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These senior actors in Malayalam cinema have reinvented themselves

These senior actors in Malayalam cinema have reinvented themselves

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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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‘Pookkaalam’ movie review: A feel-good family entertainer with a novel theme

‘Pookkaalam’ movie review: A feel-good family entertainer with a novel theme

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A still from ‘Pookkaalam’ | Photo Credit: Saregama Malayalam/YouTube Happiness is Ganesh Raj’s calling card; one would struggle to find an unhappy moment in his work. Even the biggest of crises would seem rather inconsequential when treated light-heartedly. In the world that he envisions, warm colours pop out of every other frame. Light, feel-good music […]

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