Malayalam cinema: Marketing teams go for innovative ideas,   rope in influencers to promote films

Malayalam cinema: Marketing teams go for innovative ideas, rope in influencers to promote films

Shane Nigam wonders if he could have Rashmika Mandanna as his co-star. While film directors Aby Treesa Paul and Anto Jose Periera, and producer Sandra Thomas hem and haw, Anagha LK walks in and, without batting an eyelid, Shane says he feels she would be the best. The same goes for another role in which […]

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Malayalam cinema: Marketing teams go for innovative ideas,   rope in influencers to promote films

Malayalam cinema: Marketing teams go for innovative ideas, rope in influencers to promote films

Shane Nigam wonders if he could have Rashmika Mandanna as his co-star. While film directors Aby Treesa Paul and Anto Jose Periera, and producer Sandra Thomas hem and haw, Anagha LK walks in and, without batting an eyelid, Shane says he feels she would be the best. The same goes for another role in which […]

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Malayalam cinema 2023: Of hits and misses The year of Mammootty

Malayalam cinema 2023: Of hits and misses The year of Mammootty

Malayalam cinema 2023 has seen a bitter-sweet year. Proving the doomsayers wrong, movie-goers were back in cinemas. So, the pandemic had not killed cinemas. Hallelujah! But, before the trumpets are blown, there is more to explore. All is not rosy as the last frames of the year fade into the sunset. Kunchacko Boban, Narain, Lal, […]

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Malayalam cinema in 2023: International acclaim, debutant directors and Mammooty’s magic on-screen

Malayalam cinema in 2023: International acclaim, debutant directors and Mammooty’s magic on-screen

Malayalam cinema 2023 has seen a bitter-sweet year. Proving the doomsayers wrong, movie-goers were back in cinemas. So, the pandemic had not killed cinemas. Hallelujah! But, before the trumpets are blown, there is more to explore. All is not rosy as the last frames of the year fade into the sunset. Kunchacko Boban, Narain, Lal, […]

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‘Purusha Pretham’ movie review: Krishand’s delightful genre blender picks up momentum in second half

‘Purusha Pretham’ movie review: Krishand’s delightful genre blender picks up momentum in second half

A still from ‘Purusha Pretham’ | Photo Credit: Kiran VS A decomposed, unidentified corpse of a man is buried in a swampy region in Kochi. Little do the policemen involved imagine that the corpse would come back to haunt them for days together when Susan (Darshana Rajendran) insists that the body was that of her […]

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Poornima Indrajith is a revelation in the Malayalam film ‘Thuramukham’

Poornima Indrajith is a revelation in the Malayalam film ‘Thuramukham’

Poornima Indrajith is a revelation in Rajeev Ravi’s Thuramukham. The actor effortlessly, and convincingly, traverses the journey from a young, hopeful mother of three in her thirties to an ageing woman who is losing everything she holds dear. Her understated performance is consistent, her eyes and body become tools to convey a kaleidoscope of emotions […]

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‘Thuramukham’ movie review: Rajeev Ravi’s film is an important document of the struggles to unionise for rights

‘Thuramukham’ movie review: Rajeev Ravi’s film is an important document of the struggles to unionise for rights

A still from ‘Thuramukham’ Copper pieces go up in the air, thrown imperiously by a man flanked by his goons. When the pieces land, desperate men fight against each other to get hold of one. The ones who manage to secure a piece heave a sigh of relief, while the rest walk back with drooping […]

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‘Purusha Pretham’: Darshana Rajendran to star in ‘Aavasavyuham’ director’s next

‘Purusha Pretham’: Darshana Rajendran to star in ‘Aavasavyuham’ director’s next

Posters of ‘Purusha Pretham’ | Photo Credit: @krishand_/Instagram Malayalam filmmaker Krishand, who gave the critically-acclaimed Aavasavyuham ( The Arbit Documentation Of An Amphibian Hunt)this year, has announced his next project. Titled Purusha Pretham – The Male Ghost, the film is headlined by actor Darshana Rajendran, who stars alongside Prasanth Alexander and Jagadish. Devaki Rajendran, James […]

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We have grown up with many Jayas around us, says Darshana Rajendran on ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey’

We have grown up with many Jayas around us, says Darshana Rajendran on ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey’

Darshana Rajendran talks about playing the titular character in ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey’ and her love for theatre Darshana Rajendran talks about playing the titular character in ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey’ and her love for theatre “I had to fight against how Darshana would think when it came to playing Jaya. I wondered […]

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Basil Joseph’s ‘shoulder shake’ dance reel in ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey’ is trending

Basil Joseph’s ‘shoulder shake’ dance reel in ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey’ is trending

Basil Joseph’s viral video has netizens going ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya …’ Basil Joseph’s viral video has netizens going ‘Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya …’ Malayalam actor-director Basil Joseph has done it again, with a viral video that is trending on social media. After directing a funky music video featuring children and domestic animals […]

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