– In ‘Thoovanathumbikal‘ , when it rains as Jayakrishnan writes the letter to Clara. – In ‘Namukku Parkaan Munthiri Thoppukal‘ , when Solomon proposes to Sofia – In ‘Dasharatham‘ , when Rajiv Menon asks Maggie if she can love him like Annie loves his son – In ‘Aparan‘ , when Jayaram walks around the cremation […]
It’s the dream of any actor to be part of movies that win hands down with both critics and common viewers alike. To attain the same for 4 movies in a row is nothing short of a phenomenal achievement and Prithviraj is having the time of his life. After ‘Ayaalum Njanum Thammil’, ‘Celluloid’ and ‘Mumbai […]
All great actors attained their heights because they were able to portray some great characters written for them. For someone whom histrionics is his biggest strength, Mammootty’s most memorable characters include Amaram’s Achootty, Thaniyavarthanam’s Balan Mash and Valsyalyam’s Raghavan Nair. The rest of India came to know about Mohanlal when he first got […]
Shahrukh Khan has enjoyed unparalleled success in Romance, an area where the 47-year old actor could even today give the younger crop of heroes a run for their money. There are also few heroes who could play negative characters such splendidly like Shahrukh. The actor hasn’t usually found much success whenever he has come out […]
Some of our blockbusters in recent years make you wonder if they are really worth all its success. 28 years back when Chithram ran for around 400 days in theaters, no one would have really doubted if it was deserving of its phenomenal success. It might still be the all time highest grossing Malayalam movie […]
I still remember when I first read the storyline of Lagaan months before its release. A group of villages who play a cricket match against the Britishers in the pre-independence era. It sounded little funny. Ashutosh Gowarikar, Lagaan’s director had a tough time to find the leading actor with top actors like Shah Rukh Khan, […]
From Tamil star Surya to Malayalam actor Ganesh,one common thing a lot of them use to say about Mohanlal is that even his fingers and fingernails can act. In Dasharatham’s climax, when Mohanlal rests his hand on Sukumari’s shoulder and tells her -” Annie mone snehikunna pole Maggieku enne snehikaamo’ ,you could just watch his […]
‘My phone number is 2255’ says Vincent Gomas and writes the number on the calendar in Ambika’s house. A one-liner that went on to become such immensely popular than perhaps its makers even dreamt of, also marked the rise of Mohanlal, the Superstar. From the villain in his debut movie , ‘Manjil Virinja Pookkal’ to […]
“Mein aankhe band karta hun to tumhe dekhta hun, Aankhe kholta hun to tumhe dekhna chahta hun, Tum paas nahi hoti to tumhe charo taraf mehsoos karta hun Har pal har ghadi har waqt mere naina mere naina ko doondate hain… ..Tum meri ho, mein tumhe zindagi bhar pyar karunga Marte dam tak pyar karunga […]
Its not easy for our filmmakers to produce whodunits today.Movie viewers have watched so many twists and turns over the past years and its difficult to surprise them totally with a suspense at the end that they did not guess somewhere between the movie. Back in 1988, S.N Swamy created a terrific script for ‘Oru CBI Diary […]