I would say 'Melvilasam' is a reflection of the staunch belief that a film maker has on his script. It displays a fine sensibility in whatever it has to say, and peppered all over with real enthusiastic performances, this film is a must-watch this summer.
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'Bhakthajanangalude Sraddhakku' offers a word of caution against rash judgments, and is more concerned about individual perceptions than about faith itself, as an entity.
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'Mohabbat' seems like a lovewreck all right, if that could be said of a love tale doomed for box office disaster. Even with your expectations kept real low, it might be impossible to survive this romantic tragedy.
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Lijo Jose Pellissery's 'City of God' is no City of Dreams. It's a raw and bleeding city that wails all night and day. A city where en eternal eclipse has cast a shadow over the rights and wrongs. A city where God has apparently deserted his illusory throne and vanished without a trace.
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Despite the spectacular star cast 'China Town', is yet another downer from Rafi and Mecartin, after the disastrous 'Love in Singapore'. It's a mishmash of second hand ideas that have long had their run in movies.
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'Doubles' offers a desultory tour through streets that you have been through several times before. It's a dreary drama that has been dipped in the mundane. So, the disappointments are double, the predictability double and the corniness even more than double.
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The story is timeless, the images magical, the acting solid, the script first-rate, the romance delightful, the action deadly and the energy raw - in short, the kind of film that one loves to see, and then animatedly write about.
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In 'August 15', the techniques of film making have moved forward by leaps and bounds, while the writing is still stuck at primitive level. It's doubtful if history would repeat itself, but Swamy needs to spice up his writing skill real quick, lest it becomes history.
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Christian Brothers is a plain rework of the several family feud sagas that the script writers themselves have cooked up in the past. Its sole selling point is then the star power that it has, and the mammoth star cast should hopefully make its sailing almost smooth.
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The moment when promising ventures get lauded, and those unpromising get drowned in a flood down the drain. Sad then, that Puthumukhangal that wastes opportunity and talent would flow down into oblivion in no time.
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Viji Thampi's 'Naadakame Ulakam' lives up to its name on several accounts. It pokes fun at the hyperbole that's often associated with theatre, but unintentionally slips into overstatements time and again.
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