Ritu(Seasons) is the latest movie directed by shyamaprasad and its very much different from his past art movies.As the name indicates its all about Changes acquired by People in different Seasons

“Seasons Change ,Do we?” the theme of the movie adds meaning to it.

Most of the shots taken by shyamaprasad are close-up ones that face dominates the screen,No doubt Ritu is a fresh experience in Malayalam Cinema.Sticks on to the topic from the beginning to end,no masala and other additives.Script and dialogue writen by Joshua Newton deserves special mention,He completed the script living along with youths for around 1 year and his efforts taken are seen in the screen.Songs by rahulraj are really feast to the ears.As far as acting is concerned all the actors especially Rima Kallingal is promising.

Ritu is not a movie for all audiences ,but I think its a must watch for the youth who works in the IT field as it portrays the importance of life and relationships needed between these techies.As any other Shyamaprasad movie Ritu is also marketed poorly,But if Patanathil Bootham is a hit I think this movie deserve a Mega Hit so watch Ritu in your near by theaters.

VERDICT 3/5

Recently I decided to gave a break to movie reviews but after watching Bhramaram I was forced to change  the decision.Watched the movie yesterday  crossing some barriers which I think every Mohanlal Fan should when intended for a first day watch.Thanks for the efforts taken by My friend Abey George who was in Abhilash for reserving the tickets,He called me after reserving tickets for the second show yesterday,But  to the bad luck,film reel was damaged in the second half  and  all the shows  for yesterday were canceled in Abhilash.Anyways I managed to get tickets in JOS PALA for the second show.

Plot

The movie starts Mohanlal coming to the house of one old friend with some intentions and the whole movie length is to seven days after that,the plot is simple ,its a Road Trip to Mohanlals house by Mohanlal and the Old friend(the character done by Suresh menon).I dont want to spoil the freshness of the story by saying more about it.

How is the movie?

If someone asks me this question I will give a one word reply “Excellent”,Very fresh subject and treatment.I doubt any other one apart from Blessey can treat it as the story is of  very small time period(7 days).Most of the scenes are lengthy ones(Some may argue that Passenger is a one day movie,but its a fact that its scenes are small ones and apart from all its  just an average or below average movie).Coming to the cinematography I think Ajayan Vincent did an awesome job,the high range areas and jeep scenes were picturized beautifully .The scene in which mohanalal and suresh menon travels through the city in a taxi(In which camera takes a round over )and the scene in which Mohanlal stops the Lorry  and giving out a whistle we can see his glance of outstanding cinematography.Blessey scripting was that perfect which made the audience glued in the seat with  excited eyes for 2.30 hours.Songs by Mohan Sithara are definitely gonna top the charts in the upcoming days,

Performances

Performance wise I have no words to mention  Mohanlals performance,Such a brilliant performance!Any single scenes aren’t comparable,Expressions came out as a rain from him and the climax scenes are too brilliant to touch any hardhearted person,Nothing other than a national award is expected.Coming to others Bhoomika looked beautiful but hadn’t much scenes to perform,Suresh Menon did an excellent Job,KPSC Lalita was outstanding and even Baby Niveditha was brilliant.

VERDICT

All in all Bhramaram is a must watch movie,watch it in Theaters and experience a wonderful piece of Fresh Cinema which Malayalam haven’t experienced before!

3.8/5

Kerala State Cine awards was announced today at 12.00 Pm by Hon: Min MA Baby,As usual Giants like Adoor gopalakrishnan, Mohanlal etc were in the finals.Owing the disputes raised after the Kerala Sahithya Academy Awards,this one was held with perfection and Vigilance(MA BABY said so).

Anyways some of  the results were totally fresh replacing the old giants ,i was shocked to hear that LAL grabbed the award for Best Actor,it may be several factors , The Worlds best Actor (Mohanlal) was competing LAL through his movie PakalNakshathrangal which was critically acclaimed very much,Above all If we check the history of state awards we might doubt whether its made for Mohanlal only! In Mind I too had wish that Mohanlal should grab it as he was my Favorite actor.Anyways coming to LAL i think that he was truly deserving it,While coming out from the Theater after watching Thalappavu ,his character haunted me,And I was damn sure that LAL will get lots of appreciations for his Finest performance in his LIFE,the agony of policeman who was forced to commit a crime was delivered wonderfully,Perfectly by him.2009 happens to be golden year for LAL ,his 2 harihar nagar (As director) is breaking all the collectiion records and is still topping the box office.LAL is a man which I think is a perfect example for Success in Life,What ever field Direction,Acting,Distribution,Production with his golden midas touch was made great successes.He was compelled to act by director jayaraj in the movie KALIYATTOM and for that movie he was rejected in final round for the best supporting actor ,now with the best actor award he has proved once again that he is truly a gold for Malayalam cinema.

Coming to thalappavu,MadhuBal got the award for the best new director,I wont be excited if he got the award for the best director replacing Adoor Gopalakrishnan as because of that Thalappavu was that perfect in direction,The Wayanadan forests and Kuttanad at the same time were picturized beautifully.The only draw back which I found (this may be the reason that Thalappavu wasnt a great success) was that The runtime was limited to  1 hours and 45 minutes ,where as the movie content demanded more than 3 hours(In its perfection),it may have done to reduce the budget.Or thinking  by the  side of Script writer Babu janardanan,The movie might have meant to show the AGONY of LAL rather than showing the WAYANADAN riots(which demanded  3 hrs+ as i said above).Coming to Babu Janardanan,the script was brilliant,I think he is still very much underrated in Malayalam Cinema.Next one is Prithviraj,Whatever he or his acting  be ,but his attitude to Cinema is very much Adorable.He acted in two films which were released simultaneously both of in which he was the second HERO,(THIRAKATHA and THALAPPAVU) both of them were good movies and presence of Prithviraj gave some Profit to both movies(Utilising the star value of PrithviRaj),he has also done this before in lots of other movies like Achanurangatha veedu and all.Just think where he is now, his next movie is  gonna release soon with no one other than   MANIRATHNAM! How many of the actors have this attitude to cinema,In his own words : “Rather than being a Superstar,being a part of good cinema gives me more satisfaction:” And here comes the Quality of Prithviraj.

Anyways I think this years state awards did justice to some extent(Even though Gulmohar was rejected completely).Lets hope for more good cinemas in the Mallu industry,and the words of MA BABY today that Cinema Study will be started in between the studensts is very much promising(EVEN if no good film makers arise,this move will help to mould a good bunch of Sensible Audience!)

SAJ is the most awaited Malayalam movie this year,Sequel to IRUPATHAM NOOTANDU(1987) directed by KM madhu, Script by SN Swamy. Sagar Alias Jackey  reloaded hit the theaters today -Direction,Cinematography by Amal Neerad and script by the same SN Swamy.So whats  SAJ? Did the sequel did justice to the old super hit and to Mallu Audience?I had some preconceptions in my mind before watching the movie.Now I am back from theater , and I think that my Preconceptions were right! Here are my views about the movie.

Summary

First of all the movie cant be said as a secquel to Irupatham Nootandu as the only common factor is Sagar Alias Jacky.Clearly it have been done for initials. The movie starts with Shobana Seeking help of Sagar Alias jackey.Her husband (Manoj K Jayan)was kidnapped,and of course Jackey comes for the rescue and he never fails in his mission.And on to the starting titles ,i think that it was outstanding  this happens to be one of the best starting titles I’ve seen in my life(was up to or near to the starting credits of Rang De Basanti) and then the story develops basing on the Kidnap incident.More and more Scenario occurs connecting that incident.

Views

Plus

So whats in the movie which glue you on  to the seats?In one word the answer will be “STYLE”.yes another Big B is born,but this time something more! SAJ is the most stylish movie ever made in Malayalam.Amal Neerad is truly a Diamond to the Malayalam Industry.Taking a wild guess.. he will direct only 1 or 2 more movies in Malayalam(After all he will be in Bollywood or Hollywood).He can definitely direct the Dhoom Series… His shots in Deserts were on par with the desert scenes (Namibia) in Dhoom 2! He used the same stuffs like Cars(Pajero,Hummer),Glasses,Jackets and Guns as in Big B as style elements.Every shots looks beautiful.Dirty locations too appears stylish in his frames,On the way of Jacky and his crew to rescue Manoj K Jayan,they have some talks in a dirty corner .Its lighting itself is superb,yellow light illuminates the dirty corner and the corner looks Stylish!

What comes next is the excellent background scores by Gopi Sunder,the old theme music was remixed wonderfully,BGM was perfectly matching with the shots of Amal Neerad.Songs were also done by Gopi Sunder, it seemed okay.

Minus

Was this a perfect one? No, Not at all. As a total movie it wasn’t that perfect ,the script was pretty  weak,i don’t know whether we can call it weak but it was that predictable and usual,nothing new was delivered by

SN SWAMY.Swamy is now no where near his old mighty days,recent movies like Positive,Nerariyan CBI,Balram vs. Tharadas etc clearly depicts that ,So me too  wasn’t expecting a good script for the movie.Dialogues also wasn’t that good but not that bad.

Another drawback was the character of Jagathy ,it was truly unnecessary and had nothing to do in the movie, comes on to the screen often and says some blah blah (humor was aimed,but wasn’t able to deliver it)it didn’t become  that irritating as Jagathy was handling the role.Anyone other than Jagathy would have been irritating as the dialogues were not at all humorous.

I wonder why Amal Neerad also choose the conventional path of love!An element like love was totally unsuitable for the movie,now you might have got the point, as usual Bhavana falls in love with Sagar.

In total Sagar Alias Jackey is definitely worth a watch.If anyone ask me to say about the movie in one word I would reply “Stylish Package”.if you desire to see the movie ,a theater watch will be the best option rather than waiting for the DVDs,as the whole new technologies used for the movie are more apt  for a theater watch.

VERDICT

3/5

Tail Piece:Mohanlal

This happens to be the movie which i’ve slept  the most(in a  theater),Doesnt mean that its the worst film i’ve watched (in theater or …).But the movie is a total crap.How comes Shaji Kailas and AK Sajan get that much Dumb!?Getting frank..Sound Of Boot of Shaji Kailas was far better than this!

So what is Red Chillies? Nothing but a mere adaptation of Chintamani Kolacase with some controversial topics and a  poor written script.

Telugu Movies are now released in malayam theaters even without dubbing,I was searching for a reason and after Redchillies i got the answer.

There were one period in the 80s-90s from which the Tamil cinema only had good cinemas as a remake of Malayalam movies(Eventhough they were remade to the worse),Movies like Thenmavin Kompathu  or even Bharatam by Vijayakanth!! Some days before a tamil minister said that the keralites cant make a movie like Subramaniapuram even if 50 years are given!From where did these people gain that  much guts  to challenge a Kingdom in which Padmarajan,Bharatan etc where the emperors?

Anyways as usual Mohanlal did justice to OMR ,but nothing in the movie other than that.

I was planning to give a 0 star to Red Chillies but as there were some past Vinayan Movies, i am giving

.5 star for redchillies out of 5

VERDICT

.5/5

A Wednesday was a recent flick in bollywood and did some good in the box office.Some of my friends said about this film  and i decided to watch it,so day before yesterday i watched the movie.The movie is about some incidents happening in one Wednesday.Some terrorist activities(bomb blasts and all )happens and the movie says the story after the blasts.

I am not spoiling the mood of the movie by saying the story ,its a must watch regarding the current situation(Lots of similarities with the Mumbai incident).But one thing i would like to disclose about the movie is,The movie is not about anti terrorism and all and no terrorist will be reformed seeing this movie.But the movie is a good thought,its about a strange thinking of a common man or  as in the movie -Strange thought of a stupid Common man.

Good performances by the veterans Nasseruddin Shah and Anupam kher.

The movie is just  1.30 hours and that’s all what the movie demands.And finally, It ends in a stunning climax.

Rating

* * * *

4 stars out of 5

Something special about this person is that all his movies are Haunting.By haunting i meant that the memories of the movie (especially the characters) will be with us for some period.His movies are a good exercise for your brain as there are lots of elements to think off after the movie!.

I think my first Padmarajan movie watch was Thoovanathumpikal,I didnt find anything great in it in the first watch,but when i watched it 2nd ,found it really interesting!And to be frank at present I dont know how many times I have watched that movie,and the more I watch it the more I love it!.

The master of Cinema died at the early age of 55(He did only few films) but each one is different from one another.Another interesting fact is that apart from the strong story line his movies are very much entertaining .For example consider IDAVELA-which is the story of 4 friends hanging out for 10 days.And the story develops with lots of funny moments in between them.Each Movie constitues of lots of touching characters .I am damn sure that you will remember the names of atleast 5 characters after watching a PADMARAJAN MOVIE.What does it indicate? It clarifies the power of his characters .

Another interesting feature is the unpredictability.No one can guess how his movie ends or what happens in the next moment.In Moonnam Pakkam, can you even think that it becomes that much tragic in the climax as it was built up in such an entertainment package from the beginning!?

Now for those who have’nt watched PADMARAJAN movies, here are few good ones which I am suggesting(All are good but these are my favorites)

1. Thoovanathumpikal
2. Namukku Parkkan MunthiriThoppukal
3. Idavela
4. Innale
5. Moonnam Pakkam
6. Kariyilakkattu Pole

For your information he has scripted for 36 and directed 18 films.Apart from a movie director he was  a Born writer and most of his movies are made from his own novels.I also reccomend his novels,they also will give you the same feel or more!

Anyway i wish this post to be an Eye Opener to those who are after SHAFI,RAFI-MECARTIN and Now a days Mammootty movies.RESPECTED MAMMOKKA i would like to borrow one of your famous dialogues now

“I FEEL PITY ON YOU!!”

I feel pity on you for making these types of stupid films.

Actor PRITHVIRAJ recently said “The Standard of Our audience’s has gone a lot down!” and this is cent percent true.

His last film was NJAN GANDARVAN which was a class film portraying the relation between GANDARVAN and a WOMAN ,but the movie flopped in the box office , after some days the genius passed away.Some says that he died because of the failure of such a nice movie like Njan Gandarvan.

The golden age of Malayalam cinema was surely the 90’s .We had an intelligent audience during that period,The other language film makers considered Malalayalam movies as REFERENCE TEXT BOOKS! I doubt whether his films will do well in box office ,if he was a film maker in this era!Presenltly all are after entertainments movies.

A renaissance is necessary,we should get back to our standard which we had some years before.Anyway i am glad that still there are lots of Padmarajan fans  in Kerala.

Please Visit the Padmarajan Community in orkut in which you will find more information about him and  a  bunch of good cinema lovers.

Last day a thought came into my mind.And i rolled over some greatest movies of all times.And the resulting discovery was as follows “Worlds Greatest movies are made in Prisons” .You want proof ? Here is it..

Shawshank Redemption

Schindlers List

The Green Mile

Life is Beautiful(La Bella Vita)

The Green Mile

The Great Escape

The list goes on.Of these i watched Life Is Beautiful Yesterday.It was simply awesome and some thing special about that movie is that it was a comedy movie except the last 5 minutes.And the last 5 minutes is utter tragedy.You might wonder what is this?Just watch the movie and see how he has acted ,The hero is in the German Nazi concentration Camp and he tries to cheer up the kid who is with him(Even in his sadness).Shawshank Redemption is the best movie I have seen.It also shows us the power of Determination and hope.And it also shows the perfect twisting power from 1 to 100 at the ends(You might have not understood what i said,Just go and watch it the picture will be clear).

What is the speciality of Prison?

I was sticked on to this thought since the last days.What is so much great with the Prison?Prison is the place were people leaves like losers.And their only light is Hope,hope that they can come to the outer world one day.. and this gives them courage to live

Post will be continued…………

Today I saw Taare Zameen Par once more in DVD.Thank you Aamir for bringing out the DVD

Aamir … U r Genious!

Darsheel……… u truly desereved the best actor award……(Even in the filmfares that stupid sharukh was given the best actor)

TextBook babies……….. go and watch this movie……………

The was not at all made commercially……… Aamir jsut wanted to show the situation…….

Brilliant Brilliant and Brilliant………

Two dialogues in the screenplay which will be a certain ete-opener for these parents.

“These days of childhood will never return so live it now friend….”

Next one

“In Solomon Islands peoples wont cute a tree…. They gather around it and tell bad words and all in a week the tree fells DOWN!!

Hope u got the meaning of it

Yesterday, watched the famous movie The Usual Suspects(1991),termed as one of the best crime thrillers of 90’s along  with  Se7en,Silence of the Lambs etc.Comparatively this movie is little more styllish from Se7en,but never upto se7en.

Movie is about Kyzer Soze who kills peoples who owed him or dealt with him,but nobody knows him or have seen him.Soze is a mysterious person and is after these 5 guys shown in the above pic.And the guys gets killed one by one.And at the end real Kyzer Soze comes into the screen

The movie is made stylish,action packed and finishes with a superb suspense.All in all it is a wonderful movie of 1:30 hrs.

Verdict

4.4/5