VAADAMALLI (വാടാമല്ലി)
I will be writing the review of this movie a bit different from usual pattern of my reviews. It may contain lines which may disturb the ones behind this project.
കൂട്ടിയ റ്റിക്കറ്റ് നിരക്കില് കാശ് കൊടുത്തു തിയറ്ററില് പോയി സിനിമ കാണുന്ന ഒരു സാധാരണക്കാരന്റെ ദീനരോദനം ആയി കണ്ടാല് മതി
Theatre : TVM SreeVisakh
Showtime & Date : 11.30am, 10-06-2011
Status : FC around 40-50 people, Balcony No idea
Many have seen the scene in movie CHINTHAVISHTAYAAYA SHYAMALA in which Sreenivasan & Sudheesh as fraud ad film makers gets caught & when producer worries, the camera man says to him like "സാര് വിഷമിക്കാതെ, സംഭവം ഞാന് ചെയ്തു തരാം". The same happened for this movie too I think. The whole movie looks like cinematographer directed one.
Story
The movie begins with an accident sequence(made at half the speed of slow motion in Amal Neerad movies). It lasted for about 3 minutes. By the time all characters in the movie were shown. Then story takes a flashback(we came to know that was a storytelling episode to a police officer only after that is over). Vasu(debutant Hari), a poor guy from a colony, Vrinda(debutant Richa Panai of Bheema Jewellery ads), Saranya & newfaces studies in a typical cinematic music college having no classes with a baffoon professor played by yesteryear actor Raveendran. Story unfolds like a multi perspective one. In the beginning Hari is shown as a bad guy & later a good one. First half is mainly missing of Vrinda & flashback telling the love development sequence of Vasu& Vrinda. Second half tells what happened to Vrinda.
Performances
Hari as Vasu was impressive at parts with Sarath's good dubbing. Rest of the newfaces were horrible. Raveendran, BijuKuttan, K R Vijaya were the known faces in the movie with pathetic performances. Lishoy has nothing to do.
RICHA PANAI was refreshing on screen & surprisingly her lip sync was superb & her expressions looked fresh. She is sure to stay in the film industry.A positive I can say about the film.
Songs
Music by Shyam was good. Neeyo Puzha & Thoomanjin are my picks. BGM too impresses at few parts. Another positive I can say.
Technical
Here comes the real hero & dirctor - the cinematographer VAIDY S PILLAI. The whole movie was a visual treat(visually in the sense frames alone). Editor was sleeping I think. Art direction- is something like that there?
Script & Direction
Script was pathetic one by debutants Rajesh Varma & Lasar Shine(both are journalists). A small advice to them - A movie screenplay is not a newspaper coloumn. I think that explains everything. Dialogues were very few in the movie. Maximum 2 page dialogues were there in the whole movie.
ALBERRT ANTONI - this movie won't become success just because you changed the spelling of your name according to numerology. HARDWORK only pays. I don't believe that a person called director there on the sets of this movie.
Both script writers & director could not convey the matter through the characters. Emotions were not there in the script itself I believe.
In the movie a police officer character played by one who played lead role in Asianet's Kunjali Maraikkar serial is ivestigating about the missing of his own sister Richa. When a clue like a nude bath video of Richa is found(പച്ച മലയാളത്തില് റിച്ചയുടെ കുളി സീന് ), hero cries like Sir stop it stop it please stop playing the video & the BROTHER had no emotions & he was enjoying the video. PATHETIC SCRIPT & DIRECTION. Watch Mysskin directed Cheran acted movie YUDDHAM SEI to see how well such a character was portrayed.
Verdict : Pathetic movie
BO Verdict : SUPER DISASTER
വാടാമല്ലി ആദ്യ പകുതി കഴിയുന്നതിനു മുന്പെ തന്നെ വാടി
ബോക്സ് ഓഫീസില് ഈ വാടാമല്ലി വാടിക്കഴിഞ്ഞു
ബോക്സ് ഓഫീസില് ഈ വാടാമല്ലി വാടിക്കഴിഞ്ഞു
Good claps were there for Richa's intro scene
About 5 college students came as a gang & in the first half middle itself, one among them was trying to escape from theatre & friends forced him to sit. he was trying to get out of the theatre by telling some reason. Finally he said I'm going. When friends asked why he said റിച്ചയുടെ മുഖത്തു കുരു
10 minutes after second half, the whole gang left the theatre
Theatre Response was like this
A : വാടാമല്ലി കണ്ടോ?
B : പോടാ **********
Movie started with thanks to Mohanlal, Mohanlal Fans Assc, Antony Perumbavoor & Jackie Chan. After watching this movie none will invest money for Mohanlal-Jacki Chan upcoming project NAIRSAN by same director
Movie started with thanks to Mohanlal, Mohanlal Fans Assc, Antony Perumbavoor & Jackie Chan. After watching this movie none will invest money for Mohanlal-Jacki Chan upcoming project NAIRSAN by same director
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There is a saying in Malayalam, as
ReplyDelete"Ksheeramullorakidin Chuvattilum, Chora thanne Kothukinnu Kouthukam"
After reading the above review, I do remember that review.
It's nothing but aspersion. I feel its a mere gab. It's fecklessness to simply criticize something blindly. Anybody can make such verbal diarrhea. With all due respect I descend with your opinion.
Vadamally, a Teen Entertainment suspense Thriller, in the background of Campus... I have Seen it.
At the outset, I liked it.
All most all major characters, including the Hero and Heroin are New Comers.
The Camera is, undoubtedly, outstanding. It is true that, some times we feel that whether cinema is the art of Cameraman? Hats off to Vaidy, who is the gifted Camera man of the movie.
Rajesh Varma and Lasar Shine made their debut screen play as Success. They are introducing a new style of story telling, which is quite new to Malayalam. They might have been inspired by Rashamon, Amores Perose, Babel or 21 Grams, City of God and such other packaged movies, which are senselessly followed in 1000s of movie today. But in vada Mally, they made an independent Malayalam style. Script i.e. Screen play was notable and that credit has to be given to them.
Of Course, here and there some problems are there, including some weak points in Direction. The First Scene, which was beautifully shooted, was misdirected by adding unsuitable and horrible background score. Such a Scene is followed by a Song, which was very boring.
Similarly, the Hostel Scenes were good and different in experiences. Unlike repeatation of old 80s Campuses, Vadamally is trying to introduce a new Campus, which is new to Malayalam Cinema. But the casting in the Hostel scenes was not fully okay.
It is only a mere campus Film, but a suspense Thriller too. The suspense of the Film is remaining as unbreakable, till the last scene. The Police interrogation of a character, by means of Violin play, was excellently done.
No charectors, except the Character of vettaren Raveendran, crossed the limit. His charectors is an invited disaster.
Make up and costumes not up to scratch. Editing is excellent. All new Charectors acted well, though some minor criticism to be marked on record.
The movie still entertains people, that too in a different way.
I Would Rate it **1/2 Below average
ReplyDeleteI hav not seen the film , but i simply feel the lead actor Rahul Madhav will become famous and star in the film industry soon
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