My Rating : 4/5
Being a great fan of Renjith, this movie was something tat i didn't want to miss. And renjith doesn't disappoint us...Its a collection of 10 movies directed by 10 different directors synchronised by Renjith. All the movies have a common thread..the shop named "Kerala Cafe"..some one or something in each of the movies have something to do with kerala cafe. The idea is fresh & it was delivered well.M Padmakumar's Nostalgia
Dileep, Pseudo nostalgic who cherishes about homeland kerala only when he has a peg of whisky. Not quiet impressive as I had high expectations about Padmakumar
B Unnikrishnan's Aviramam
Based on recession, how it affects an IT businessman. Siddique has portryaed the role well. Nothing much special but it was taken well.
Shyamaprasad's Off Season.
He tries to be experimental by casting suraj venjarumood in his lead role, which is quiet unlikely in a shyamaprasad film. Though recession & Job loss r the central theme of the movie, it lacks direction. shyamaprasad was in a dilemma as to how to go about this theme.
Shankar Ramakrishnan's Island Express,
The movie which has been hijacked by the lead actor. I think I am becoming a fan of Prithviraj. Manianpillai Raju is quiet impressive
Shaji Kailas' Lalthiamhiranmayam
Quiet a shaji kailas film...Close up shots..over acting sureshgopi..everything is the same
Lal Jose's Puram Kazchakal
The climax was a shock..not only for the characters in the movie but also for the audience. Mamooty scores.
Anjali Menon's Happy Journey
A heartening, simple tale has been well told by the director. The film is set inside a bus with an insurance surveyor
(Jagathy Sreekumar) with a roving eye, trying to make advances on a pretty girl (Nithya Menon) sitting next to him. But she turns out to be really smart for the man to handle.
Director Anwar Rasheed's Bridge talks about two parallel tracks, the first one involving a young boy and his pet kitten.
The other story has a son (Salim Kumar), who lives in poor surroundings, deciding to leave his ailing mother (Shanthadevi) in the street. With amazing technical brilliance, the director takes things to an altogether different level and stamps his presence quite effectively.
Mrityunjayam, Uday Ananthan's horror story which supposedly deals with the recklessness of youth, cannot find any link with the other stories. It seems to be there only because it is in the horror genre, so as to show that Kerala Cafe covers every theme.
Uday Ananthan shot into fame with his debut movie, Pranayakalam, which starred Ajmal Ameer and Vimala Raman in the lead.
My favourites are...Bridge, Happy Journey, Puram Kazchakal & Island express
