Mollywood‘Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam’ is helmed by ‘Churuli’ fame director Lijo Jose Pellissery. Tnm StaffTwitter/ MammoottyThe teaser of director Lijo Jose Pellissery’s upcoming film, Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, which stars Mammootty in the lead, was unveiled on Sunday, July 10. In the teaser, we see Mammootty’s character lip-syncing to Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan’s popular dialogue from the 1973 film, Gauravam. We see two types of lights - red and green - visible in the setting, dividing the frame in two halves, and Mammootty plays characters appearing in both halves. Mammootty’s character shifts from one side to the other as he acts out the sequence from Gauravam, a Tamil legal drama which had Tamil actor Sivaji in a dual role as a barrister, and his nephew, an amateur lawyer, both of whom fight the same case. Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam roughly translates to ‘an afternoon nap’. The first teaser unveiled by...
- 7/11/2022
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
MollywoodThose present at the launch were Nazriya Nazeem, Kunchacko Boban, Anna Ben, Nikhila Vimal and Dileesh Pothen.Digital NativeThe music launch of the upcoming Malayalam film Ambili happened at a shopping mall in Kochi recently and was well attended. With two songs from the album, “Aaradhike” and “Njan Jackson Allada”, turning out to be chartbusters, the audio launch turned lively with a live music show. The song “Njan Jackson Allada” was rendered on stage by singer Antony Dasan. Singers Sooraj Santhosh and Benny Dayal also performed live at the occasion. Those present at the launch were Nazriya Nazeem, Kunchacko Boban, Anna Ben, Nikhila Vimal and Dileesh Pothen. Ambili will mark the acting debut of Naveen Nazim, brother of Nazriya Nazeen. The film also has Soubin Shahir in an important role with Tanvi Ram making her acting debut. John Paul George of Guppy fame is the director of the film. The...
- 8/8/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodNazriya’s brother Naveen is making his acting debut with the film which will have Soubin playing the title role.Digital NativeA new poster of the upcoming Malayalam film Ambili featuring Naveen Nazim has been unveiled recently. Naveen, brother of well-known actor Nasriya Nazim, is making his acting debut with Ambili. The film has Soubin Shahir in the title role with Tanvi Ram making her acting debut. John Paul George of Guppy fame is the writer and director of the film. Ambili is touted to be a road drama. We also hear that Naveen will be playing an adventure junkie in it. The new poster shows him riding a bicycle with backpacks tied to the rear end, and wearing a helmet. Sharan Velayudhan is cranking the camera for this movie with Vishnu Vijay wielding the music baton and Kiran Das handling the edits. Vineesh is taking care of the art...
- 6/29/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
ObituaryNayana had assisted the late filmmaker Lenin Rajendran for nine years.Tnm StaffNayana Sooryan, nearly 30 years of age, who had assisted late filmmaker Lenin Rajendran for nine long years and directed a film in the anthology Crossroad, died on Saturday evening. Her body was brought from the Medical College to the Manaveeyam Lane in Thiruvananthapuram for public homage. After her mentor filmmaker passed away just 40 days ago, Nayana was known to have been upset in the days that followed. It was her birthday and parents who could not reach her for hours on the phone had panicked. Friends called each other till one of them – Merin Mathew – went to Nayana’s apartment at 11 pm, to check on her. Merin and other friends found Nayana dead in her apartment in Althara, Thiruvananthapuram. “More friends came in later and with the help of the owner we opened the apartment to find her lying in her room.
- 2/24/2019
- by Cris
- The News Minute
FilmThe 14-minute short film directed by Remya Raj features Dileesh Pothan and Chethan Jayalal, with most of the story happening in a truck.CrisDileesh Pothan in 'Midnight Run'In June this year, Remya Raj watched the Nila theatre in Thiruvananthapuram becoming packed, all the way to the gigantic brown door. It’s doubtful she found a space to stand within the crowded theatre that was screening a 14-minute film called Midnight Run. Her film. She was then a tense first-timer, something like ecstasy filling her as she watched the mad rush. By December, her film is a few festivals old, last shown in the non-feature film section of Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India. “It is now selected for a competition in a festival in China,” she says. The film features actor-director Dileesh Pothan and young Chethan Jayalal. It’s the two of them and a truck mostly.
- 12/16/2018
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodWhile the first half sets up the creeps admirably, the second half feels like a squandered opportunity.Sowmya RajendranYouTube screengrabThe first half of Amal Neerad's Varathan had me gripping the sides of my seat, as a sickening dread enveloped my heart. I suspect that most women in the audience will have a similar response to it. As many have pointed out, Varathan bears several similarities to the psychological thriller Straw Dogs. While it isn't entirely a rip-off, I was left thinking how sad it is that a 1971 film set in the Cornish countryside still feels relevant in the year 2018 in a state that's relatively better off when it comes to gender equality in the country. Varathan opens in Dubai, with Abi (Fahadh) losing his job and Priya (Aishwarya Lekshmi) losing her pregnancy. Right away, Abi and Priya look and feel very much like a real couple. The glances they throw at each other,...
- 9/21/2018
- by Sanyukta
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe actor will star opposite Fahadh Faasil in ‘Aanengilum Allengilum’, to be directed by Vivek Thomas Varghese.Digital NativeDigital NativeCatherine Tresa, who is known for her roles in the Telugu industry, is all set to make her comeback in Malayalam films soon. Catherine who became popular with her roles in Iddarammayilatho, Rudhramadevi and Kadamban had, in fact, begun her career in the Malayalam cine industry in 2010. The actor previously featured in the Malayalam films titled The Thriller and Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action. In The Thriller she was paired with Prithviraj in the lead role. The film, which hit theatres in 2010, was directed by B Unnikrishnan. After a span of eight long years, Catherine is coming back to Mollywood. She will be starring in the lead role opposite Fahadh Faasil in the film titled Aanengilum Allengilum, to be directed by Vivek Thomas Varghese. Touted to be a rom-com, Catherine will play the role of a villager in the film. The story is set completely against a Christian backdrop and revolves around a comedy in the backdrop of a funeral. This movie will have Fahadh Faasil and Sunny Wayne playing close friends based in Bengaluru. Both Fahadh and Sunny are the protagonists, who are involved in their own world and how an incident changes everything, compelling them to understand the importance of relationships. The makers are planning to shoot this across Bengaluru, Pondicherry and Koottickal. The film also stars Renji Panicker, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Thesni Khan and Alencier Lopez in supporting roles. Fahadh Faasil’s last release was Carbon, which released in January this year. Directed by Venu, the star shared screen space with Mamta Mohandas, Manikandan R Achari, Dileesh Pothan, Soubin Shahir and Chethan Jayalal. He is currently busy with the Tamil flick Super Deluxe, which is being directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja. The star cast includes Vijay Sethupathi and Samantha Akkineni. (Content provided by Digital Native)...
- 5/8/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
MollywoodDirector Venu doesn't bother giving us the usual crutches for justifying a character's avarice. Sowmya Rajendran'These are called Mareechan, you know, like in the Ramayana', says Pilla chettan (Kochu Preman), pointing to a herd of spotted deer, as his visitors stand spell-bound. That's how myth, legend, and rumour blend seamlessly with reality in Venu's Carbon. And Fahadh plays the dreamer, Sibi Sebastian, who is forever looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. He doesn't want the ashes any more, he wants the diamonds. It's hard to place Carbon within one genre. The film begins with a note of mystery. Sibi has gone missing and he's believed to have a valuable stone, a maragatham in his possession. Has he been kidnapped? Murdered? Is the stone magical? Turns out, it's the first of Sibi's many attempts to make a fortune. When it fails, he goes on an anti-capitalist rant, lecturing his friend (Sharafudheen) on how one first needs money to make more money. Venu takes his time to get us to the leap of faith that Sibi must make to get what he wants. But all of these little episodes that come prior to this great journey tell us more about the man and his motives. The narrative flirts with magical realism in the first half (the episode with Soubin as the mahout is pretty creepy) but convinces us that these instances are merely dreams or a figment of Sibi's imagination. However, as the film progresses, we're sucked into a world where it's hard to decide what's fantasy and what is not. The perspective shifts from looking at Sibi to looking from within Sibi, as if we've consumed some 'magic' mushrooms along with him, too. There's a nice balancing of beliefs within this framework. When Sibi laughs at Kannan, a tribal boy's (Chethan Jayalal) fear of what lies in a part of the jungle his ancestors have warned him about, Stalin (a superb Manikandan) points out that Sibi's belief in rahu kalam is no less irrational. Sibi is the educated guy who chucks plastic bottles in the forest, Kannan is the sort who leaves behind some eggs in the bird nest while he takes out a few for a meal. You don't get the luxury of dismissing anyone's perspective or stories and so, the plot keeps us on the edge with the possibility that anything could be true. Perhaps the weakest link in the journey is Mamta Mohandas's character - Sameera. She remains under-explored and we don't really know much about her other than the fact that she's a "jungle junkie". Sameera also looks a bit too squeaky clean and made-up for a woman who's spent a few days in a dense jungle. Fahadh is brilliant as the ambitious Sibi, shifting from the comic (the scene when he explains a grand plan to import cycles from China to Dileesh Pothan is a delight) to the fearful. His eyes growing increasingly desperate, you root for his foolhardy plan though Venu doesn't bother giving us the usual crutches for justifying a character's avarice - there is a sister but she isn't waiting to be married off, there is a mother and though she falls sick, it's not cancer, the father isn't impoverished and is capable of paying off Sibi's debts. Many of the scenes are shot in the dark. Sometimes, you wish there was a bit more light so you can see everything clearly but this is deliberate - you are not supposed to catch every expression on the faces, every rustle in the bush. Pilla chettan, the caretaker, looks harmless in the day but provides us the jumps at night. Ku Mohanan's camera gives us an immersive experience of the jungle, sometimes taking our breath away with its beauty and sometimes striking fear in our hearts. There is patience in how the story is shown rather than told - a forest squirrel munches on fruits merrily from a tree, as a hungry Sibi watches in part-frustration, part-fascination. There is no dialogue but you feel taunted, just as Sibi does. The background score stays subtle and doesn't overpower the frames, playing up the suspense intelligently when needed. The ending seemed sudden to me. I wasn't expecting the discovery that Sibi makes to come so quickly. But that's only if you look at it solely from the plane of reality. The last sequence suggests a rebirth - Sibi is almost defeated but with water, comes life, once again. Carbon is rich in its layers and symbols. From the current generation of Malayalam male actors, it's probably only Fahadh who could have pulled off Sibi so convincingly. And it's riding on his tremendous performance that Carbon sparkles. Disclaimer: This review was not paid for or commissioned by anyone associated with the film. Neither Tnm nor any of its reviewers have any sort of business relationship with the film's producers or any other members of its cast and crew.
- 1/20/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
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