Re: Bangalore Days Malayalam Movie English Subtitles Download
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Bangalore days and Drishyam are box office hits in Kerala because they are pure commercial stuff for Malayaalee. (Drishyam was the only watchable movie of Mohanlal, in a very long time and that seems to be the main reason why it was such a big hit; And everybody I know , only commented about BDays as a good entertaining watch, nothing special).
I am of the opinion that Tamil makes better off beat movies, with Marathi, than Bollywood or Malayalam. May be yourself, sir, look at your own movies with a much more critical mind that you do not want to appreciate them for what they are. I dont see any other reason how you tried to nit pick on a movie like Pannaiyaarum Padminiyum, when even cliche and stereotype filled Queen is overtly praised. But I understand, it your opinion.
Brangan ,thanx a lot for this.Finally a full piece on malayalam films.It was really refreshing to hear your views on the current malayalam cinema.I am not sure whether kerala makes the best mainstream films today as some downright amateurishly bad films have also come out recently, but you are spot on about the variety in the genre of films coming out.And that was always the hallmark of malayalam films of the golden age.Not just drishyam and BD, But there have been other good ones like Om shanti oshana, how old are you, and 1983, all of then which i liked a lot that came out this year. OSO is a film told completely from the perspective of teenage girl coming of age and her single minded pursuit of her first love. Nazriya nazim who was great in BD is superb in the lead role.1983 is a tribute to sachin tendulkar and indian cricket. while HOAU was the much heralded comeback of manju warrier. And all these films wee super hits at the BO., especially heartening since both OSO and HOAU are female centric films. hope you get to watch these films as well.Also i agree with you about Anjali menon. You are right about some of the cliches present in BD.I wish she had the courage to take BD into much more uncharted cinematic territory like her first film , but still what she has accomplished here is applause worthy.The great work of photographer samir thahir( who is a good director himself ) must have helped her immensely in framing and staging., also extracting such great work from the actors-Nivin,fahadh and nazriya are terrific.
Speaking of the reasons for the current surge in production, its not just the low cost (with the digital process making it really cheap),Its also the internet revolution making the promotion of films much more easier and inexpensive. Facebook is the chief promotional tool of malayalam films today and all the major actors\directors are active through this.
BTW, why do you think there are so many investigative thrillers made in malayalam, while this genre has hardly found a market in other languages? One can find all kinds of classic detective themes (and weirder ones) explored. I often wonder if it is their masala equivalent (especially the Suresh Gopi starrers and the CBI series).
1.There is a definite change in the way/the kind of films is being made in Malayalam cinema in the past 3-4 years. While this may not be a patch on the revolution that happened in the 70s-80s.These new film makers (Again not a single entity as they are of various age brackets and in various stages in their film making career) probably are the ones that grew up watching those films on VHS/CD/DVD and also world cinema.
4.While low brow comedies of Dileep and co are still the biggest hits, Tamil/Telugu/Hindi style mass pot boilers are completely disappeared or at least seem to exist only as a watered down action comedy films only the superstars of yore interested in. Younger stars/actors arefine with having no action sequences or introduction songs or scope for heroism in the traditional sense.
6.Film makers like Rajeev Ravi,Anjali Menon are few and far between. There is a whole generation of glory hunters and the films are funded by gulf returned NRIs without knowledge of film making and are in it only for the easy money and fame. Hence you have this whole cluster of films with ridiculously sounding English names, mostly with themes of adultery, explicit language etc wying for that Friday slot and dying glorious deaths. There is this whole generation of youtbe short film makers suddenly finding producers and not knowing what to do with a feature length film and ending up with a half baked film mostly poor on writing.
7.Even with all the other varying factors lots of new faces are coming up and some of them have started well with their debut films or showed some promises. Exciting times are ahead for Malayalam cinema and hopefully they can find better writers and head in the right direction.
Ravi K I have a theory to answer your question. Several youngsters are passionate about making a movie, they focus and focus over an idea and at about 25 years of age, they get to make it. It becomes a hit, and is also good. That leaves us with a 25 year old filmmaker with no ideas.
@Cinemakkaran, yeah true about Satellite Rights. Actually drishyam was to star srinivasan at first, but lack of money from satellite rights forced the director to go for mohanlal.i dont know whether the film would have benefited by the casting of srini. Even a flop like mr fraud has broken even thanks to the satellite rights which has already been sold.But now that the audience have started to return to theaters , i think the filmmakers can take a chance with this.
Brangan,I felt Mumbai police had a brilliant script by Bobby Sanjay credited for Traffic,Ayalum Nyannum Thammil and How Old are You recently and executed well by Rosshan Andrews..The craft was visible in how the scenes were staged and intrigue was something that the viewer had to unravel like a jigsaw puzzle was good.To your point on the shooting aspect, i felt it justified since he expected Jayasurya would reveal his dirty secrets to the world at large(including his sis and b-in-law).This would have prompted him to finish him since he has already lost his face/trust/friendship etc. and masterminded the act to keep him away from culpability.
As for Bangalore days, I felt its a mainstream film with top production values targetted to ring in cash registers keeping in mind the viewers sensibilities..The gen Y filmmakers such as Anwar Rasheed,Anjali menon, Lijo jose pellissery(Amen),Sameer thahir,Anil Radhakrishnan Menon(North 24),Jeethu joseph,Vineeth srinivasan, Alphonse Puthran etc are keen to push the envelope and thats very encouraging
Sir, I totally agree with the list you provided. However my favourite movie from the last 4 years is Ayalum Njanum Thammil by Lal Jose starring Prithviraj. I highly recommend this movie and I hope to hear from you soon about this one.
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