You will appreciate the Mammootty of this movie better if you do not take the servile reviews to heart, for this is a grand, broad, almost proudly comic performance, assures Sreehari Nair.
The actors have admitted to having assets beyond their known sources of income.
The star cast is in top form with every character etched perfectly.
Manglish is a typical star vehicle that does not deserve a critical dissection.
Mohanlal, Mammootty, Manju Warrier and other celebs seek justice for Kerala's Nirbhaya.
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We see Rajini's trademark style in Vettayan, and all we can hear from the audience is 'Thalaiva!', record A Ganesh Nadar.
The action entertainer Marco is a well shot, gnarly bloodfest that packs some lackluster thrills, notes Arjun Menon.
Mammootty has a double role in Balyakalasakhi,
The short story in Kerala Cafe's collection is titled Puram Kazhchakal.
It looks like the law of averages has caught up with Mammootty, whose last few outings before Chattanmbinadu were very good.
'Family is the most important thing in a society.' 'That's why I am always thinking about family and society. I want it to be better.'
The film is about a common man becoming a legend in his own right.
Exciting times ahead at the Malayalam box office.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Ore Kadal is a tale that refers to love that is not pure and pristine as films want us believe, but love that includes lust and guilt.
Sakshi Vaidya believes a sari is 'a piece of art' that 'just can't look ugly on any woman'.
Today will see three major films hitting the theatres.
'As I watched Mammootty 'try out' Mathew Devassy, I could hear from my theatre seat the ready-made appreciation of the liberal press, their applause for the great actor having flirted with queerness on screen.' 'But it is a flirtation and nothing more, for I could not detect in Devassy any hint of love, not for his homosexual lover, not for his wife,,' observes Sreehari Nair.
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Here's some sizzle from the IIFA Utsavam night, which was dedicated to the south film industries of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
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Sukanya Verma gives you some great options to choose from.
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The reasons are too private to be discussed at a round table, listed out during a seminar, or uncovered in an academic course. A proud but insomniac connoisseur murmuring in his sleep may do a better job of explaining the phenomenon than an expert on a podium. Sreehari Nair airs his thoughts.
Through Manorathangal, M T Vasudevan Nair makes himself available to a whole new generation of uninitiated viewers, who can familiarise themselves with his rich body of work and hope to learn a thing or two about life in all its messy grandeur and flawed imperfections, notes Arjun Menon.
The latest updates from Malayalam film industry.
From tennis love to Tudor queens, Sukanya Verma lists everything you can catch on OTT this week.
'Ours is a disaster movie with no big stars, songs or commercial ingredients.' 'Yet, it is Malayalam cinema's highest grosser.'
Catch one of Mammootty's career best works, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh and more on OTT this week.
So who are the actors who impressed film critic Anupama Chopra this year?
Year after year, Malayalam cinema throws stunning surprises at us. 2022 was no exception.
'When I did Bhoot we got a lot of appreciation. After that I didn't get any script that was good in this genre.'
He was trolled during the Lok Sabha poll campaign, but despite the tactics by his rivals, action hero Suresh Gopi rose to national stardom in cinema style on June 4, winning the Thrissur seat on a BJP ticket and scripting history for the saffron party in Kerala.
Since nothing irritates Lijo Jose Pellissery more than a throwaway critical judgment, Sreehari Nair carefully presents his opinions about Malaikottai Vaaliban, a good two weeks after he first saw the movie.
Ranveer's unruffled... Farah shares a throwback pic... And Pranutan shares a B&W one...
