“Nervousness,” says Rima Kallingal. That was her first reaction when she was cast as Bhargavi in Aashiq Abu’s Neelavelicham, the remake of the classic Bhargavi Nilayam. The heroine of the first screenplay written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Bhargavi had enchanted viewers in the 1964 original. Almost 50 years later, Rima Kallingal has reinterpreted the character […]
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Rima Kallingal in the song ‘Anuraga madhuchashakam’ from Neelavelicham | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Opinion is divided over whether director Aashiq Abu has done justice to Malayalam cinema’s first ever horror-romantic-thriller, Bhargavi Nilayam (1964), with his interpretation, Neelavelicham. With screenplay written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, based on his own short story, ‘Neelavelicham’, the remake has […]
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A still from ‘Neelavelicham’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Like ghosts, who remain bottled up and forgotten, in eternal wait for a kindred spirit to discover and converse with them, works of literature live on for years or even centuries, to be rediscovered by a new generation. But Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s short story Neelavelicham, based […]
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Directed by Aashiq Abu, Neelavilicham, based on Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s story, is likely to be released in January 2023 Directed by Aashiq Abu, Neelavilicham, based on Vaikom Muhammad Basheer’s story, is likely to be released in January 2023 On November 1, observed as Kerala Piravi Dinam, when the state of Kerala came into being, actor […]
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