Jeethu Joseph's Valathu Vashathe Kallan works better as an emotional drama than an intriguing thriller, notes Arjun Menon.
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.
Leela may carry the buzz that it deals with a controversial subject, but there is nothing objectionable in the film, says Paresh C Palicha.
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The duo are coming together again in director Boban Samuel's Romans.
Kunchacko plays a supplier of Bengali labourers, while Biju Menon is a Bengali who has been living in Kerala ever since his childhood.
Arjun Menon gives us a preview of what the Manorathangal series will offer us.
There's also Call Me Bae, Ananya Panday's OTT debut.
'Mohanlal and Akshay are two actors who trust me implicitly.'
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.
Thankam delivers an engaging drama that fans of good crime-solving tales will enjoy, recommends Mayur Sanap.
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.
Divya Nair lists 2023's Malayalam movies that can be enjoyed by all ages.
'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.
Sachidanandan's Ayyappanum Koshiyum released just before the COVID-19 outbreak and was a smash hit.
Biju Menon feels bogged down by expectations that his latest film carried, feels Paresh C Palicha.
The 10th edition of South Indian International Awards took place in Bengaluru over the weekend.
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya and Biju Menon play the lead role
Four films are set to release for this year's Vishu season.
'The magic of Roja can never be replicated because how can you recapture the carefree innocence of childhood?'
Malayalam actor Sharafudheen talks about the films that defined his career.
Biju Menon excels while Aju Varghese provides ample support in Vellimoonga.
'Somewhere, I have to be true to myself. At this point in life, I am more interested in human drama.'
Serving a bitter pill dipped in sweetener may look good on paper but in Salt Mango Tree, the taste is disproportional, writes Paresh C Palicha.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Despite its stiffness, in Aarkkariyam, a supernatural glow does shine out of the ordinary.
'The first one has done what it needs to do.' 'I'm sure there's going to be a stronger wave.' 'Anybody who thinks #MeToo has gone and they are off the hook are fooling themselves'
Here's the lowdown from the Malayalam film industry.
Which Malayalam film will you watch this week?
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
The mood of celebration and the school holidays make Onam one of the hottest seasons for Malayalam cinema.
Anarkali is a mixture of old and new world of storytelling.
There are quite a few movies that still don't have a title.
Malayalam films Seniors and Manikya Kallu will fight it out this weekend.
The film held a lot of promise coming from the winning team of Ordinary but couldn't stay up to the expectation.
Paresh C Palicha recommends Anuraga Karikkinvellam.
Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi has set the stage for many more cop movies.
Starring Dileep and Kunchacko Boban, this film has been shot in Spain.