Retro is probably Surya's worst film till date, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life. And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.
Malayalam superstar Mammootty brings his latest film Mamangam: History Of The Brave to Mumbai.
'I'm still just a boy cherishing the time he gets when his father has a day off from work.'
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The film is produced under the actor's banner.
Mamangam will be released in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
Film folk celebrated Onam on Sunday, and wished their fans with heartfelt greetings and posted pictures on social media.
Mammootty plays a prisoner in the film, who is serving a sentence for double homicide.
'Republic Day week has consistently been a lucrative period for the film industry.'
Turbo finds its footing in the latter half with some well-conceived one-upmanship between hero and villain, yet it's marred by poorly executed action set pieces in the climactic showdown.
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Rekhachitram is the latest in an assembly line of films that use the period setting and mythic allure of the past to drive home the suspense of relatively straightforward genre stories, notes Arjun Menon.
Varsham carries the stamp of Ranjith Sankar which is enhanced by Mammootty's presence.
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'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.'
The film is a comedy of non-identical twins who are very close to each other.
The movie is a murder mystery where Mammooty will be seen playing a police constable.
The Malayalam film industry suffered a loss of Rs 650 crore to Rs 700 crore in 2024.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Kannan's Jawan of Vellimala and Ayalum Njanum Thammil will release this week.
Anwar Rasheed, who made a dream debut in Malayalam films, talks about his latest film Annan Thampi, starring Mammootty.
Latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
The wedding was a closed door ceremony, attended by a select set of invitees.
Here is a look at the four Ramzan releases.
Reader K V S Subrahmanyam has sent us a photograph.
The superstars will fight it out at the box office this week.
The actor is playing a corrupt panchayat president in his latest Malayalam movie.
In a post on X, Chiranjeevi on Sunday expressed anguish over the loss of life due to the landslides in Kerala, adding he and his son-"RRR" star Ram Charan were donating Rs 1 crore to the CMDRF.
Shobha Warrier pays homage to M T Vasudevan Nair, the legendary writer and filmmaker who passed into the ages on Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
Dutch theatre artiste Caroline Bech will be cast opposite Malayalam superstar Mammootty
With the rains pouring down on us, August offers yet another reason to stay home!
The Kerala police on Thursday launched an investigation into an alleged social media campaign against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Facebook post requesting help for the people affected by the landslides in Wayanad district. The campaign was aimed at motivating people to reject the CM's appeal for disaster relief, it said.
The film is based on well-known writer Paul Zachariah's novel of the same title.
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