTRESS : Sajitha Madathil (Shutter)

BEST MOVIE : Celluloid

MOST POPULAR MOVIE : Ayalum Nganum Thammil

BEST DIRECTOR : Lal Jose (Ayalum Nganum Thammil)

BEST 2nd MOVIE : Ozhimuri

BEST SCRIPT : Anjali Menon (Manjadikkuru)

 Best Story: Manoj Kana (Chaayilyam)

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : Madhu Neelakandan

(Annayum Rasoolum)

Best Editor: Ajith Kumar (Annayum Rasoolum)

BEST COMEDYACTOR :Salim Kumar (Ayalum Nganum Thammil)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR : M.Jayachandran (Celluloid)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR (BACKGROUND SCORE) :Bijipal (Ozhimuri)

BEST LYRICS : Rafeeq Ahamed

('Kaate kaate' from Celluloid)

BEST SINGER (MALE) : Vijay Yesudas ('Mazhakondu' from Spirit, 'Akaleyo' from Grand Master)

BEST SINGER (FEMALE) : Sithara Krishnakumar ('Enithonnum' from Celluloid)

SPECIAL JURY AWARD : G Sreeram, Vaikkom Vijayalakshmi (Singers, 'Kaate kaate' Celluloid)

&

Jayan Cheriyan (Dir. Papilo Buddha)

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR : Farrok Abdul Rahman (Kaliyachan)

Best Child Artist: Master Bino, Vyjayanthi (101 Chodyangal)

Best Makeup - Roshan (Mayamohini)

Best Costumes: S.B. Sateesh (Ayalum Nganum Thammil)

Kerala Goverment Press Release with Jury Comments about Each awards 

Vanitha Film Awards 2013 - Complete Winners List

Vanitha Film Awards 2013 complete Winners List

Best Actor - Fahadh Fazil [Diamond Necklace, 22 Female Kottayam]

Best Actress - Rima Kallingal [22 Female Kottayam]

Lifetime Achievement Award - Nedumudi Venu

Best Film - Usthad Hotel

Best Director - Lal Jose [Diamond Necklace]

Best Supporting Actor - Prathap Pothen [Ayalum Nganum Thammil]


Best Supporting Actress - Kaniha [Bavvotiyude Namathil]

Best Star Pair - Dulquer Salman & Nithya Menon [Usthad Hotel]

Best Debut (Male) - Dulquer Salman [Usthad Hotel]

Best Debut (Female) - Isha Talwar [Thattathin Marayathu]

Best Comedy Actor - Baburaj [Mayamohini]

Best Villain - Murali Gopi [Ee Adutha Kalathu, Thappana]

Best Singer (Male) - Nivas - [Nilamalare from Diamond Necklace]


Best Singer (Female) - Ramya Nambeeshan [Muthuchippi From Thattathin Marayathu]


Best Music Director - Shaan [Thattathin Marayathu]

Best Script Writer - Anjali Menon [Usthad Hotel]

Best Cinematographer - Shyju Khalid [22 Female Kottayam]

Awards to presented on February 16th @ Trivandrum, to be telecasted on Mazhavil Manorama on a later date

Asianet Film Awards 2013 - Complete Winners List

Asianet Film Awards 2013 - Complete Winners List

Special commemoration - 25 years in the Industry - Jayaram

Golden star - Prakaashraj

Best Film - Ustad Hotel

Best Actor - Mohanlal (Grandmaster, Spirit)

Best Director - Ranjith (Spirit)

Best Actress - Kavya Madhavan(Bavvotyude Namathil)

Popular Actor - Prithviraj (Ayalum Njanum Thammil)

Popular Actress - Mamta Mohandas (My Boss)

Popular Film - Spirit

Best Singer (Male) - Vijay Yesudas

Best Singer (Female) - K.S. Chithra

Best Character Actor - Biju Menon ( Run Babby Run , Ordinary )

Best Character Actress - Shwetha Menon (Ozhimuri)

Best Supporting Actor - Sanka Ramakrishnan (Spirit, Bavutide Namathil)

Best Supporting Actress - Lena (Spirit)

Best Lyricist - Rafeeq Ahamed

Best Music Dirrector - Gopi Sundar (Ustad Hotel)

Best Script Writer - Anjali Menon - (Ustad Hotel)

Best Villain - Murali Gopy 

Best Comedy Actor - Baburaj

Best On-screen Couple - Nivin Pauly & Isha Talwar (Thattathin Marayathu)

Best Child Actor - Master Dhananjay (Trivandrum Lodge)

Best Debutant - Gauthmi Nair (Second Show)

Best D.O.P - Jomon.T.John

Best Editor - Arunkumar (Ee Adutha Kalathu)

Popular singer - Remya Nambeeshan (Thattathin Marayathu, Megharoopan)

Multi Talented Personality - Vineeth Sreenivasan (Thattathin Marayathu)

Special Jury Award - Manoj.K.Jayan, Kunchako Boban, Anoop Menon

Most stylish Bollywood Actress : Jacqueline Fernandez

My Top 10 Favorite Malayalam Movies 2012

Here goes the list of My Top 10 Favorite Malayalam Movies released in 2012 [Among which i have seen] 

1. Diamond Necklace

 This Lal Jose film  without a doubt its the best movie of the year

2. Ayalum Njanum Thammil

    Again a Lal Jose film , noticed for power packed perfomances of Prithviraj and Prathap Pothen

3. Ozhimuri

    A gem which most of us missed in theaters, a must watch movie with outstanding perfomances from     Lal, Mallika & Shwetha Menon

4. Manjadikuru

     Anjali Menon's debut movie, another must watch one, especialy for all Malayalees

5. Spirit & Ee Adutha Kalathu

Spirit - A Message oriented film with no commercial elements not only won rave reviews but was also successful at the Box Office 

Ee Adutha Kalathu - a nice thriller told in non-linear narration pattern

6. 22 Female Kottayam & Nidra

    Powerful women oriented film with a shocking climax and superb performances by entire cast

Nidra - Remake of yesteryear classic, backed by very good performances and superb visuals

7. Ustad Hotel & Arike

    
Superbly entertaining, visually rich, also gave a nice message Scripted by Anjali Menon the movie also       rocked @ Box Office  

Arike - a short sweet love story

8. Run Babby Run & Molly Aunty Rocks

 

A Perfect Thriller movie laced with action and comedy. Joshiy-Mohanlal repeated teir magic once again. Amala Paul, the leading lady, also had a significant role which she performed very well.

Molly Aunty Rocks - a superb comeback by Revathy, a feel good family entertainer

9.Ithra Maathram 

      Another good film which failed at Box Office, won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Malayalam Film at      17th International Film Festival of Kerala

10. Thattathin Marayathu

a feel good rom-com in Molywood after a long time with superb songs

Films like Grandmaster, My Boss, Ordinary, Mallu singh, Friday etc closely follows these......

Top 10 Mollywood (Malayalam) Hits of 2012

Based on what ever information available here are the top hits from Mollywood in the year 2012

1. Mayamohini - All time Blockbuster

With a distributor share close to 9 crores its not only the biggest hit of the year, but also the 2nd biggest hit of all time

2. Run Babby Run - Blockbuster

This Mohanlal starrer had the biggest ever collections for a Malayalam film from markets outside Kerala. It has got distributor share close to 7crores according to various sources.

3. Ordinary - Blockbuster

The first genuine Box Office hit of the year, with no superstars, a debutant director Ordinary really rocked Kerala BOx Office. It started of slowly and caught on like wild fire. Distributor share close to 6.5-7 crores

4. Thattathin Marayathu - Blockbuster

 

Super hit songs and strong youth appeal made, Mollywood's 1st Rom-Com in years, an instant smash hit with unconfirmed reports claiming a distributor share of close to 6 crores

5. My Boss - Blockbuster

With this Dileep becomes the only actor to have 2 Blockbusters this year. Un-Official remake of 'The Proposal' is still running to packed houses in selected theaters across Kerala. From sources close to the producer the film has got distributor share of 5cr+ till now.

6. Ustad Hotel - Super Hit

Super hit music, direction, perfomances made this film of relatively new comers a super hit. Got a distributor share of about 5crore


7. Spirit - Super Hit

This could easily be the biggest non-commercial hit of the year, the film also enjoyed superb run outside Kerala as well. The film contrary to expectations took an outstanding opening considering the genre and publicity. The film also makes Dir.Ranjith's 2nd biggest hit ever.


8. Mallu Singh - Hit

Despite average initial reviews the film held on nicely and attained a hit status. Distributor share around 4cr

9. Grandmaster - Hit

Mohanlal's 1st hit of the year also marked the entry of UTV into Mollywood. The film enjoyed better run outside run than in Kerala. Distributor share 3.74-4 crore

10. Diamond Necklace - Hit

Undoubtedly the best movie of 2012, alo features in the top 10 hit list.


Overall it has been a great year for Malayalam Cinema, release count per calendar year crossing 100 [about 130 in total] and among with 30 odd films recovering investments. Small films getting accepted, Social media is being used more to promote movies are positive signs.



Well there goes the top 10 Malayalam Box office hits of 2012 according to what ever information I had.

Please comment your suggestions, corrections below

NB: Haven't considered Christmas releases as it takes time to get an actual picture of their Box Office performances.

Dulquer Salman's Theevram - Exclusive FDFS Movie Review

Theevram

Directed by	Roopesh Peethambaran
Produced by	V. C. Ismayil
Written by	Roopesh Peethambaran
Starring	Dulquer Salmaan Shikha Nair Sreenivasan Riya Saira
Music by	Roby Abraham
Cinematography	Hari Nair
Editing by	Kapil Gopalakrishnan
Studio	VCI Movies
Distributed by	LJ Films
Release date(s)	November 16, 2012
Country	India

Expectations

Nothing much was going for the movie as far as I am concerned, except the fact that it stars Dulquer Salmaan and the curiosity that whether he will score hat-trick hits.

 Story

The story is about  Harsha Vardhan's (Dulquer) revenge on somebody, due to some reasons. The first half is taking place in present where the revenge happens. The second half is in flash back mode where What, Why When are answered. Maya (Shikha Nair) plays his Wife/Girl Friend. S.I. Alexander, (Sreenivasan)is investigating officer and Vinay fort (Ramachandran) is his assistant. 22FK fame Riya Saira plays the GFs role of Harsha's friend (Don't know his name)

Evaluation

We have seen many revenge stories in the past like Thaazhvaram, Bhramaram nand many recent movies in Tamil. This one belongs to the similar genre. The story is not exciting or surprising. But the presentation and writing (some what) saves the movies, well supported by some good perfomances.

Dulquer is slowly raising his bar, which is evident from his choice of movies and performances. He has done a very good job, especially in the court scene which is one of my favourite scene in the movie. (There is a small teaser of him doing 'stylized' action as well in the film for his fans)

Sreenivasan as cop was good, eventhough many of his TM antics are getting repetitive and failed to evoke much response from the crowd. Viay Fort was very good. Riya saira and the guy who played her friend too was good. Heroine was OK, a known actress could have helped the movie a lot as viewers need to sympathise for the hero for his revenge (and the movie) to be accepted by the audience. here even though Dulquer tried his level best to bridge the gap.

Roopesh Peethambaran's presentation of the story is very good. I Think we got a new promising director in him, writing need to be a bit sharper i think. Camera, BG, Editing were good. One song & one bit song in the movie both of which gels with the movie.

The blue/black dark tint shade given to the movie in DI could be a problem (it was for me) especially in poor screens. In the dark hall, it was bit difficult to watch the movie (2nd half is normal color though). People were asking for torch and to keep the hall lights turned on :-).

Overall its one time watch movie, sans any commercial elements, liked it more than 2nd show though.

Rating: 2.75/5

Not Must watch, but not a disappoinment either

Box Office: should be a above average grosser, Hit if budget is low

Kerala Box Office 2012 So far - Hits & Misses - Exclusive Data

For the first time 10 years Malayalam films release count in a calendar year has crossed 100 [figures till October 19]. Til now about 120 films has been censored and among which 110 has made it to the theaters. In early 2000's it was with the help of 'Soft Porn' films Mollywood used to acheive this target, but today the scenario has completely changed. In the coming months we are expecting atleast 20-30 new releases which will make 2012 biggest year in 25 years.

Not just the release count but the total investment has also gone up. Last year it was about 200 crores, this year it will cross 300 crores for sure. The biggest budgeted, @ 20crores according to various media sources (UnConfirmed), 'Casanovva' released earlier this year. Revenue wise it has been a great year for Kerala Goverment and state owned Cinema Halls. It was due to Government's stern measures that Online Piracy of new release movies has been completely vanished. Plus the decision to grade theaters based on facilities forced theater owners to renovate their movie halls . All these helped in bringing  more people to the cinema halls.

The Result is evident in the Box Office performances of films released in 2012. According Kerala Film Producers Association about 14 films has earned the HIT tag so far, with Mayamohini being the biggest (2nd biggest ever after Twenty 20).

1.Mayamohini
2.Run Babby Run
3. Ordinary
4. Thattathin Marayathu
5. Ustad Hotel
6. Spirit
7. Grand Master
8. Mallu Singh
9. Trivandrum Lodge
10. Diamond Necklace
11. 22 Female Kottayam
12. Ee Adutha Kalathu
13. Second Show
14. Cobra

Apart from these about 15 other movies have entered the 'Safe' zone thanks to the increasing Satellite rights and low PPP (Production, Print & Publicity) costs

Multiplexes is slowly becoming a trend in Kerala too, more and more families who stopped going to theaters year back have started coming back to movies, thank to them. The Multiplexes at Ernakulam, calicut & Angamaly have helped a boost in collections eventhough the ticket rates are bit higher compared to other cities in India. But with about 20 Multiplexes, by all major movie chains, set to open in the next 2 years its even merrier time ahead.

Most of the Telugu dubbed & Tamil films failed set the box office on fire unlike last year, even though they still continue to get bigger theater count than most straight Malayalam releases. Nanban & Gajapokkiri could be regarded as the biggest hits (so far) in those categories, while Maattrraan took the biggest opening of 2012.

With 2 months to Go Hope that the hit count touch '20'


Source: Kerala Film Producers Association

Image Credits to ManormaOnline

Ustad Hotel - Exclusive Movie Review 3.25/5

Directed by     Anwar Rasheed

Produced by     Listin Stephen

Story , Screenplay by     Anjali Menon

Starring     Dulquar Salman, Bhagath Manuel, Nithya Menon, Thilakan

Music by     Gopi Sunder

Cinematography     S.Lokanathan

Editing by     Mahesh Narayanan

Studio     Magic Frames

Distributed by     Central Pictures

Release date(s)     29 June 2012

Country     India

Language     Malayalam

Expectations

Anjali Menon's 3rd outing as writer after 2 brilliant stuffs [Manjadikkuru, Happy Journey in Kerala Cafe], Anwar Rasheed's next after an outstanding 'Bridge' [Kerala Cafe],  Mammootty's Son Dulquer Salman's 2nd film & the chart buster song 'Appangalembadum' [for me  an added attraction - Nithya Menon as heroine] - What more you need to have interest in one project. Was eagerly waiting from the moment the first look poster was launched.

Ustad Hotel is the story of Faizi [Dulquer Salman] and how few days with his grandfather Mosaakka [Thilakan] & Ustad Hotel changes his life for ever

Its a plain coming of story of  a youngster, how he understands the value of life, relatives etc.

The first thing that comes to my mind after watching the film is the BG [first time i am seeing claps for just the BG], Gopi Sunder has done a terrific job. Direction by Anwar Rasheed is of top class. Camera work is too good & treat to your eyes, Calicut has never been presented this beautifully. Anjali Menon as a writes has done a neat job, even-though it looses some grip in the second half, where the movie tend to be bit preachy and has a documentary feel. Perfomance of Thilakan stands out, good to see Maamookkoya in a lengthy role [in a commercial film] after a long gap. Dulquer was good, the role was not that demanding, he just had to be himself a happy go lucky guy. Nithya Menon looked fresh in a small role.

The first half is very good while the 2nd half a tad above average. Should be a pleasant watch for everyone, despite few shot comings.

Comparing with Happy Journey, Manjadikkuru [Anjali Menon] & Bridge [Anwar Rasheed] the movie may fall well short of expectations.

 Positives

Background score
Direction
Script
Camera
'Appangalembadum' [Huge Applause for the song]
Rocking 1st half 
'Kozhikkodan FOOD'

 

Negatives

Second half
Slow & dragging in parts - feel lengthy
The huge expectations
Other Songs 

Verdict

Even though the film couldn't meet the huge baggage of expectations it carry, Ustad Hotel is still a pleasant watch.

Rating

3.25/5 

Box Office 

Hit / Above 


“Every Sulaimani needs a bit of Mohabbat in it.” & this film is full of  'Mohabbat'- Go watch it, but let me warn you not in an empty stomach !!!