With top-grossing movies and experimental roles, Malayalam superstar Mammootty has managed to stay relevant

With top-grossing movies and experimental roles, Malayalam superstar Mammootty has managed to stay relevant

“There are two Mammoottys,” says veteran filmmaker Sathyan Anthikkad. “One corporeal, whom we see and assume to know, and the other, a spectre shadowing the former, closely observing him. The superstar is a carefully crafted project designed by a relentless self-critic.” Mammootty in filmmaker Venu’s ‘Munnariyippu’ (2014). You might sense traces of this quality scattered throughout his […]

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‘Christopher’ movie review: Mammootty’s film is a long, poorly-scripted celebration of encounter killings

‘Christopher’ movie review: Mammootty’s film is a long, poorly-scripted celebration of encounter killings

Mammootty in a still from ‘Christopher’ | Photo Credit: @mammukka/Twitter When a film proudly flashes ‘biography of a vigilante cop’ as its tagline, one certainly expects the narrative to have a few encounter killings. However, nothing prepares one for the sheer number of encounter killings in B. Unnikrishnan’s Christopher, which are often preceded by gruesome […]

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