“I had almost decided not to sing the track,” says Mridula Warrier while talking about the song that won her the award for the Best Female Singer at the 53rd Kerala State Film Awards. The song ‘Mayilppeeli ilakunnu’ from Pathonpatham Noottandu, has been composed by M Jayachandran, who also won the State award for the […]
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Deepa Thomas and Abhimanyu Gautham in Njaan Ippo Entha Cheyya | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have inspired filmmakers the world over. Joining the list of movies is Njaan Ippo Entha Cheyya (What Will I do Now?), a Malayalam film directed by debutant Vijay Menon that releases on Saina Play […]
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Rajisha Vijayan’s Meera Mohan, her character in her latest Malayalam release Madhura Manohara Moham, is the opposite of what Meera projects to her friends and family. Her character is a dark shade of grey. The actor confesses to leaning towards such characters. “Human beings are not all black and white; I want to explore such […]
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Sumadevi | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT How actor-body double Sumadevi landed her first award for best actor at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival for her role in G Prajesh Sen’s The Secret of Women is the stuff of movies. “Getting a break in cinema is a struggle, it is easier if you have godfathers […]
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At 72, Vijayaraghavan is on a roll. In Pookkalam, he plays a 100-year-old protagonist who files for a divorce when he finds his wife had an extramarital affair. But in Neymar, which was released after that, he appears as a cool, colourful, loud dad to a teenager, even playing to the gallery with whistle-worthy scenes. […]
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When costume designer Stephy Zaviour told friends that she was set to direct a film she was warned that there would be frustration and a lot of tears. “There were no tears, if there was a problem I would just deal with it. What is the point of tears?” says the award-winning costume designer who […]
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Navya Nair in Janaki Jaane | Photo Credit: Rishilal Unnikrishnan Photographer-director Aniesh Upaasana is ready with his third film as director, Janaki Jaane. The film, starring Navya Nair and Saiju Kurup in the lead, reaches theatres on May 12. Aniesh, who made his mark as a still photographer and continues to be one, says that […]
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Lukman Avaran | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Facebook When you ask Lukman Avaran about his new-found stardom, the actor plays it down with a laugh. “It is too early to say that. I am only getting ready as an actor,” he says. The actor has proved his mettle with his roles in Operation Java(2021), Saudi Vellakka […]
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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 palatial but desolate house bathed in moonlight and surrounded by trees was a poster that announced the remake of the classic Bhargavi Nilayam (1964). Aashiq Abu knew what he was taking on when he decided to remake Bhargavi Nilayam. The film, the scenes, the dialogues, the characters and, especially, the soulful songs have stood […]
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