There are elaborate court scenes in Paavada that test our patience for two and a half hours, writes Paresh C Palicha.
Kanal turns out to be an average effort even though Mohanlal does his best to salvage it, says Paresh C Palicha.
The cast includes Fahadh Faasil, Jayasurya, Asif Ali, Unni Mukundan, Anoop Menon, Samuthirakani, Ananya, Bhama and Tanusree Ghosh
Paresh C Palicha wonders why Malgudi Days has so many subplots when the main idea itself was good enough for a film.
Directed by V K Prakash, Mammootty plays a lawyer in this family thriller.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
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Pattam Pole is unconventionally bold with the way it deals with the issue of live-in relationship.
Which Malayalam film will you watch this week?
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
It was a year of so many contradictions and contrasts that it became dangerous to talk about movies, people lost their heads discussing Friday releases, psychiatrists began dabbling in film criticism, and film critics turned into psychiatrists, says Sreehari Nair.
Debutante director Abrid Shine depicts the transformation of Indian society towards the importance of sports in the film.
Mammootty plays a legal advisor and gives a decent performance in the film.
The screenplay moves back and forth in a confusing manner, unnecessarily lengthening the run time of the film, says Paresh Palicha.
'Cinema or the sentiment of a people, disgusted by contemporary politics and wanting to feel whole by collectively recalling a moment of great difficulty that was also a cause for togetherness?', asks Shyam G Menon.
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Which Malayalam film are *YOU* are looking forward to?
Take a look at the releases and vote!
Padmarajan's Thoovanathumbikal has become a part of Malayali mythology, just as its maker himself now possesses mythological status.
Aseem Chhabra lists the best non-Hindi language films he watched in 2020, with the hope that they will have a wider reach in the new year.
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