This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on January 4, 2016. The review references the 100 Movie Pact, a challenge I participated in at the time, but I’ve chosen not to carry that into the new blog. I couldn’t help thinking, as I watched Martin Prakkat’s latest directorial venture, that…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on November 28, 2017. I love debut films. Mostly, I love watching them at the time they are released, and getting a glimpse of the potential in an actor (or a director or other creative) who you just *know* is going to go…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on March 29, 2019. Rosshan Andrrews’ debut film, Udayananu Tharam, was amongst the films I fell in love with when I first started expanding my Malayalam film viewing beyond purely arthouse types of movies. A black comedy starring Mohanlal and Sreenivasan (who also wrote…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on May 14, 2019. Pallavi Raveendran (Parvathy) is a smart, vibrant young woman who, from a young age, wants to become a pilot. Pallavi’s father, Raveendran (Siddique) is loving and supportive, taking on work so that he can pay for the things Pallavi…
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This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on June 11, 2020. As a fan of Malayalam cinema, I try to follow the news from Kerala so I can learn as much as I can, ongoing research, if you will, to try to understand the films better. In 2018, there was…
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Ittyavira (Biju Menon) is a retired math teacher living in Kottayam. His daughter Sherley (Parvathy) is widowed and remarried to Roy (Sharafudheen, who in the space of a few films has become a particular house favourite), whose business is facing financial issues. Roy has borrowed money from his friend Vyshak…
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