The Good Days are back with “Bangalore Days”

The Good Days are back with “Bangalore Days”

Yes, It seems the Good days of Malayalam Cinema is back with the movie Bangalore Days. The movie written and Directed by Anjali Menon is a hit for sure in the Box office. The long lines in front of the theaters seem to attract more and more people out of curiosity.  The story revolves around three young cousins who move from Kerala to Bangalore. Arjun, Divya and Kuttan are cousins in their adolescent age. They move to Bangalore. Kuttan, who is an IT guy is homesick as he leaves Kerala. Arjun who is a motorcycle mechanic leaves his own life. Divya is married to a professional who considers his career as the most important thing in life. Even though they are cousins each of them reaches Bangalore due to individual reasons. Both the boys end up in relationships with girls they meet at different life instances.

The movie is a ready hit in Box offices due to a nice entertaining plot and screen play. The boys, Salman, Fahad Fassil and Nivin Pauly have really performed well and the gorgeous girls, Parvathy Menon, Nazriya Nazim, Isha Talwar & Nithya Menon are really played candid roles.

Overall the movie is a great entertainer and of good value of the time and money that you spend on a movie.

How Old Are You :: Manju is back with a Punch

Roshan Andrews returns with a Punch, this time with Manju Warrier’s re-entry film, 'How Old Are You'

. The movie highlights the fact that age is never a block on your way to success. Nirupama Rajeev the character played by Manju Warrier is a normal family women working as a clerk in the collectorate. The plot takes a shift as her daughter raises a question to the President of India. The challenge that she takes after this incident and how she faces oppositions stages the plot of the film.

Beyond question, Manju Warrier is the key focus of the film. Kunchako Boban plays her husbands role. The other actors in the film playing lead roles includes Lalu Alex, Edavela Babu, Kaniha, Muthumani and Sudheer.

Manju Warrier is a beauty as always and the character Nirupama will be a darling in the minds of her fans. The lush beauty of Manju as a homely malayalee girl which malayalees have always admired is a key highlight of the movie. Overall the movie offers a strong platform for the come back of Manju Warrier, the ever admired actress in Malayalam film industry.

The film is basically made for Manju Warrier and the concept of the film and its theme are totally new. The first half is a little bit slow, but the movie gains pace as it proceeds. The Script by Boby – Sanjay again highlights the facts that women are in no way helpless and that they can set high goals and work to achieve the same. Its worth mentioning that the script of the movie How old are you is just brilliant. The background score offered by Gopi Sunder is enchanting. R. Diwakar handled the camera in a most impressive way. It seems that we can expect more movies with Manju Warrier in lead roles. Malayalees seems to welcome the cute darling Princess, Manju with all their heart

Drisyam : Not just a ‘Mohanlal’ Film !

It will be agreed by all that Drisyam indeed was a superhit. The movie became successful not because of the presence of Mohanlal in the lead role. But it is a fact that Mohanlal did a great job in this movie and played a leading role in its success.

In this move the character played by Mohanlal, Georgekutty is an orphan, a school dropout in 11^th standard who made his life successful by his own will power and dedication to what all things he do.

The Director Jeethu Joseph has taken utmost care to make the character as truthful and real to the audience. Georgekutty runs a cable TV service business in a village area. His wife is Rani, played by Meena and they have two young pretty daughters. Gorgekutty is a miserly character and doesn't spend much. But he has love and care for his family. He is however obsessed to watching films and watch as much films as he can.

The movie goes on a twist as the young teenager daughter of Georgekutty is photographed in bathroom attire by her teenager friend while at a college camp. The boy Varun (Roshan Basheer), happens to be the son of the affluent IG of Police. The boy comes to Georgekutty’s home when he was not there and threatens the mother and the girl showing the photographs. He want them to do sex with him. In the subsequent incident, the boy gets killed accidentally by the mom and her daughter. Georgekutty comes to know about the entire episode next morning.

The entire movie then revolves around the strategic plans by Georgekutty to protect his family’s integrity and to overcome prosecution on charges of homicide.  

The movie is unique in its way of presentation and the perfection of the script. It can be a thriller and at the same time a family entertainer. The message is very clear and the movie got extreme applause from all sects of audience. Truly this movie can be a beginning of a new renaissance of the Malayalam Movie Industry.