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Those Magical ‘Mohanlal’ Moments

When someone once made a list of  ’50+ things only a Proud Mallu will understand’, the first in the list was a photo of Mohanlal with the caption – ‘This man is part of your daily life. Literally’. That just sums it up. From a career that has entertained us for over 36 years, here’s […]

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From A Horrible Debut To The Best Actor State Award – Story Of Fahadh Faasil’s Amazing Comeback

I still remember watching Kerala Cafe back in 2009. In one of the episodes ‘Mrityunjayanam’,a man knocks at Thilakan’s door and  after a few minutes, a friend with whom I was watching the movie asked – ‘Who is this guy’ .I replied ‘Fahadh Fazil’ and he was shocked – ‘Fahadh , that guy from Kaiyethum […]

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Prithviraj’s Tryst With Police Roles

“The most popular and sought out young actor of Malayalam Cinema” – that’s one tag that has been always safe with Prithviraj throughout his career. Still there are two aspects where he had been rather unlucky – One that he was not in the industry when some of our greatest filmmakers like Padmarajan, Bharathan and […]

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Sukumari – Remembering an Amazingly Versatile Actress

March 26, 2014 – Today is first death anniversary of legendary actress ,Sukumari. This enormously talented actress once told in an interviews -“There are around 50 actors to whom I have played mother. If they could remember me fondly after my death like their own mother, that’s what I value most than any other award or recognition”. […]

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When Mammootty Gave A Great Start To These Directors’ Careers

‘How is your experience of working with Mammootty different from that of Mohanlal’, ‘ How do you compare Mohanlal and Mammootty as actors’.These are questions that any of their colleagues ,actors or directors, cant escape from in their interviews. We have heard a lot different types of comparisons made on their careers, acting styles and […]

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Padmarajan – Mohanlal : Remembering An Association That Gave Us Nothing But Classics

Sometimes you watch a movie to witness a director’s genius at work. Sometimes for the sheer pleasure of viewing a fine actor at his best. The biggest feast for a cine goer is when you get to experience both of these in one movie. In Malayalam Cinema, we have had several great actor-director partnerships across […]

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Prithviraj Sukumaran – 2013 belonged to This Man

2013 has been a great year for many artists in Malayalam. Fahad Fazil has strengthened his position as a respected actor with commendable performances in movies like Annayum Rasoolum, Artist and North 24 Kaatham. Dulquer Salman should be a happy young man with his ABCD being a huge success and ‘Neelakashavum Pachakadal..’ critically acclaimed. I […]

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Vineeth Sreenivasan ‘The Director’ is here to stay !

“Like Father Like Son”, goes a popular phrase. Sreenivasan is a fabulous actor and he is even more skillful in writing fantastic screenplays. But he also possessed another great talent that he rarely used which was directing movies. Sreenivasan ‘the director’ ,gave us two classics in ‘Vadakkunokkiyanthram’ and ‘Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala’ – both  extremely entertaining movies […]