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Thursday, 31 May 2012
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Making a historical film needs enough preparations and solid research. For Santosh Sivan, an acclaimed cinematographer-cum-director, it seems to have come quite easily. His 'Urumi' chronicles Portuguese sailor Vasco Da Gama's visit to India and the revenge of a youth who was hell-bent against the sailor for allegedly killing his father.Though the movie is set in 14th century, the message it throws fits the contemporary audience. The love for motherland,...
Critic's Rating: 3.5/5Cast: Prithviraj, Prabhu Deva, Genelia D'Souza, Arya, Amol Gupte, Nithya Menon, Vidya BalanDirection: Santhosh SivanGenre: DramaDuration: 2 hours 15 minutesStory: Kelu Rayanar (Prithviraj) wants to avenge the killing of his father Sedirayan (Arya) at the hands of Vasco da Gama. In his quest, he gets support from his friend Vavvali (Prabhu Deva). When the fight becomes a struggle against the invading Portuguese, the story takes...
Monday, 28 May 2012
More than a year after Urumi released in Malayalam, the film has finally released in Tamil. However, it is nothing short of its original counterpart and despite being dubbed, it has all the qualities of a great movie. I can go a step further and say that this is probably the best dubbed film I have seen. Credit goes to the entire team that has made this possible.Urumi is directed by Santhosh Sivan, who is know more in the Tamil film industry...
Cast: Prithviraj, Prabhudeva, Genelia, Arya, Jagathy, Nithya Menon, Vidya Balan, Tabu and othersScript: Shankar RamakrishnanMusic: Deepak DevDirector: Santosh SivanAfter enthralling audiences with his work behind the camera in many films, ace cinematographer Santosh Sivan gets in front of it for Urumi. Directing a fiction based on historical incidents is always a tough ask and to his credit, it ought to be recorded that Sivan has done a marvelous...
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Lal Jose, who is still basking in the success of Diamond Necklace, is all set to start his next project. This yet-to-be-titled project will see Prithviraj essaying the role of a doctor."The movie is about a young doctor, who takes his job too lightly. Later, he realises how he has been irresponsible to his profession and comes around," says the director.Rima Kallingal, Remya Nambeesan and Samvritha Sunil will also be part of the cast. The hunt is...
Director Dr. Biju and actor Indrajith, along with their producer, are heading to Shanghai this June to represent Mollywood at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival. Their abstract film, Aakashathinte Niram (Colour of the sky), has been chosen among over 2,000 odd film entries as the final few to compete for the Golden Goblet Award."This is the first Malayalam film to have soared up to such a great height, so it is an honour for us to be able...
In the last decade or so, Prithviraj has done around 70 films, mainly in Malayalam and also a few in Tamil, with almost every prominent director in the business. He has now completed shooting for his maiden Bollywood film and is all set to do another one, which he says, enigmatically, is a magnum opus but refuses to elaborate on the project.At 30, he has gone through success and setback, sycophancy and slander in equal measures. However, he has also...
Anjali Menon's Manjadikuru, which released recently, is unique in more ways than one. The work for the film started several years back but the release was delayed owing to certain issues.Thus the film has the late actor Murali doing a small but significant role, as the brother who leaves home. "" Yes, I'm aware that things have changed since the film was shot. I feel lucky that my film has Murali in it,"" says Anjali.Murali passed away in 2009, making...
Paresch C Palicha says Manjadikuru is a film supported by some good performances by the members of an ensemble cast.There is a charm in seeing the life of adults through a child's eyes, where masks and pretensions crumble and the stark truth is revealed.Director Anjali Menon tries something like that in her film Manjadikuru. It is easy to categorise this as a story of nostalgia or the loss of the verdant world of childhood. But it is a social and...
There is a distinct difference between the world of a child and the world of an adult. Life becomes complicated when innocence is lost and corruption reigns over human whims. 'Manjadikuru' brings back memories of that lost innocence, in a surrounding that is as lost to the modern society as is innocence amongst adults.'Manjadikuru' is the story of 10 year old Vicky (Sidharth) returning to his ancestral home for the funeral of his grandfather (Thilakan),...
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