Malayalam cinema 2024: Thrillers, action, comedies, fantasies and more are in the offing for cinephiles

Malayalam cinema 2024: Thrillers, action, comedies, fantasies and more are in the offing for cinephiles

Malayalam cinema is in a state of flux with top-ranking stars shaking off their image to experiment with characters and narratives. Leading the change is veteran Mammootty who had had a splendid 2023. In 2024, Mammootty is again taking on different roles and supporting themes that explore new ground. Several younger actors such as Fahadh […]

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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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Adarsh Sukumaran and Paulson Skaria talk about scripting ‘Kaathal – The Core’

Adarsh Sukumaran and Paulson Skaria talk about scripting ‘Kaathal – The Core’

The crowd favourite of International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2022 was Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Mammootty-starrer Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. Among the delegates who thronged the theatres to watch the movie was Adarsh Sukumaran and Paulson Skaria. Little did the scriptwriter duo know that their movie, Kaathal-The Core, the Mammootty-Jyothika starrer directed by Jeo Baby, would […]

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These senior actors in Malayalam cinema have reinvented themselves

These senior actors in Malayalam cinema have reinvented themselves

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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Mammootty begins filming for new movie ‘Bazooka’

Mammootty begins filming for new movie ‘Bazooka’

Malayalam actor Mammootty, on Wednesday, started shooting for his upcoming film Bazooka in Ernakulam, Kerala, the makers announced on Wednesday. The Malayalam-language crime drama is directed by debutant filmmaker Deeno Dennis, son of veteran scriptwriter Kaloor Dennis. Mammootty said he was instantly drawn to Bazooka, which has a taut script and well-rounded characters. “It is […]

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Mammootty and Mohanlal join celebrities from different walks of life in a series of videos to raise awareness of autism

Mammootty and Mohanlal join celebrities from different walks of life in a series of videos to raise awareness of autism

 Mohanal bats for people on the autism spectrum in a video by CADRRE in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Mammootty, Mohanlal, Kunchacko Boban, Jagadish, Menaka Suresh, Divya Unni and Nandu were among the celebrities who joined entrepreneurs, bureaucrats and artistes to talk about autism and its many aspects. Organised by The Centre for Autism and […]

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‘Agent’ movie review: An excruciating snoozefest that only leaves you annoyed

‘Agent’ movie review: An excruciating snoozefest that only leaves you annoyed

Akhil Akkineni in a still from ‘Agent’ | Photo Credit: AK Entertainments/YouTube Agent is ‘wild’. The lead character carries a certain ‘wildness’ within him. He’s just wild. W-I-L-D. I need you to register that he’s wild because, in Agent, the word ‘wild’ features some 37 times, ‘wildness’ a dozen times, and everybody including the hero’s […]

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Trailer of ‘Agent’ out, Akhil Akkineni is a spy with a secret in this action-thriller

Trailer of ‘Agent’ out, Akhil Akkineni is a spy with a secret in this action-thriller

Poster of ‘Agent’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The trailer of Akhil Akkineni’s Agent has been released by the makers of the film. Also starring Mammootty and Sakshi Vaidya, the film is directed by Surender Reddy. Akhil took to Twitter to share the trailer and also confirmed that the film will be released on April […]

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Malayalam cinema is enriched by actors and technicians turning producers

Malayalam cinema is enriched by actors and technicians turning producers

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, Lijo Jose Pellissery’s award-winning movie, has been produced by Mammootty and Lijo. It was featured in the New York Times list of top five international movies to watch. Thankam, streaming on Netflix, has been produced by scenarist and scriptwriter Syam Pushkaran, director-actor Dileesh Pothan and actor Fahadh Faasil under their, Bhavana Studios […]

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