This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on August 5, 2012. “You play dominoes very well, I believe.”Mr. Cust was a little flurried by this. “I – I—well, I believe I do.”“It is a very absorbing game, is it not, with a lot of skill in it?”“Oh, there is a…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on April 1, 2019. In the South Indian state of Kerala – known as “God’s Own Country” – P.K. Ramdas (Sachin Khedekar), the leader of the ruling party, dies, and a power struggle over who will replace him and who will retain power…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on July 31, 2019 Pappan (Rahman) seems to have it all: his singing career is taking off, and he’s about to be married to Sarina (Lissy). But Pappan’s career comes at a cost to Umesh (Jose), another singer whose popularity is waning as…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on October 27, 2019. Ittymaani: Made in China gets its title from the fact that its protagonist (Mohanlal) is named Ittymaani and he was, well, literally “made in China”, born there to Ittymathan (also Mohanlal) and his wife Theyyamma (Madhuri Braganza as young Theyyamma,…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on May 1, 2020. When I was little, Communism was something to be feared, something to be suppressed, and the news each May 1st carried reports on the displays of military power by the former Soviet Union, probably as an object lesson that we…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on May 21, 2020. In honour of Mohanlal’s 60th birthday, you’ll no doubt be reading many tributes to the Malayalam actor, and poring over lists of his best films (or what each list compiler thinks are his best films, but we all know that…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on December 26, 2020 Manu (Sarjano Khalid) goes from official to official to try to secure the release from of his big brother, Sachi (Mohanlal), in prison because he killed his step-mother’s abusive ex-husband. Underaged at fifteen, he is sent to a juvenile…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on January 1, 2021. What a way to open the New Year than with a film about January remembrances? It’s the new year in Kodaikanal (in Tamil Nadu), and visitors arriving to the “Princess of the Hill Stations” are greeted upon arrival by…
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