CELLULOID

CELLULOID

Theatre : Aluva Zeenath Screen 1
Showtime & Date : 6.15pm, 16-02-2013
Status : Balcony No Idea, FC 25%

CELLULOID is the unknown story of father of MALAYALAM CINEMA.

Story
Its the story of J C Daniel(Prithviraj) & his lifestory from 1928-1979, the difficulties he faced to make VIGATHAKUMARAN(first malayalam cinema), his life after that.

Performances
Prithviraj as J C Daniel & his son Harris has done a decent job. As J C Daniel in first half, his Trivandrum slang & certain scenes were a bit artificial. In second half, he maintained the slang & modulation well. As Harris, in climax scene he was good. Sreenivasan once again proved why he is still there in Malayalam Cinema. There are a set of dialogues which Sreenivasan alone can make audience clap. T G Ravi was superb in his single crying scene who played old age character played by his real life son Sreejith Ravi. The CINEMALA member as the actor in movie was nice. Ramesh Pisharady made us laugh with "AYYO ENGLISH". Mamta was fine.She too faced the slang problem, may be more than Prithviraj.  Siddhique.Jayan, Chembil Ashokan...all supporting cast were apt.

Its CHANDNI who played Rosi stealed the show though she was not even mentioned in climax portions(could have been done that).

Songs & BGM
Songs fits well to the movie. Thanks to the superb modulation of singers. BGM was fine. Could have been a lot better for a movie like this.

Technical
Awesome crew I should say. Makeup by Pattanam Rasheed & Costumes by S B Satheesan needs special mention. Cinematography by Venu was superb. Editing was apt. Art direction definitely needs an appreciation. The whole crew's hardwork was seen in every frame.

Script & Direction
Both departments handled by Kamal. Script by Kamal was apt, simple & straight forward. Cinematic approach was less. Script flows like a biography. Dialogues were simple. Hardwork done by Kamal in researching J C Daniel was evident throughout. Direction was top notch.

On the whole a good movie on the lines of THIRAKKADHA, but a more realistic one & strictly one time watch to know who is J C Daniel

Verdict : Good
BO Verdict : Can't say, at max, a hit level

Family audiences, I don't think they'll enjoy these type in cinema halls other than in major centres. Another movie which will get appreciated for effort when watched on DVD by major Kerala audience

MY BOSS

MY BOSS

Theatre : Aluva Zeenath
Showtime & Date : 3.00pm, 02-12-2012
Status : Housefull

Jeethu Joseph after Detective & Mummy n Me is back with his new movie MY BOSS with Dileep & Mamtha in lead roles. To know whether Jeethu scored a hatrick, read more.

Story
Manu Varma(Dileep), an engineering graduate with distinction in Computer Science joins Quadrek Softwares as assistant to the boss Priya(Mamtha), a strict person by profession hailing from Australia. Manu had to face a lot of work pressure from her. At a stage, when next CEO of the company has to be selected, competition arises between and Mathew(Anand). By the time, Priya's visa period reaches the deadline which will force her to be back to Australia. To be the CEO and to stay in India, she claims that she is in love with Manu & they are going to get married. Manu takes this oppurtunity as a visa card to live in overseas. Things change when Manu takes her to his family in his village. See the rest on screen.

Performances
Dileep was super cool as Manu Varma. He plays with such an ease which we really didn't see from him for last few years. Really enjoyable performance which will make us laugh well. Mamtha was good as the boss Priya. Her fluency in English was well utilised. Tailor-made role for her which she did with 100% perfection. Kalabhavan Shajon as Ali was refreshing. First half gave him ample scope to make us laugh which he did successfully. Saikumar makes us laugh in his role in second half with the witty oneliners. He shines in sentiment scenes too. Mukesh,Ganeshkumar, Rekha & Anand in their cameos did their part well. Seetha & Valsala Menon were usual. Rest of the casts did their part. Dharmajan Bolgatty in his cameo makes us laugh.

Songs & BGM
Songs were enjoyable. Sejo John, though not upto his music in Mummy n Me, impresses us with the BGM & Kuttanadan song & opening song, especially orchestration. Songs stick well to the movie except the album song Enthinennariyilla which was totally out of box.

Technical
Cinematography by Anil Nair was good with fine visuals of Mumbai & Kuttanad.  Editing was good. Art direction needs special mention for his work in first half

Script & Direction
Jeethu Joseph handled both departments. May be the initial spark of the movie would have been hollywood flick THE PROPOSAL, but this one is entirely different. Script was a tailor made one for Dileep & Mamtha. Oneliners were sharp & the proceeding sequences were enjoyable if you are not thinking much of logic. Dialogues wre raser sharp especially for Saikumar. Direction by Jeethu reached next level with this. If Bolgatty Palace was avoided as location & some other in Kuttanad was taken it would have given much more effect(strictly my opinion).

Overall an enjoyable comedy entertainer

Verdict : Good Entertainer
BO Verdict : Hit

Jeethu Joseph won the harick!!!

Without Suraj Venjarammood or Salimkumar and slapstick humour, a clean comedy entertainer is here.