Mohanlal and his gift in romance
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Mohanlal and a Gift to make Romance work with Any Leading Lady

I think the only reason Mohanlal was not given the tag of “King of romance” was because he could handle romance as equally well as action, comedy or just about any other genre. Often film makers prefer to repeat a leading actor-actress pair especially in romantic movies as they find more success ratio when they […]

Malayalam Movie Traffic had a beautiful climax
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Traffic Climax- What a Beautiful Piece of work !

Let’s look into the various segments in the stunning climax of 2011 Malayalam movie Traffic. …. As the vehicle reaches the hospital, the magical score sprouts in the background. ….. As Kunchako Boban walks away surrounded by the crowd, he shares a glance with Sreenivasan which said a “thank you” silently. ….. Sreenivasan’s hands tremble as […]

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Chotta Mumbai – What a rollicking entertainer

…. Just as Michael Ashan is scolding his son for spoiling his birthday and landing him on jail , one of Vasco’s friends comes from behind and stutters ‘ Happy Birthday to you’ ! …. Michael Ashan beats Vasco for cheating him ,causing his sister’s wedding to call off and walks away with his daughters. […]

Prithviraj was stunning as drunkard in Memories
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Memories – Prithviraj’s stunning act as the drunkard

“Ee boot canal inte bhagathottu poyitumundu… thirichu vannitumundu…. thirichu vanna print angottu poyathinu apekshichu valare aazhathilaanu pathinjirikkunnathu.. Poya aal thirichu vannapol bhaaramulla entho undaayirunu… Which means he was carrying something” Suresh Krishna and others were stunned on screen. So was I when I watched this sequence in Memories first day in theaters. Because I had […]

Nedumudi Venu and Sukumaran in Kinnaram
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Kinnaram – A Yesteryear Rollicking comedy

Nedumudi Venu – “600 roopaya vadaka veedinu” Sukumaran – “pakuthi njanum pakuthi ivanuma kodukunne” Sukumaran – ” Nee aa chayapodiyum panchasarayum evideya veche ? Divasavum pachakathinte karyam ivanayathu kondu njanithonum nokkare illa” Sukumaran – “Bathroom njan kanichu tharaam” Nedumudi Venu – ” Kanikanonumilla nere poyi right ilekku thirinja mathi” Much before heroes of Nadodikkattu , […]

Prithviraj in Ennu Ninte Moideen
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Ennu Ninte Moideen Short Review

“Do you think you would ever have a future with Moideen” asks Kanchana’s mother in a scene that struck me a lot in Ennu Ninte Moideen. Kanchana gasps, breaks into tears, takes few seconds and replies -” I promise you. I would not spoil the lives of my siblings. I will wait for any long […]

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Drishyam v/s Papanasam – Mohanlal and Kamal Haasan give each other a firmer handshake

Action, comedy, romance , family drama, musical/dance – Take any movie genre under the sun , there are few actors in the world who could shine in whatever they do like Mohanlal and Kamal Haasan has done repeatedly over their glorious careers. These stalwarts have shared the screen only once – in Unnai Pol Oruvan […]