This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on September 7, 2019. The first part of this overview of Lijo Jose Pellissery (LJP)’s films focussed on the director’s earlier work — in this installment, I look at LJP’s three most recent films, starting with the very strange (and sometimes quite wonderful) Double…
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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 November 12, 2019. I stared at my computer for a very long time trying to figure out how to explain the plot of Mikhael. There’s gold smuggler George Peter (Siddique) and his driver who end up dead, murdered under mysterious circumstances. There’s George’s…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on November 15, 2019 Appu (Pranav Mohanlal) and his family run a beach-front establishment in Goa by night, organizing the kind of parties that Goa has become synonymous with. By day, he surfs. And rescues his father, Baba (Manoj K. Jayan), from Abusi…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on January 4, 2020. Traffic (dir. Rajesh Pillai) A cinema superstar. A discredited traffic constable. A surgeon about to celebrate his first year wedding anniversary. A young journalist just starting his first day on the job. Their friends, their partners, their families, their colleagues. …
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on February 6, 2020. “Your sleepless nights are coming,” an odd character tells Dr Anwar Hussain (Kunchacko Boban) as he stands in the dark smoking a cigarette. Hussain is more troubled by this seemingly innocuous encounter than by the interview he’s just had…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on September 7, 2020. “In between the celebrations of life, death enters unexpectedly.” Ravishankar (Mammootty) is a respected writer and journalist who finds himself dying of blood cancer. He’s looked after by his wife, Malini (Gautami), and their close friend Rajendran (Manoj K.…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on December 15, 2020. Eyo (Arun A. Kumar) is a young man with no credentials and not much going for him – he freely admits he hasn’t finished his B. Tech degree (and is highly unlikely to do so). He’s unable to find…
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