SIGARAM THODU Theatre : TVM Ajantha Showtime & Date : 11.15am, 14-09-2014 Status : About 50 people Vikram Prabhu after ARIMA NAMBI was my calling card. Whether movie entertains??? Lets see
Story Chellappa(Sathyaraj), a handicapped now is in record bureau of Police department living with his son Murali Pandian(Vikram Prabhu). Chellappa wants his son to become a police officer but Murali wants to be a bank manager. Things change when Murali gets police training selection and his love life becomes a question with this. And things get more serious when ATM robbery gangs in the city attacks Chellappa. Watch rest on screen Performances Vikram Prabhu was good as Murali Pandian. His comedy timing and sentiments were good.Sathyaraj, the seasoned actor once again proved his caliber especially second half. Monal Gajjar as Ambujam was fine. Sathish was fine but Mahesh disappoints. Director Gaurav as one of the villains was fine. Songs & BGM Songs were enjoyable except the one in second half, unwanted one. BGM was fine Technical Cinematography was topnotch. Opening sequence itself proves the caliber of the cinematographer. Certain angles were fresh and terrific. Editing could have been better in second half. Script & Direction Script by Gaurav was engaging. A good start till heroine's entry, a cinematic track chosen later, but enjoyable. But second half was lagged by a set of unwanted comedy scenes and a misplaced song. But things get better later. But second half lacks the punch which we expect after watching first half. Detailing of ATM robbery was genuine with no extra gimmicks. Direction by Gaurav could have been better. Lack of a good suspense also gives us the feeling of something missing and climax was executed in a lazy and racy manner which could have been more thrilling. Overall an enjoyable one, if we can forget the second half starting portions Verdict : Enjoyable, could have been better
RAJADHIRAJA Theatre : TVM SreePadmanabha Showtime & Date : 6:00pm, 07-09-2014 Status : Housefull
A Mass Entertainer from Mammootty on the lines of Rajnikanth's Baasha by debutant Ajai Vasudev written by Udaykrishna-Sibi K Thomas team. Does the movie met the expectations?? Lets see
Story The very same Baasha storyline - Shekharankutty(Mammootty) is living peacefully with his wife and kid with petrol pump job and restaurant. Ayyappan(Joju), a distant relative enters their life causing problems. Later villains enter the scene and in Interval block Shekharankutty bursts out as Raja the old DON. Second half is his flashback and how he finishes the villain gang.
Performances Mammootty looked dull throughout except in flashback episode. The Interval portion where he needs to be energetic was spoiled mainly by this dull nature. Joju simply scores with his well written character though shades of Biju Menon was there at times. Nelson was fine in his limited scenes. Bheeman Raghu was wasted. Lakshmi Rai had nothing much to do. Joy Mathew and Babu Namboothiri were again in typecast roles. Siddhique was fine, so as Lena. Rest of the cast especially from Bollywood were too many and killed the effect at times.
Songs & BGM Music by Karthik Raja and Berny Ignatious were below average and songs were picturised in a bad manner. Lyrics killed the songs most of the time. BGM was fine, but lacked the punch and timing in those mass scenes.
Technical Shaji did a fine job with his camre work but not his best. Editing could have been better especially towards climax and mass scenes
Script & Direction Script by Udaykrishna Siby K Thomas team was fine, and better compared to their last few outings. The script had enough moments and elements to be a mass entertainer. What killed the party was Ajai Vasudevan's direction. Though he could maintain the tempo and interest factor in first half till Interval portion, then onwards direction was totally out of place in most of the times. Ajai couldn't execute the mass scenes in paper to screen with style and elan. There were only frames copied at times from Telugu/Tamil flicks rather than packaging it as a whole. The much anticipated Interval scene was lazily executed. Second half could have been a lot lot better with the script.
Overall an enjoyable first half and an average second half.
Verdict : Above Average
Undoubtedly recent better outings from Mammootty for mass audience, but definitely not the best for the standards he had set before.
Theatre : TVM NEW SCREEN 1 Showtime & Date : 2:30pm, 07-09-2014 Status : 50%
A Dileep movie on festival season,this time script & direction by newcomers and songs were pretty enjoyable. Did the movie entertains??? Lets see
Story Siddharthan aka Siddhu(Dileep) is the only hope of three families who struggles for day today expenses. He meets Namratha(Namitha Pramod), an ad film maker, by accident in between a mock drill by Police. Later he enters to her life as Arun K Menon. Rest of the movie is Siddharthan's flashback which later ends as a comic and action flick. Performances Dileep carries the whole movie with his comedy timing and histronics. Kalabhavan Shajohn with his screen presence was good and evoked a few laughters. Dharmajan as BijuBrahmanan's intro scene was bad, but later he was fine. Siddhique, Lalu Alex, Suresh Krishna, Riyaz Khan, Seetha, Valsala Menon, Neena Kurup were routine. Namitha Pramod needs to be a bit more serious about acting and character selection and above all HER MAKEUP. Though Mythili got a better role, her impeccable disinterested dubbing and wooden expressions killed her chance.
Songs & BGM Songs by S A Rajkumar were good and fits well with the movie. BGM was too loud at times.
Technical Editing could have been better in econd half, Cinematography was good, especially in songs and action sequences. Script & Direction Script by Dinesh Pallath had all ingredients for a festival entertainer but the ingredients were a bit more or less and timing at times killed the taste. Still an enjoyable one. As a debutant, being a festival entertainer package, he did a nice job with the storyline. Though nothing much happens in first half, he could make the show engaging.
Direction by debutant Sudheesh Shankar could have been better. SScenes as such were fine at many parts and shot in rich frames. But certain slapstick ones like Ad Film shoot will test our patience with b grade slapstick humour. Second half showed better promise than first where script was more tight and stick to the subject. Though not a great debut, he's promising as he could handle the final portions of the movie without going overboard in a neat manner.
Overall an enjoyable flick if we can forget a few set of scenes in first half.
SAPTHAMASREE THASKARAHA Theatre : TVM Dhanya Showtime & Date : 11:15am, 06-09-2014 Status : Balcony 80%, FC 38 personsANIL RADHAKRISHNA MENON after 24 NORTH KAATHAM, that was my calling card for the movie with an impressive trailer. Does the movie entertain us??? Lets see
Story Watch the trailer here
All the 7 thieves meets at a jail and plans to hunt down a common enemy of two - Krishnanunni & Nobilettan
Performances Prithviraj was fine, so as Asif Ali who got a good intro scene, Nedumudi too. It is Chemban Vinod as Marty who steals the show. Terrific dialogues and expressions. The one who played his asst too scores. Neeraj Madhav as Narayankutty too got a couple of scenes to score. Sudheer Karamana as Leaf Vasu was a superb characterisation and he did his part in a superb way, but used less in second half. Joy Mathew is typecasted again, so as Irshad and Mukundan. Lishoy was good in his role. Another person I have to mention is director Lijo Jose Pellissery who was superb, especially dialogue delivery as a Thrissur priest. Reenu & Sanusha were okay in their role.
Songs & BGM Rex Vijayan disappoints except the Title saying song portion. BGM was fine.
Technical Nothing special, Editing was fine. Script & Direction Both departments handled by Anil Radhakrishna Menon. Story plot is nothing new, but the way story unfolds and the characterisations make the show different. First half was a kind of introduction and flashback of all the seven thieves. Towards Interval, they plans a robbery. First half was good enough with enough genuine comedies, especially situational ones. But second half, though the proceedings were engaging, could have been a lot better. I think script was in a confusion whether to give prominence to the 7 characterisations making a robbery or the robbery plot with 7 thieves. He chose the second option in my opinion. The climax portion was predictable and the post climax part killed the party and standard the movie set till then.
Real Hero is ANIL RADHAKRISHNA MENON, the director. A director with vision, at the same time racy and slow enough which the subject demanded. Overall a director's flick with good first half and could have been better, still engaging second half with not so impressive twist and post climax Verdict : Engaging Entertainer
BHAIYYA BHAIYYA Theatre : TVM Anjali Showtime & Date : 11:30am, 05-09-2014 Status : Balcony Don't know, FC 45-50%
Kunchacko Boban-Biju Menon combo again after a short gap, Benny P Nayarambalam penning the script. This Johny Antony flick had these features to attract attention before release. Did the movie reach the expectations??? Lets See
Story Movie begins with Babumon(Kunchacko Boban) on an ambulance introducing his Bhaiyya Baburam Chatterjee(Biju Menon), his love Angel(Nisha Agarwal), Baburam's untold love Shanthi(Vinutha) and Udayipp Soman(Suraj Venjarammood), all for different reasons travelling together while both Babus on the way to Bengal to deliver a deadbody of one of their workers. Story begins from childhood when Chacko Contractor(Innocent) takes home Baburam to his home and considering his as his own son and both Babus are living as brothers. Now Babumon is a Bengali employee supplier with the help of Baburam. Angel is the daughter of politician Vijayaraghavan and his son Monayi(Shammi Thilakan) is an upcoming MP Candidate. Story takes a turn in Interval after flashbacks when the Ambulance met with an accident.
Performances Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon did their part well. But the screenplay failed to create a strong bonding and emotional attachment the story demanded. Suraj was superb, though repetitive at times. Salimkumar was good in one scene, otherwise wasted, Innocent too. Shammi Thilakan and Vijayaraghavan were Superb. Nisha Agarwal, reminded Kajal in most frames except closeups. Her lipsync needs special mention. Vinutha was fine as Tamil girl Shanthi. Gregory except one or two scenes, failed to evoke laughter. Thesni Khan repeats her Trivandrum Lodge role. Sadhique was wasted.
Songs and BGM Vidyasagar disappoints big time. Aarodum by Jayachandran which is the title song is my pick. Only 3 songs are included in the movie, not even theme song Bhaiyya Bhaiyya. BGM could have been a lot better
Technical Nothing much to talk about, except the opening shot cinematography, the road from hills. Script & Direction Benny P Nayarambalam seems to have a plot and a no proper storyline to engage the audience at times. It is the lead casts with Suraj makes the show watchable. Screenplay lacks the flow and the whole stuff treated as a fun film, which lacked that seriousness the scenes demanded. Comedies some of them were too old or rehashed which acted as subplots.
Direction by Johny Antony was engaging. Climax portions clearly states that slapstick humour is his forte and he could create that well. Overall the packaging was OK to FINE only. No blames to director, but the script didn't give him ample support most of the times.
Overall an avg first half with few comedies and an avg but better second half with an enjoyable climax which takes the movie to an abv avg level
Verdict : Tads Above Average
The ones who are planning to make Chackochan-Biju team has to keep one thing in mind. The script and final product should be something above ROMANS to satisfy the audience fully
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