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It was like a slap on my face.Thankfully Arun was not there with me to witness by embarassement. I was all set to call him when some random piece of paper with a phone number written on it from my pocket caught my attention.
Earlier this week,we chatted with Doctor-turned-Author,Deepak Kripal.He has authored 'The Devil's Tale:An impossible journey',published by Leadstart Publishers.In this candid interview,he tells us about his debut work,future plans,his journey as a writer and his other interests in life.
The Hera Pheri team is back.Yes Akki,Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawel are teaming up yet again for a Priyadarshan flick.Priyan claims 'De dana dan' to be original stuff,but only after the release,we will be able to say which dvd he had seen before scripting this one.Anyways this time giving Akki and co company is the gorgeous Katrina Kaif .Akki's latest film Blue has opened to poor reviews and it has to be seen whether the 100 crore flick will sustain the initial hype.Priyadarshan is also on a low,post the debacle of his Irrfan khan-Shahrukh khan mis adventure 'Billu'.Let's hope De dana Dan will turn the tide again in favour of them.
It seems that the 'Mammootty-Hariharan-M.T' magnum opus Pazhassi Raaja is worth a watch.The critics have unanimously loved it and so is the first day audience.With a budget of more than twenty crores,this is the most expensive malayalam movie ever made.Since i am not a great fan of period movies, i have decided to give it a miss(atleast for the time being).Anyways,if anyone of you have watched the movie,you can share your views here....
Malayalam Film industry was once famous for the quality of the films that it produced and the whole country used to look forward to our movies. ..(of course ,for lifting story lines…..!).But ever since our script writers decided to make films of their own ,the quality of movies have been on a decline.There have been films which defy even the definition of 'bad' .The ten films listed here manage to achieve the rare honour of being unanimously disliked. They proved to be a tiresome experience for audiences and critics alike, and showed some of the country’s finest talents faltering and folding up.
Here is my list of the most insufferable Malayalam movies of this decade.
10.Photographer:
How often do you see a talented actor like Bharat Mohanlal,totally clueless and ham on screen? Yes ,that’s what makes this movie special.Though writer turned director Ranjan Pramod (who had given us some memorable movies like Achuvinte Amma,Naran in the past…) is credited to the story of this juvenile attempt,we still can’t believe that it had a script in the first place.It was supposed to be something related to the ‘Muthanga’ Incident,but Ranjan messed up the whole thing which eventually resulted in a damp squib called Photographer…!
Why it isn't the absolute worst?
Because, it was the come back movie of yester year music director Johnson .The song song ‘enthe Kannanu karuppu niram’,tuned by him in this otherwise forgettable movie
9.Pachakuthira
Veteran director Kamal seems to have run out of stock.Almost all his recent movies were bad and so was Pachakuthira.This poorly inspired version of ‘Rainman’ was an insult to the average movie buff.While Dileep number one with his prosthetic make up looked irritating , the second one managed to look like an idiot on screen.Gopika was wasted in the most poorly written role of her career .Though the movie had Dileep regulars ranging from Salim Kumar to Suraaj but sadly the jokes were stale and so repetitive that half of the audience left the movie hall by the time of the interval.
Why it isn't the absolute worst?
A few one liners by Salim kumar were just okay…
8.Minnaminnikoottam
Narein delivers a hideous performance, surpassed only by an insufferable Meera Jasmine.How long will Roma play the tom-boyish character on screen?When will Indrajith start doing something significant in Malayalam films?When will Narein learn acting?We had so many un answered questions after watching this mundane movie …Hope that Kamal will give us an answer next time..! Everything about the film is bizarre, the only saving gracebeing Jayasurya ..
Why it isn't the absolute worst?
Jayasurya handles a couple of scenes well.
7.Thaskara Veeran:
When John Abraham did Dhoom, Padmasree Bharat Mammooty also didn’t want to be left too far behind.So he called Pramod and Pappan,who had earlier made Vajram and told them to make a heist movie .Thus ThaskaraVeeran was born.With pretty Nayan Tara to his side,the movie promised to be a sure bet at the box office.But Malayalees were a bit more sensible than the makers had expected ,which made it a disaster .The movie, was just plain bad.. Without even the semblance of a storyline -- the worst thing for a heist film to be is boring – Thaskara Veeran listlessly moves from dull plot-point to duller twist.
Why it isn't the absolute worst?
Nayan’s curves pleased the front benchers…..!
6 .De Ingottu Nokkiye:
This movie has the dubious distinction of being the only mainstream malayalam Movie which got removed from almost all the releasing centres on the day of it’s release itself.The script was utter rubbish and it’s hard to believe that somebody actually dared to spend more than a Crore for making this absurdity.Meanwhile Mr Menon lamented that someone had butchered his baby on the editing tableand he would make a sequel to this one to prove that he was right…Mr.Menon,pls don’t make us suffer again in theatres……!!!!
Why it isn't the absolute worst?
We actually din’t expect anything from this……!
PS: All the movies featured in this list have been made by some of the best talents in this bussiness and not by some 'one film wonders'.That's also the reason why movies like '3 chaar sau bees',nirakkazcha','oru small family' have no place here.
Maharashtra went to polls today along with Haryana and Arunachal.As expectedly,most of the Mumbaikars refrained from voting as evidenced by the low voter turn out in most of the 'Mumbai' constituencies(though the state voting percentage as per the latest reports is close to sixty percent, thanks to the MNS bastions). If you are the one with the habit of surfing through the 24*7 desi news channels so as to get yourselves entertained(of course ,they provide more entertainment than the Rakhi Sawants and Big bosses!) ,very soon the Rajdeep Sardesais and Arnabs will occupy your tv screens,yelling in the top of their voices about their scientific "projections or rather predictions " regarding the poll verdict . Since we also dont want to be left too far behind, here is our totally "un scientific yet grossly irrevelant exit poll results " ......
NBS & EDCBA PROJECTIONS
SEAT TALLY IN MAHARASHTRA
NCP+ CONG : 131 (CONG 71 NCP 60)
SENA BJP: 101 (SENA 56 BJP 45)
MNS : 16
THIRD FRONT IND:39
SEATS IN WHICH RESULT WILL BE DECLARED AFTER 5 YEARS :1
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the panel of experts who took great pain in preparing this “valuable” piece of information after 3.5 hours of vigorous discussion in our studio neglecting the fact that the room air conditioner is not in the working condition.
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