The most disappointing malayalam films of 2013

We had earlier written about the best Malayalam films of 2013.This time we are listing what we think were the most disappointing films of the passing year.

Ps-We are sure you,dear readers,have your own list.Go on and share your views with us.

10.Lisammayude Veedu-Babu Janardhan's follow-up to Lal Jose's critically acclaimed 2006 film-'Achanurangatha Veedu' had Meera Jasmine playing the title role of 'Lisamma' but suffered heavily due to bad writing.The Movie which traced the life of Lisamma after the incidents in 'Achanurangatha...' was severely panned by the critics and the audiences alike.

9.Vishudhan-Vishudhan was Vaisakh's (who is often referred to as the 'Rohit Shetty of Malayalam Cinema' by the mainstream media)deliberate attempt to break away from his usual formula of larger-than-life mass masala entertainers.But the move back fired as all he ended up making was an half-baked moralistic fable which had a Christian priest as it's lead character.May'be,the makers were trying to rake in some moolah by choosing a 'controversial' theme but that too didn't help as the film ended up as a major disappointment at the Kerala boxoffice as well.

8.Proprietors Kammath and Kammath-Okay,no one was waiting for a 'Casablanca' from the Dileep-Siby/Udayan team.A decent entertainer with some genuine laugh-out-loud moments and a few colourfully visualized peppy songs was  the least thing that was expected out of this big budget mass masala multistar venture directed by Thomson. Poorly written and shoddily directed, these Kamath brothers bored the viewers to death.The strained attempt at creating some laughs using the Konkani accent also fell flat and even Dhanush's cameo couldn't salvage this mess of a film.

7.Lokpal-When Veteran director Joshiy and Mohanlal teamed up again after their previous Blockbuster 'Run Baby Run',the expectations were obviously humongous.With cheap production values,a waterlogged script and un inspiring performances from the lead cast,this S.N.Swamy attempt at making a vigilante thriller ended up as an unintentionally funny affair.Lokpal explored none of the possibilities that the film's basic theme offered and it was a classic case of irresponsible film making by some of the big names of Malayalam Cinema.

6.Ladies and Gentleman-Siddique was a director who had an almost hundred percent success ratio till he directed this massive dud named 'Ladies and Gentleman'.A potpourri of various yesteryear films like 'Hallo','Time','Angel John' and 'Ínnathe Chinthavishayam',Ladies and Gentleman was undoubtedly one of the biggest disppointments of 2013.

5.Three Dots-Sugeeth was the director of last year's surprise hit-'Ordinary'.So when the succesful 'Ordinary' team came together once again for '3 Dots',the expectations were naturally sky high.Many regarded this film as the only safe bet among the Easter releases but were proven terribly wrong when the movie hit the screens on the 22 nd of March 2013.A bad rehash of Ramji Rao Speaking and Saroja,'Three Dots' had nothing in it which we hadn't seen before.The climactic revelation was anything but shocking and the movie met with it's deserved fate at the boxoffice.

 4.Ezhamathe Varavu-A remake of late Sukumaran-Venunagavally starrer 'Evideyo oru Shathru'(which never saw the light of the day)this Indrajith-Vineeth starrer written by M.T.Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan was actually not a very bad film.Had it been made by some 'lesser known names',this movie wouldn't have even featured in this list.But as it's often said,with big names come bigger expectations.The basic problem with the film was that the film dragged big time and to add on to that the script also had a dated feel to it.Though the movie had splendid visuals(by S.Kumar) and a brilliantly executed climax it didn't save the film from tanking at the boxoffice.

3.Kadal Kadannoru Mathukutty-Popular Malayalam satellite channel Asianet was so confident about this Ranjith-Mammooty outing after 'Pranchiyettan and the saint' that they had no qualms in shelling out a whopping 5.75 crores for the Television rights of the film.In 'mathukutty' Ranjith tried to repeat the same template(of narrating the few incidents in the life of the protagonist) which he had succesfully used in 'Pranchi' but only this time it didn't fetch him the desired results.Unlike Pranchi,this un-employed Mathukutty neither amused nor entertained the average Malayalee moviegoer and thereby became a major boxoffice dud.

2.Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal-When Lal-Jose rejoined with his 'Classmates' writer and 'Janapriyanayakan',nothing short of a Blockbuster was expected by the trade.But the movie which tried to be a new-age romantic comedy not only bombed at the boxoffice but will also be remembered as a failed attempt to look at the fickleness of human relationships by the master director.

1.Geethanjali-It couldn't have got bigger than this.'Geethanjali' saw the union of some of the biggest names in Malayalam Cinema.It had Mohanlal reprising the role of Dr.Sunny from his cult-classic 'Manichithrathazhu' and had the show man of Malayalam Cinema-Priyadarshan wielding the megaphone.'Geethanjali' was a golden opportunity wasted and after all,what's the point in re-telling a story that has only recently been told in Malayalam?(and that too a flop one at that!).The joke was on us,the poor Malayalee audience who paid to watch this Priyadarshan farce at theatres!

-nikhimenon

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