Ratheesh KrishnaVadhyar (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ratheesh) wrote,@ 2006-08-26 22:20:00 |
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Pathetic State of Malayalam Films
I watched several new Malayalam films in the last few months. Not even a single one of them was anything remotely memorable, and these days I have developed a kind of aversion towards Malayalam films. Here are few words on the movies I watched:
Madhuchandralekha, Alice in Wonderland: These movies have Jayaram in the lead role, and are directed by established directors like Rajasenan and Siby Malayil. Both of them are horribly boring, and have idiotic climax scenes. I felt sorry for Jayaram as he is being offered only these kind of films these days. Alice in Wonderland is the worst film by Siby Malayil that I have watched so far. I thought that Madhuchandralekha would be the worst of Rajasenan as well, until I watched Immini Nalloral, which provides a tough competition for this spot. I watched one more film with Jayaram as the hero - Pouran. This is a political film. Did the director, Sundar Das, believe that his boring film would turn out be an "eye opener" for the Keralites?
Each time I watch a new superman film from Mohanlal, I console myself that that would be his worst. But, his next film turns out to be worse always. Nattu Rajavu, directed by Shaji Kailas, is presently the worst Mohanlal film in my list. I also watched Mohanlal's Udayon directed by Bhadran, which is relatively far better and has Lal's brilliant performance in the old man's role.
I watched four of Mammootty's films. Vesham and Rappakal are old wine of family stories (sacrifice by the good man in the family, misunderstandings, etc. etc.) in old bottles. The bottle used for Rappakal is that of old Malayalam films like Valsalyam, and the film is relatively better. For Vesham, they have used an old rusted drum from ancient Tamil films to offer the old wine, and the film is unbearable despite Mammootty's efforts. The third Mammootty film I watched was Ranjith's Black, which looked like a Malayalam version of a gangster film from Ram Gopal Verma, and was watchable for once. I was prejudiced against Mammootty's comedy film Thuruppu Gulan; Contrary to my expectations, I found this film to be watchable.
I watched two films of Suresh Gopi - Bharat Chandran IPS and Tiger. I couldn’t stand Bharat Chandran IPS, and I am unable to find any reason for this film becoming a "comeback film" for the actor. Since I like suspense films, I found Tiger watchable, even though there is nothing innovative in it.
Dileep's three films - Pachchakkuthira, Kochi Rajavu and Lion - were all unbearable. Pachchakkuthira is in the same category of some of Vinayan's sadistic films, which attempt to make the audience laugh by showing mannerisms of mentally and physically handicapped characters. Kochi Rajavu is another typical Dileep film, where we could see a good-for-nothing hero managing to make the heroine fall in love with him, and then we also get to see Harishree Ashokan taking the role of a mediator and saying dialogues like "snehikkan mathram ariyavunna Unniyude hrudayam...", etc. Dileep's political film Lion was a major hit in Kerala it seems! I felt it to be a boring film with deja vu feelings all over.
I watched two films of Prithviraj - Police and Kruthyam. It was just few weeks back that I watched these films, but I already find it difficult to recollect what these films were all about. I also had the misfortune to watch few other superstar-less films like Kilukkam Kilukilukkam, Manju Poloru Penkutti, Otta Nanayam and Hrudayathil Sookshikkan. The less said about these films, the better.
I watched several new Malayalam films in the last few months. Not even a single one of them was anything remotely memorable, and these days I have developed a kind of aversion towards Malayalam films. Here are few words on the movies I watched:
Madhuchandralekha, Alice in Wonderland: These movies have Jayaram in the lead role, and are directed by established directors like Rajasenan and Siby Malayil. Both of them are horribly boring, and have idiotic climax scenes. I felt sorry for Jayaram as he is being offered only these kind of films these days. Alice in Wonderland is the worst film by Siby Malayil that I have watched so far. I thought that Madhuchandralekha would be the worst of Rajasenan as well, until I watched Immini Nalloral, which provides a tough competition for this spot. I watched one more film with Jayaram as the hero - Pouran. This is a political film. Did the director, Sundar Das, believe that his boring film would turn out be an "eye opener" for the Keralites?
Each time I watch a new superman film from Mohanlal, I console myself that that would be his worst. But, his next film turns out to be worse always. Nattu Rajavu, directed by Shaji Kailas, is presently the worst Mohanlal film in my list. I also watched Mohanlal's Udayon directed by Bhadran, which is relatively far better and has Lal's brilliant performance in the old man's role.
I watched four of Mammootty's films. Vesham and Rappakal are old wine of family stories (sacrifice by the good man in the family, misunderstandings, etc. etc.) in old bottles. The bottle used for Rappakal is that of old Malayalam films like Valsalyam, and the film is relatively better. For Vesham, they have used an old rusted drum from ancient Tamil films to offer the old wine, and the film is unbearable despite Mammootty's efforts. The third Mammootty film I watched was Ranjith's Black, which looked like a Malayalam version of a gangster film from Ram Gopal Verma, and was watchable for once. I was prejudiced against Mammootty's comedy film Thuruppu Gulan; Contrary to my expectations, I found this film to be watchable.
I watched two films of Suresh Gopi - Bharat Chandran IPS and Tiger. I couldn’t stand Bharat Chandran IPS, and I am unable to find any reason for this film becoming a "comeback film" for the actor. Since I like suspense films, I found Tiger watchable, even though there is nothing innovative in it.
Dileep's three films - Pachchakkuthira, Kochi Rajavu and Lion - were all unbearable. Pachchakkuthira is in the same category of some of Vinayan's sadistic films, which attempt to make the audience laugh by showing mannerisms of mentally and physically handicapped characters. Kochi Rajavu is another typical Dileep film, where we could see a good-for-nothing hero managing to make the heroine fall in love with him, and then we also get to see Harishree Ashokan taking the role of a mediator and saying dialogues like "snehikkan mathram ariyavunna Unniyude hrudayam...", etc. Dileep's political film Lion was a major hit in Kerala it seems! I felt it to be a boring film with deja vu feelings all over.
I watched two films of Prithviraj - Police and Kruthyam. It was just few weeks back that I watched these films, but I already find it difficult to recollect what these films were all about. I also had the misfortune to watch few other superstar-less films like Kilukkam Kilukilukkam, Manju Poloru Penkutti, Otta Nanayam and Hrudayathil Sookshikkan. The less said about these films, the better.
