Makal is quite spectacularly difficult to sit through
Even with all the effort one takes to be prepared for a particular kind of film you know is meant for a particular kind of audience, Makal is quite spectacularly difficult to sit through
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Trailer Talk: Makal Marks the Comeback of Meera Jasmine
The film marks the reunion of Jayaram and Sathyan Anikad, the combo that gave several hits in the 90s
How Ilaiyaraaja Reshaped His Music With Modern Directors
The music in Illaiyaraaja’s collaborations with directors like Bala, Balki, Kamal Haasan, Prakash Raj and Mysskin isn’t about making independent hits, which could bring audiences to the theatre. This is music that captures abstract ideas in a story and makes them evocative by converting them to sounds
Jazzy Gifts: 20 Everyday Malayalam Songs That Outlived Their Movies
An unforgettable Laxmikant-Pyarelal number, THE song that made actor Krishnakumar a household face and that Ilaiyaraaja hit that’s not from his Sathyan Anthikad phase… here’s a playlist comprising songs you know better than the films they belong to.
Evolution Of Comedy In Malayalam Cinema: Later Years, Sathyan-Sreenivasan and Siddique-Lal
The exodus of artistes from the world of mimicry really started from the millennium. It was also the time Dileep was emerging as a solo hero, along with directors like Rafi Mecartin, JohnyAntony, Thaha and comedians like Salim Kumar, Harisree Asokan
The Imperfectionist: Antiheroes of Mohanlal
Before Mohanlal breaks bad in Prithviraj’s Lucifer, releasing later this month, a flashback to his characters that thrived in a morally-ambiguous world
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The Problem With The Progressive Heroines in Sathyan Anthikad’s Films
From Bhavana to Vaidehi, from Daisy to Salomi, heroines of the veteran director’s films have always been bold…but never bolder than the hero
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‘When Films Have A Connection To Life, They Are Remembered’: Sathyan Anthikad
There is no connection between box office success and great cinema, says the veteran director as he talks about making his beautifully ordinary films in the age of social media
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