Ivar Vivahitharayal

I was not very keen about watching this movie when it was released. The name of the movie, the star cast, the director....nothing was quiet impressive.
But later on many people told me that it was not a bad movie. So I decided to give it a try. This was the first movie that I watched with my whole family.... My parents, wife, sister and her hubby..
It was not a bad movie for the family audience....I was not much impressive though...I felt it like a serial (may be because it was directed by a serial director)...Sooraj Venjaarumoodu was impressive in many scenes..

Vivek (Jayasurya) does his MBA degree from Pondicherry University. Even while as a student, the main ambition of Vivek to get married as soon as he is back home after his studies. Vivek has a circle of very close friends of four, with whom he discusses everything. Navya Nair appears in a cameo role in the film as his dream wife. Prominent among these friends is Teresa (Samvrutha Sunil). Teresa and other friends advises Vivek not to get married so early and to wait till he finds a job, but Vivek had already made up his mind.

Vivek's parents, Adv. Ananthan Menon (Siddique) and Adv. Nandini Rekha lives separated at adjacent flats in the same apartment. Vivek returns home after studies. Vivek stays on each of his parents private apartments on alternate days. Vivek loves his parents so much and wishes to rejoin them some how. The spoiled brat child, Vivek is called as Anathutten by his father Ananthan and Nanthutten by his mother Nandini.

Suraaj Venjarammoodu plays the role of Adv. Mannanthala Susheel Kumar , an assistent advocate to Adv. Ananthan Menon.

A phone-in programme encounter with Kavya aka Tinku (Bhama) and Vivek, a radio jockey, results in loss of Kavya's job. Some strange circumstances lead to the marriage of Vivek and Kavya, without knowing each other that they are the same people who clashed on the FM radio channel. Vivek expects Kavya to be an orthodox and simple wife of his dreams and Kavya turns out to be otherwise. Vivek discovers on the first night after marriage, that he is the same person that caused Kavya lose her job at the FM station. Vivek decides to reveal the truth to Kavya one day but he couldn't do it. Kavya gets rejected at other FM channels due her notorious happening at her previous FM station.

Vivek finds that he did not clear his MBA degree exam and subsequent quarrel with his father, leads to his way out from his father's house. Vivek is now out of his own house without a job or money to survive. Teresa helps Vivek and Kavya to get a rented house next to Teresa's house. Vivek finds difficult to do his responsibilities as an husband but he hates to accept that.

Kavya doubts Teresa's over friendly attachment towards Vivek which results in quarrels among them. She is also worried of Vivek's lack of responsibilites and sufficent care for her and her feelings. Kavya also discovers from Teresa that it was the because of Vivek, she had lost her earlier job. Kavya decides to leave for her own home, but promises to stay with him and Vivek's parents who are reunited now.

After a month, Vivek and Kavya files a joint petition at the court for their divorce. Vivek plans to leave for Dubai, but Vivek and Kavya discovers their emotions towards each other at the end of the film and all is well now.

Passenger

I watched this film at Krishna Theatre. It was renovated recently. In my school days this was a infamous theatre as most of the films screened there was 'A' rated. It has changed a lot...now its A/C, it has DTS...the first gud theatre in kazhakuttom....


The films is about social activist Sathyanathan (Srinivasan), who decides to help Anuradha (Mamta), a television reporter, in a bid to expose a shady politician (Jagathy Sreekumar), who is milking the state through mining scams. Sathyanathan had met Anuradha’s husband, a lawyer Nandan Menon (Dilip), during a train journey.

It all happens on a day when destiny throws in a bunch of people going on with their uneventful lives, together on a mission. Sathyanathan (Sreenivasan) is one of the millions of daily commuters by train, who having fallen asleep one late night misses his home town station. Waking up, he gets acquainted with Nandan Menon (Dileep), an advocate by profession who is heading to a hotel room where he would be alone for the night, since his wife Anuradha (Mamta Mohandas) is away on an assignment, covering up a news story that has been rocking the state. The men strike up a pleasant conversation before parting ways as the train grinds to a halt. Little do they realize that the TV journo has on her cards, a set of different plans - those that will change their lives forever.

Veterans Srinivasan and Jagathy carry the film on their able shoulders with terrific support from Dilip, who has surprisingly agreed to play second fiddle to the main protagonist in spite of being a bigger box-office draw.

The thought-provoking narration is simple and yet gripping aided by tech props like laptops and mobile phones.

In a nutshell, “Passenger” is a must-watch.

IT professional and director Renjith Shankar has done a good work in this movie

Bhramaram

The first review that i got was not a good one. Moreover quality of Blessy's movies were degrading with each movie and so it was expected to be a bad one.
Later I heard from some sources that the movie is a different genre. So I went to watch the movie at Sree Kumar Theatre. It was quiet an impressive movie. The visuals were superb (It was a real pleasure watching the visuals and wondering how it might have been shot). The performances of allmost all the characters were good. After many years, mohanlal has choosen a movie in which he could act well,

The film begins with an uncouth person (Mohanlal) who lands up at the doorstep of stock broker Unni's (Suresh Menon) doorstep in Coimbatore and claims to be his classmate Jose of the seventh standard. Unni cannot recollect any classmate named Jose. But, Jose knows every event of that period, so, Unni trusts him.
The purpose of Jose's visit (who claims to be a jeep driver in the high range area in Kerala [ Images ]) is shrouded in mystery. He refuses any financial help or employment offer; he just wishes to talk about something important in isolation. Jose's eerie behaviour disturbs the composure of Unni's family as well as professional life. And, the revelation of Jose's real identity and purpose of his sudden appearance creates further tremors.

Bhagya Devatha

I am not very enthusiastic about watching Jayaram's movies. Especially not in a theatre. But now that I am married, things has to change. So this was the second movie after " Veruthe Oru Bharya" that I have watched in a theatre.
The promos of the movie was good. One or two songs were good and the visualisation was also good.
But the movie disappoints. The movie revolves around regular Cliches. Nothing so different. Dowry, separation, reconsilation & a happy ending.
There is nothing much to write about this movie. But the sad thing is that this movie is going to be a hit. The only thing that i liked in this movie was that the locations of the movie. "Kuttanad" was always one of my favourite locations. There are certain trivial things in this films that we dont see in regular films..like a shot which shows how they r making "achappams"...but we dont go to theatre to watch making "achappams"
Sathyan anthikad proves that he is no exception to the deterioration of old directors like I V Shashi, Sibi Malayil etc

Calcutta News

When blessy came to malayalam film industry through his movie "Kazcha", he made a statement "Here comes a guy from the padmarajan school who is going to make a difference in malayalam cinema". He kind of reinstated the statement in his film "Thanmatra". But after watching "Palunku", we feel that he knows only to make movies in one mould only - nuclear family, kids et al
Now when 'calcutta news' was announced, that was a totally different template , not a regular blessy movie. But today after watching this movie, i almost realise that blessy is finished. He dont have range, nor calibre of padmarajan.
What a damn waste movie. It was really a horror watching this movie. The only thing good about this movie is the songs. They are excellent.

2 Harihar Nagar

2 Harihar Nagar, begins with the establishment of friendship between the four leads in their school days [a stamp of Siddique-Lal school of filmmaking from Kabuliwalla onwards]. Next, a voiceover tells us about the progress our beloved rascals have made in life since we last met them.

So, Govindankutty with an abbreviated Goku (Siddique) as his name has become a successful builder, married but still childless. His justification; there is still romance in his life. So, children can wait.

Mahadevan (Mukesh) has become a successful new age guru, giving pep talk to school kids in the Gulf. His love life on the other hand is another matter as he is separated from his wife. Appukuttan (Jagadeesh) is a dentist with twin boys. The last one in the group, Thomaskutty (Asokan) is kissing bachelorhood goodbye as he is going to marry shortly.

It is Thomaskutty's betrothal and wedding for which the four reunite in Harihar Nagar and try to reignite the youthful mischief for a few days, which they had missed after being separated from each other.

The story is not much different from the original. In the original, four bachelors tried to woo a beauty who had come into their neighbourhood, which led to commotion, action and suspense in the second half of the film. Here in the new version, Lal keeps the story and the mould the same. The only difference is that the protagonists have grown older [but not necessarily wiser]. Still, it works mainly because it is rooted to the original, and the makers have taken care to make us nostalgic by showing us the snippets of the first part when the credits roll in.

The first half is full of wacky dialogues, situations and, in the second half, the terrific twist in the climax makes it a crackling show. 2 Harihar Nagar is just what intelligent filmmaking is all about and, no wonder, this delightful comedy is a winner from the word go.

Sagar alias Jacky

I was waiting eagerly for this movie. The trailer of this movie was quiet impressive.
Amal neerad's Big B was a delight to watch with its visuals and techniques. His camera work in Black was also very good.
But this movie was a big bore. I hated watching this movie. It killed our favourite character sagar from "irupathaam nootandu"
The visuals, tones, background score etc were almost the same as that of Big B. I doubt whether Amal neerad have any stuff.
This movie was all about mohan lal walking. Jyotirmayees Item number and Bhavana's romance with lal (the pair appeared to be father and daughter)
Sagar alias Jacky in Irupathaam Nootandu was an intelligent, smart guy. In SAJ except for the designer dress, cooling glasses and Hummers and Ferrari's there was nothing much impressive.
And Mr S N Swamy...where is the script????