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Swapnam Kondu Thulabharam (2003)
Just one of those average ones.....
If you want to see just one of those average malayalam movies, then this one is for you. No stunts, no action just plain old drama.
Vishnu (Suresh Gopi) and Aniyankuttan (Kunjacko Boban) are the sons of Janardhanan and Sreevidya. But Aniyankuttan is an unhappy kid, because he only gets things that have been used either by his father or by his brother or both. And his brother is just a super brilliant lecturer who has stood first in all classes and has bagged some trophies for credits. So everyone gives priority to Vishnu. So Aniyankuttan feels that something is wrong somewhere and an inferiority complex.
And there is Ammu, played by new screen girl who is madly in love with Vishnu. And to get to Vishnu she makes Aniyankuttan her friend. But Aniyankuttan wrongly takes the friendship to be 'another' relationship. And soon discovers that his brother is going to wed Ammu. Problems again.
And then finally he discovers 'the truth'. So he becomes terribly sad and unhappy becoming willing even to kill his own brother..........
Lame movie. Stupid songs. And definitely NO COMEDY . But Jagathy is there just for the name . And Suresh Gopi, well it was a wise decision to stop acting, because with movies like this oh man he is a goner. Stupid acting from the "star of IPS's". But Kunchacko Boban does his character well, though. The budding star really deserves a clap of appreciation. He correctly displays his character, handling emotions well and portraying the outburst of mixed emotions on discovering the 'truth'. And, well the first time actress is a thumbs down. No real acting. And Janardhanan and Sreevidya does well. Jagathy is there just for the name, as I said before.
I wouldnt recommend this movie. Oh no, it would be better to spend the 2 hrs time on some other useful purposes.
My Verdict : Average Loser
My Rating : 5/10
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Fully crapped CGI
The lamest, most stupidest film I've ever seen. How can Disney make such stupid movies. Money waste and time waste. It is even a comedy type to have a hearty laughter. Just some crazy and stupid animations. Horror for 3-year olds.
The story is as usual. Jim Evers (Eddie Murphy) is a workaholic real estate dealer and is in debt in terms of family's entertainment. So after some quarrels the family decide to go on a vacation .But en route Jim stops to deal with another house which happens to be haunted. So there are ghosts in the house and some events take place concerning his wife and these events teach Jim the importance of family & love.
Thats pretty much the story. Lame story and you can guess the end and everything from the beginning itself. There is not much real people in this movie. Most of the cast include CGI of actors and actresses which have been animated through. Only good thing is the daughter. Normal, practically thinking kid. Cool.
So if you're a teenager or someone associated with computer then this movie is crap CGI, but if you're a person who has NEVER even heard of computer or who like casper movies then this is money worth. So make your decision and go ahead. But this is the last straw for me. I, for heaven's sake WILL NOT watch any more Disney pictures from now on.
My Verdict : Recommended for 3-year old
My Rating : 3/10
Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004)
This movie really deserves a 10-pointer
Excellent ! Marvelous! Fantastic ! Fabulous !
Excellent story, Excellent cast, Excellent performances and Excellent comedy scenes. No wonder it bagged so much during its first weeks.
Chandu (Jayasuriya) has a problem with his name. Everyone who hears his name instantly believes that he is merciless [Chathiyan Chandu]. But that is not the theme of the story.
Chandu wants to be a famous script-writer. So he approaches all director's but all his stories are flops. So he decides to write his own story.......
Chandu is the son of a servant who works in a big manor. (But he's not the 'other' son of the master. No way, that's not the story either.) The master's (Janardhanan's) daughter Indira (Bhavana) is in love with Chandu. But Chandu doesn't want to "hurt" his master. So he refuses Bhavana's love. But Bhavana never gives up. One day Janardhanan gets hold of the love story and wants Chandu to give up the love. So he asks Chandu to write letters which will describe his love with an imaginary "Vasumathi" in an imaginary "Thekkekkattukara" village. Janardhanan purposefully gives Bhavana the letters which makes her heart-broken . In one of those letters Janardhanan asks Chandu to write that he is planning to leave town with the imaginary "Vasumathi" which completely breaks Bhavana's heart. But she posts all the letters after reading them. Now Janardhanan asks Chandu to leave town.
Now as fate permits, there really IS a "Vasumathi" (Navya Nair) in a REAL Thekkekkattukara village , who is on the verge of suicide (Reason revealed later) . Now Chandu's letters gives her hope and she decides to leave town as per the last letter. But there comes the clash . In the Madras bus there is Vinneeth to whom Chandu tells his own story and tells him that even if the real Vasumathi comes he will not accept her. Now Vasumathi hears this and is heartbroken. She has nowhere to go. So Vineeth takes both Chandu and Vasumathi to his home. where after a turn of events Chandu falls in love with Vasumathi .Yes, yeah. And just when Vasumathi is about to reveal her identity, voila comes Bhavana. INETRVAL ........Then what happens ?????????? Vasumathi's story is revealed and the super climax is with her family.
I think the story is, even though stupid, really cool.Charismatic. So imaginative of the writer. Jayasuriya plays his role with maturity. I think its time now for "Dileep out Suriya in" chant again. because that's 3 hits in a row, Jayasuriya has delivered. and Dileep, well he I think is losing his position in trying to become an action star. Bhavana also does her part well. But I think her voice should have been dubbed. So manly. But my surprise was Navya Nair. I've never seen her so glamourous. I've always considered her a talented waste. But now I think I should change my opinion to talented beauty queen. Her Village girl role is a marvel. One will REALLY feel sympathy towards her character. Also she plays her ""ghost"" role with a beauty. Oooh, it was comedially frightening. Vineeth also plays well though he didnt have that much lengthy part.
And about laughter. I think you should bring two cartons of tissue papers. Because its going to be so hilarious that 'happy' tears will come out of your eyes. So comedial till the end. And "Michael Jackson " Salim Kumar , Cochin Haneefa and a surprising Lal adds to the laughter.
My Verdict : EXCELLENT. VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
My Rating : 10/10
WHOLE LENGTH LAUGHTER GUARANTEED
Asoka (2001)
Lame, Sure Loser
This movie proves one point. SRK is not cut out for action and historic roles, but for romantic roles ONLY.
And Kareena is just the same. Showing more of her body than her acting skills. Not made out for her role either.
And as the rumour was, the movie flopped and fell flat on its back. Anyway the theme and story was good. Peppy songs.
If the director had only chosen some other actor for the role of Asoka and someone who CAN play the part of Kaurwaki like may be Prity Zinta than Kareena then maybe the movie would have gained a little audience.
My verdict : DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY
My rating : 3/10
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Same Theme, Same Cast, Title Different
When I saw the trailer and the peppy songs I got the impression that I was in line for yet another stupid love story.
Whaddayaknow it was true. Same theme, Same cast Only the title was different. Shahrukh, Kajol , Shahrukh's mother, the comedy camp-manager all have been together in about 5 identical love stories so far.I think this movie closely resembles 'Dil To Paagal Hai'. Now I just wish that I had stayed home and not waste 15 Rs on the VCD.
The story : Rahul (Shah) love Tina (Rani Mukherji). Anjali (Kajol) loves Rahul. And Tina loves Rahul. But Tina knows that Anjali loves Rahul. And Anjali knows that Tina loves Rahul. But they both know that Rahul loves Tina. So Anjali goes away to USA. Tina marries Rahul and after delivering a baby dies. Now after 8 years its upto the daughter Anjali to unite Rahul and big Anjali. Salman Khan plays guest role as big Anjali's lover.
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Same old boring story. Only the angle is different. I think kajol looked young and beautiful in the beginning when she was in the college scenario. She looked a good 10 to 15 years older when doing the USA Anjali part. Shahrukh is just the same. Good OVERACTING little comedian. I just wish at least some director would realise his potential and give him some strong roles. Well Salman is just a goofy lover. I think Yash Johar chose him for his good looks ONLY. No acting talent there. Rani also I think is on a guest role. But she does her bit with absolute perfection. Now isnt that surprising !?!?!?
Well I strongly recommend NOT TO WATCH this movie. But if you are a diehard Shahrukh Khan fan then......
My verdict : DONT WASTE MONEY
My Rating : 4/10
Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
Good Love story
This is a good love story. Hit since it has veteran cast like Shahrukh (Rahul) and Madhuri Dixit (Pooja). Also it has Karishma Kapoor (Nisha) and Akshay Kumar. The story :
Rahul is in search of true love. Nisha is Rahul's best friend and loves him deeply. But Rahul does not love Nisha. They own a group that plays musical dramas. Nisha is always Rahul heroine. But one day Nisha's leg sprains and doctor says that she shouldn't dance for 3 months. This is shocking news to the crew as they are having another play in 2 weeks time. So they search for another heroine and finds Pooja. Rahul immediately falls in love with Pooja but Pooja is in doubt, as Pooja was brought up by another family whose son [Akshay] is in love with her and she cannot refuse him due to debt. Now Pooja should make a choice, a very important choice whether she should marry the true love she had found or she should pay her debt to the family which brought her up by marrying their son......
Good story. Good theme. Makes you think that "someone....somewhere..is made for you". Shahrukh and Madhuri, as usual excel well in their roles and Karishma and Akshay do well. And good songs
My verdict : Good for watching
My rating : 7/10
Vismayathumbathu (2004)
Absolutely Brilliant
Truth is indeed vastly stranger than fiction
You'll start believing this after you've seen the movie. Fazil has once again amazed us all with his story & direction.
Mixed with peppy songs and stunts this movie is going to become one of the highest grossing films of this year.
Rita (Nayantara) is a spirit which finds its way into Sreekumar's (Mohanlal) hand. Both are of very high IQ's. Maybe that's why only Sreekumar can see & hear Rita. Rita is in an amnesia state and its upto Sree to review her memory and find why she has come to him. On the way lies many mysteries and dangers. But Sree with the help of Gopan (Mukesh), [Harisree Ashokan], [Cochin Haneefa], [Salim kumar] and of course the spirit, Rita follow the strange path of truth only to discover that truth is indeed vastly stranger than fiction and leave us with ONE HELL OF A MOVIE .
Mohanlal is as usual AMAZING with his high IQ acting, Mukesh plays the role of sub-hero with brilliance and Harisree Ashokan and Salim kumar chips in with comedies. But it is Nayantara who has amazed me with her strong and amazing acting. You wouldnt believe that she is acting only in her second movie. Together they make this movie indeed worth watching.
My verdict is that this movie is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED and you will surely get full value for your money.
Paycheck (2003)
should have name it paycheck for loss
Another one of those futuristic Sci-fi movie
My verdict : In the basket, again
Is there anything new about this movie ? Oh yeah - Here it is an engineer who turns into an escape artist, who doesnt even have the least idea about the past three years of his life because his memory cells have been wiped out except one which shows his death. But even though his memory is at a lost he cleverly most ingeniously some silly things like some crosswords, glasses (which he traded for a 100 million bucks) and gets away with it but using them is a very very accurate order.
Can u believe it ? I'm sure this one was also invented "in the toilet" by the script writer Philip.K. Dick
And Ben Affleck has a knack for getting this kind of crap movies First DD then this. Oh man I think his career will come to a sudden stop IF he doesnt become selective.
And Uma ?I havent seen her this terrible since batman (Poison Ivy)
My verdict : Money loss My rating : 5/10
The only thing that will impress you will be the bike stunt which is an exception as it is Uma who does the stunts for a change (like throwing a helmet AT THE POLICE). Whatever.
Run (2002)
Wow, Meera Jasmine
You wanna see action packed romance. Then here it is RUN. Well basically I think it was designed to be a romantic movie and then the director incorporated stunts into it making it more interesting.
Madhavan bags another one as he does his character amazingly wonderful. But I think he lacked the passion of a stunt hero like Vikram. He should have atleast put a false moustache Then I guess he would have looked more fiersome.
But the one person who amazed me above all is the new comer Meera Jasmine. Wow. Class Act. She stunned me with her amazing acting. The was she handled the emotions. Too bad she was dubbed. I think the originality was darkened by this voice change. Lone BAD MOVE.
Anyway the movie was good. Worth watching ,I guess.
Daredevil (2003)
Another One in the Basket
Oh man. Like Spiderman, Like Daredevil (DD).But DD is darker.
At first when I saw the radar type senses and the likes my hopes for a good movie raised but it was stomped down by the dark stunts and peppy dialogues.
The lone highlight is Elektra (Garner). She plays her role beautifully. Magnificiently if I may say so. But her character was cut short and that was a bad move. No matter. I guess her new movie Elecktra will give her what she deserved.
Ben Affleck is good. I guess it wasnt his fault that the movie flopped. But he could have made the movie batter.
The villain Bullseye I think, acted very well. But the director has been very harsh on him. He demands a new costume in the movie and on the set. And he was given a new overcoat with sparkles as his new costume.
Well as I said another one in the basket.
I hope there isnt a sequel to this movie. I cant bear to see my heroes being trampled and put into the basket. And lets hope Elecktra pays good.
My verdict : In the Basket My Rating : 4/10
Spider-Man (2002)
there is always ' hope for the best' in the next
Finally I now accept the facts as they are now that I've seen the movie, what 10-15 times.
The movie is big CRAP.
When I saw the trailer of Spidey 1 I was so overwhelmed that my favourite comic hero was finally coming to big screen. But after watching the movie I actually changed by favourite comic hero from spidey to batman.
The movie is very good, cool to watch FOR A 5-year old, stupid CGI with stupid dialogues. The only thing I like was JJ'a acting. Peter is good with his of-the-hand character. But as soon as he puts his mask on begins CGI Maguire. Peter when he puts his mask on grows, what 1 foot longer ? And what lame running in the balloon scene. Peppy.
Oh and the villain. Uncle Ben would have played a better villain than the masked marauder. In the comics the villain becomes a monster but in the movie he just remains the same ! Oh but in this movie I am happy that they chose to make him that way because with this type of stupid CGI he would have made another of those Hulk thingies.
But the worst part of the film are the fights. Booorrriiinnnngg. Not one fight did I like and everytime a fight begins the audience with which I was in the theatre started booing after the second half.
How could they just do so ? So injust. And they totally changed the beginning from the original comic. Peter actually meets Doc Ock in the first part .But where was he . O yeah in the second one. Now where will they incorporate HIM ?
Everytime I watched the movie I hoped that its sequel would alter Spidey's future. But low. After watching the trailer I realised one thing. 99% will be boring stupid and filthy CGI .And for those who are able to recognise it will be another one in the basket, the waste basket.
Well we'll just hope for the best, and pray they follow atleast some part of the original comics, shall we ?
Vamanapuram Bus Route (2004)
Not Bad that's all
Rating - 6/10
I would have given this movie only 3.5/10 but since I'm a Mohanlal fan........as such. This movie is like the usual with Mohanlal's attempts at comedies. Jagathy is the comedial villain, whatever.
U wanna know the plot in just one sentence I ts all about a bus route problem. Yeah. But unlike other recent Mohanlal films there is no sorry language in this film. The only thing that makes it interesting is that there is no speaking between Romeo and Juliet. Its totally telepathical, whatever.
So its good to watch, for those who like Mohanlal. Otherwise , waste of 30 Rs that's all......
Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam (2003)
Its all about Meera
Director:TV Chandran
Producer:Aryadan Shoukathu
Starring: Meera Jasmine, MR Gopakumar, Mammukoya, Anu Joseph.
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In Padam Onnu Oru Vilapam the director T.V.Chandran tries to bring to spotlight, child marriages prevailing among Muslims of Malappuram district in Kerala.
This movie is about a young Muslim girl Shaahina (Meera Jasmine) who is forced to marry an old man of 35 years who already has a wife and kid, while still completing her 10th standard!
Shaahina tries to protest but the local Mullah and her uncle and mother forces her to marry the old man. The old man then drugs and rapes her. When Shaahina realizes this she is shattered. The old man then gives her Talak (divorce). Shaahina is delighted that she will be able to go to school. But soon it ends when she realizes that she is pregnant. Her mother dies when she hears the news. Shaahina is left all alone and soon delivers the baby.
This movie is a must watch for those who love quality art films. Meera Jasmine excels with her performance once again, and makes her character life-like. She is the lone highlight in this movie.
Gramaphone (2003)
Its all about Meera
Director: Kamal
Music: Vidyasagar
Cast: Dileep, Meera Jasmine, Navya Nair, Revathi, Janardanan
Rating: 7/10 (if Meera wasn't there then 3.5/10)
Jew Colony is a small place in Kochi where Sachidanandan (Dileep) lives, who owns an antique shop which sells Gramophone records. Luyi uncle (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), 'Saigal' Yousuf and 'Tabala' Bhaskaran (Salim Kumar) are Sachi's close friends.
There are also a couple of Jews like Gregory (Janardhanan), an old Jew and his daughter Sarah (Revathi) and granddaughter Jeniffer (Meera Jasmine). They are the last of the Jews to migrate to Israel. Gregory dreams of going to Israel someday.
Sachi's father Raveendran (Murali) was a great music director, who died leaving him a lot of debts. Naturally Sachi hates music and has vowed, never to sing, even in his bathroom. Sachi leads his life doing all sorts of jobs that he can get his hands at. Jennifer works as a housemaid at a big hotel and is the best friend of Sachi. First half is full of small comedies by Dileep and Meera. Just before second half enters Pooja (Navya Nair), who is the daughter of Arya Devi. Arya devi was a former student of Raveendran. Pooja and Jenny become best friends.
Gregory, who was looking for a way of returning to Israel finds an opportunity when an Israel soldier, returning from war asks for Jenny's hand in marriage. Gregory is delighted and readily agrees. Jennifer, who has a soft corner for Sachi, agrees for her family's happiness . Sachi is terribly upset as he also has a hidden place for Jenny, but does not express it.
You'll need lots of tissue papers for the second half, BUT there is an unexpected twist in the climax.
Meera, as usual, is strikingly beautiful and excels with her acting while Dileep is, as usual, at his best. I think the only mistake Kamal made was Navya. She is so boring in this movie, AS USUAL. This movie is good for watching, but Kamal could has made it a little more exquisite.