The social comment in Sanalkumar Sasidharan's Ozhivudivasathe Kali could well make it a success at the box office, feels Paresh C Palicha.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Pellissery's women continue to express the beauty in our common humanity. And often, these women go so far into expressing our hopes, desires, absurdities and follies that they end up acting at variance with the ethical prescriptions of our age. And this, I believe, is precisely why they remain "invisible" to a whole bunch of viewers, says Sreehari Nair.
'You are working with the best of the lot.' 'The best part is that they treat you equally, unlike in India.'
Bhaktajanangalude Sradhakku has Kavya Madhavan and Irshad in the lead.
What links The Alchemist and Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho?
At the end of the six short stories, Feels Like Ishq is uneven yet watchable, feels Sukanya Verma.
The actor has some fashion advice for you.
'It's only in the last seven years, I have taken acting seriously.'
The film's premise does not inspire confidence and even the humour does not have the requisite fizz.
KPAC Lalitha's specialty was evoking on screen people that the audience felt they knew intimately, and evoking them through telling details that tore down the boundary between the audience and the performer, observes Sreehari Nair.
'Raj and DK have taken the effort to look at Moosa as a person.' 'Like, what happened to him?' 'What made him become a terrorist?' 'The emotional trauma that he might have had... that clicked for me.'
Biju Menon tells Divya Nair/Rediff.com how he transformed himself to play a 73 year old character, one of his most challenging and satisfying roles as an actor.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
'I didn't get any recognition in Kerala for this film and it has definitely hurt me. When the whole world is celebrating the return of Sanskrit, my state is busy ignoring it.' Vinod Mankara talks about his award-winning film, Priyamanasam.
The superstar tells Kerala's CM, 'don't let politics affect your governance.'
'How long do you dumb down, how long do you stay silent,' the actor asks at TEDx.
'I noticed the audience warming up to The Blueberry Hunt at different points. The surprise was the reaction from the aam aadmi, the common man. They loved the film!' Director Anup Kurian discusses his film.
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.
Tamaar Padaar is a below average, barely watchable film.
Every film that Sriram Raghavan makes is a compendium of ideas and sensations that tickle him. Trying to remake a Sriram Raghavan film is like getting excited by somebody else's goosebumps, observes Sreehari Nair.
Here's the lowdown from the Malayalam film industry.
A traumatic medical emergency drove physician Dr Devi, of General Hospital soap fame, to run for public office in New York.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Rasputin is long-delayed, and not meant for today's times, says Paresh C Palicha.
Mohanlal's Loham is not original at all, warns Paresh C Palicha.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
Aseem Chhabra looks at the year's best Non-Hindi Indian movies.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Malayalam film industry.
Sharmila Nair's campaign '18 Shades of Black' is inspiring Indian women to talk about the restrictions they faced while growing up and encouraging people to find solutions.
'People have asked me about making a (Baaghi) series and I said that part two and three will only be made if part one is liked by people.' Director Sabbir Khan talks about his latest film.
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Jayraj's Camel Safari fails to connect with the youth at whom it was aimed to.
Only the hardcore Mohanlal fans will like Mr Fraud which is otherwise an uninteresting film.
Ivide tries to tackle a lot of things but ends up satisfying none.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Malayalam film industry.