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Marakkar Mohanlal
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Marakkar: Mohanlal Purrs Through A Disappointment Of Epic Proportions

  • Posted on December 2, 2021December 2, 2021
  • by Vishal Menon
It’s the utter lack of harmony between the film Priyadarshan has written and the film he wants to make that has resulted in this bland drama.
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Marakkar Mohanlal
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Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham Trailer Talk: A Warrior Or A Traitor?

  • Posted on November 30, 2021November 30, 2021
  • by Team FC
The Mohanlal-starrer is a grand epic set to release in theaters on December 2.
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Mohanlal Marakkar
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Marakkar Teaser Talk: A War Set Against The Lion Of The Arabian Sea

  • Posted on November 24, 2021
  • by Team FC
The grand epic, directed by Priyadarshan, has an ensemble cast and is set to release in five languages.
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Eight Malayalam Movies And The Fantasy Lands They Created

  • Posted on September 4, 2021September 4, 2021
  • by Team FC
The monotones of Kumarankari from Amen, the nameless ‘Ikkara’ from Iblis with its own set of rules and the unforgettable fictional village in Priyadarshan’s Thenmavin Kombathu—Satvik Kumar revisits these unique universes to see how Malayalam films dealt with fantastical lands
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Navarasa, On Netflix, Has Great Craft And Terrific Performances But Feels Generic
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Navarasa Has Great Craft And Terrific Performances But Feels Generic

  • Posted on August 8, 2021August 7, 2021
  • by Baradwaj Rangan
The best film of the anthology is Roudhram, directed by Arvind Swami. In every possible sense, it blew my mind.
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The Numbers Game: A Deep Dive Into Director Priyadarshan’s Filmography, His Classics, The Flops And The In-Between
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The Numbers Game: A Deep Dive Into Priyadarshan’s Filmography

  • Posted on July 31, 2021August 1, 2021
  • by Team FC
Hungama 2 director Priyadarshan’s journey began in the 80’s with the superhit Malayalam comedy Poochakkoru Mookkuthi. One of India’s most prolific hitmakers, he has worked actively in four languages with films across genres. Slotting his films based on success and originality, here’s a fun exercise to better understand a fascinating career.
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Hungama 2, On Disney+ Hotstar, Is An Outdated, Misogynistic Mess

  • Posted on July 26, 2021
  • by Shiven Jain
Amidst the chaos is a suspected extramarital affair, archaic family drama, insipid humour, naughty kids and a Rajpal Yadav monologue
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Kaalapani: Conventional Patriotic Themes Drown

  • Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021
  • by Gokul Nair
There is little that one can do when the only light one sees is filtering through the bars of a prison cell. Kaalapani foregrounds that anguish, that helplessness, and that beautiful love for one’s country.
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Ali Fazal Forbidden Love Review
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Forbidden Love On Zee5 Review: On Adultery And Homosexuality

  • Posted on September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
  • by Prathyush Parasuraman
There is something awkward in the staging of these two 45 minute films, a shrill obviousness
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QUIZ: How Well Do You Know The Nadodikattu Series, Starring Mohanlal And Sreenivasan?

  • Posted on September 8, 2020October 7, 2021
  • by Team FC
Leaderboard: How Well Do You Know Kamal Haasan’s Michael Madana Kama Rajan?
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A Not So Happy Coronam: A Brief History Of Malayalam Cinema’s Big Onam Clashes
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A Brief History Of Malayalam Cinema’s Big Onam Box Office Clashes

  • Posted on August 29, 2020August 30, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
As the age-old Onam film-viewing tradition moves to the small screen this year with the release of Kilometres and Kilometres, C U Soon, and Maniyarayile Ashokan, we go back 30 years to trace the hits, the misses and the disasters that made up big festival release season.
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Day #14 Of Lockdown: Getting Locked Up With Priyadarshan’s Sila Samayangalil On Netflix
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Day #14 Of Lockdown: Getting Locked Up With Priyadarshan’s Sometimes

  • Posted on April 7, 2020May 14, 2020
  • by Vishal Menon
The film gets us closer to the mindset of thousands of people in a similar situation today, waiting to see if they tested positive or negative.
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