Director Revathy S Varma, who directed June R in Tamil, makes her debut in Malayalam with Mad Dad.
Good performances and a tight script make this a mut watch movie.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
The versatile actor turns director as his new film which has been made in three languages -- Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.
Calendar 2022 will go down as a year when the real star was the Next Big Idea.
'He was truly an athulya abhinaya pratibha (exceptionally talented actor),' director Fazil tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com, as he mourns his friend's loss.
Twenty: 20, the mother of all multi-starrers comprising all the leading artists of Malayalam cinema, spreads an interesting smorgasbord.
It takes a while to connect the dots in this youth-centric film.
What is noticeable in both movies is the willingness with which both the ageing stars -- Kamal is 68 and Rajini, four years older at 72 with a kidney transplant that he has not shied away from acknowledging -- have learnt to respect their age and bodies, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Here is a look at the four Ramzan releases.
Ananya, on bagging a handful of roles in Malayalam after starring in the two critically acclaimed Malayalam films.
The Onam release is a laugh riot and will have Mohanlal playing a politician
It's all happening at the first Critics Choice Film Awards in Mumbai.
Nah, we're not taking about Amitabh Bachchan's favourite onscreen characters.
The film was criticised heavily for its pedestrian language upon its release last month.
'Somewhere, I have to be true to myself. At this point in life, I am more interested in human drama.'
It willl be the first Malayalam film to be mixed and released in the Dolby Atmos cinema sound platform.
Some of Sreeraman's stories have been successfuly made into films. Sreeraman's widely appreciated stories include Vasthuhara, Irikkappindam, Chidambaram, Ponthanmada and Seemathampuram.
Get your lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
Kannada film Mythri (Friendship) released last Friday and has received positive reviews for its strong script, realistic plot, good performances and social message.
'I am not a future guy.' 'I just owe it to my audience here.' 'I never want them to wonder why this guy did this role.' 'Even for my bad films, I want them to think that he was trying at least.'
Debutante director Geetu Mohandas is excited as her film Liar's Dice is the only Indian film to get an official entry at Sundance Film Festival.
Parthan KandaParalokam starring Jayaram and directed by Anil is sheer waste of time.
Though the lies hardly go beyond extramarital affairs and conception problems, they are laid out by arresting storytellers who raise the stakes while speaking in tongues not wiped clean to make progressive points (No Made in Heaven-type diddling, here), notes Sreehari Nair.
Ibrahim Ali Khan has not opted for a conventional boy-meet-girl movie debut.
Like many such cases, this case too would have remained under wraps had the survivor not exposed the villains and the crime they had commited.
The actress talks about her comeback role in Anthakumundu Aatharuvatha.
The actor has announced the Tamil version of the film.
Well, they have found their home at the AVM Heritage Museum in Vadapalani, Chennai.
She met Jasmine Shah in New York when both were pursuing their Masters from Columbia and New York University respectively.
Check out what the Malayalam film Ividam Swargamanu has to offer.
The season of festivities has kick-started and there is a flurry of movie releases in theatres.
This is the kind of essential saas-bahu banter we don't mind tolerating on our screens, Divya Nair tells us.
Other than the much hyped Kerala Cafe, the other Malayalam film releasing on this week is Uttara Swayamvaram.
Prithviraj's new Malayalam film directed by veteran Joshiy had promised an interesting premise but falls short of expectations.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
In his new Malayalam film Tejabhai & Family.
'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'
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