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ReviewThe film, which tells Itoop and Kochuthresiamma’s unusually long story of togetherness, addresses why the feelings of the elderly are no laughing matter.When 90-something Itoop finds an old love letter addressed to his 90-something wife Kochuthresiamma, he is enraged, calls for a family meeting, and looks perplexed as his children and grandchildren laugh and make jokes about it. It is the expected reaction — why is Grandpa Itoop so worked up about a 50-year-old love letter, why take it seriously at all. This is what Pookkaalam, the film which tells Itoop and Kochuthresiamma’s unusually long story of togetherness, tries to explain — why the feelings of the elderly are no laughing matter. To a large extent, the film works too. It is a stress-free, and somewhat enjoyable, two hours, if you ignore some of the humour that falls flat. This is director Ganesh Raj’s second film, after his successful debut Aanandam,...
- 4/8/2023
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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FilmsRevathy’s ‘Bhoothakalam’ and Rohini’s ‘Kolaambi’ are only two of the latest examples to prove how little used many senior women actors are.CrisRohini in 'Kolaambi'It needn’t have been so, but seeing the large picture of Revathy in the poster of Bhoothakaalam was strangely alluring. Not because it was dark and looming, but that it was there, as big as the other actor in the poster – Shane Nigam, young and male and budding. Revathy is in her 50s, an actor who was very active at the turn of the 90s when she was young and budding. For so many years now, she moved away from the centre of a film to behind the curtains and the inside rooms where as a mother character, she often parted words of wisdom or shed tears for an erring son or daughter and then disappeared. It’s what several women actors who...
- 2/7/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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A few years back, when I was walking along the Kozikhode beach, a young man approached me. That part of Kerala (a small coastal state in South India) rarely attracts foreign tourists, so he was curious about my homeland. His face lit up when I answered, and he started naming past and present football players from my country, the achievement I myself wouldn’t be able to unlock, not caring much about my national team. The experience was not as surreal as it may seem, because that part of Kerala is one of little regions in India where football craze equals — if not overshadows — cricket craze.
“Sudani from Nigeria” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
The variation of the game developed there, Football Sevens, isn’t recognized by FIFA or Indian game’s federation, but its tournaments, played by teams of 7 on smaller pitches, provide entertainment in...
“Sudani from Nigeria” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
The variation of the game developed there, Football Sevens, isn’t recognized by FIFA or Indian game’s federation, but its tournaments, played by teams of 7 on smaller pitches, provide entertainment in...
- 6/14/2021
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
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EntertainmentThis is by no means an exhaustive list and is only a starter pack! Tnm StaffMahesh Narayanan's C U Soon, released directly on Amazon Prime Video, has been getting rave reviews from viewers. Of special significance is the fact that the film was shot in under 20 days with an iPhone camera and the entire story is told through screens. These factors have piqued the curiosity of viewers and as a consequence, the film has attracted several people who may not have watched a south Indian — let alone Malayalam — film before this. Even film critics who don't usually review south Indian films have been lavish in their praise of C U Soon. Although there are four big film industries in the south, Indian cinema is often equated to Bollywood. Among those who haven't watched south Indian films, there exists a perception that "down south", the films made are all loud, unrealistic and grossly exaggerated.
- 9/8/2020
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
IFFIMalayalam film 'Olu', directed by Shaji N Karun, will be the opening feature film of the Indian Panorama 2018.Tnm StaffA still from the film Pariyerum PerumalThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced the list of films that will be screened at the prestigious International Film Festival of India in Goa this year. With five Malayalam films, four Tamil films and one film each from Telugu and Tulu, the festival is set to screen a host of films from the southern states. According to a statement by the ministry, the Feature Film jury of 13 members was headed by director and screenwriter Rahul Rawail. Malayalam film Olu, directed by Shaji N Karun, will be the opening feature film of the Indian Panorama 2018. The jury comprised actor and filmmaker Major Ravi; director Agathiyan; director, producer and screenwriter Ujjwal Chatterjee; director Imo Singh; filmmaker Utpal Datta; director Sekhar Das; director and writer Mahendra Teredesai...
- 11/1/2018
- by Manasa
- The News Minute
MollywoodDirector Rahul Riji Nair daringly puts four senior women to lead his film and pulls off a funny entertainer.CrisIt's daring of Rahul Riji Nair. To have four senior women actors leading his film when Malayalam cinema has never really been, let’s say, accommodating of any woman – senior or junior – leading anything. But director Rahul Riji Nair, fresh after a State Award for his first feature film Ottamuri Velicham, appears to have believed in a script he wrote with these adorable women leading the show. We know two of them from Sudani from Nigeria, the mothers who had grabbed many hearts with their portrayal of two simple village women with a lot of love – Savithri Sreedharan and Sarasa Balussery. The third is Sethulakshmy, who has again been noticed for her realistic dialogue deliveries. The fourth is Pauly Wilson, an actor recognised much belated, with a state award last year.
- 10/19/2018
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe film is a comedy entertainer that has a largely senior cast of women actors in the lead.Digital NativeRahul Riji Nair of Ottamuri Velicham fame is currently working on his next project titled Dakini. The first look of this film was released recently and has been received well by film buffs. The director had carved a niche for himself with Ottamuri Velicham, which has upped the expectation levels for Dakini. Interestingly, the film stars Savithri Sreedharan and Sarasa Balussery, who were seen in Sudani from Nigeria, but they appear in a completely different look. The film is a comedy entertainer that has a largely senior cast of women actors in the lead and promises to be a laugh riot. The film also features Suraaj Venjarammoodu, Chemban Vinod Jose and Alencier Ley Lopez in pivotal roles besides Savithri and Sarasa. Rahul Riji Nair shot into the limelight when Ottamuri Velicham,...
- 10/18/2018
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
MollywoodThis film about a Nigerian footballer who comes to Kerala reminds us that compassion is the greatest strength there is. Sowmya RajendranSudani from Nigeria is about a strength that's rarely celebrated in our increasingly aggressive world. The strength of compassion - what everyone, the most fragile of us, is capable of finding within. That this should be the discovery we make in a film that was sold to us as a sports movie, is all the more precious. Zakariya's tender story is built on ordinary moments. A pompous man who shoots off Hindi to a Nigerian because that's his idea of speaking in an alien tongue; an elderly woman who confesses that she had no idea the Nigerian was called 'Samuel' and not 'Sudu' (short for 'Sudani' - how the local people refer to all Africans) after taking care of him for so long; even one of the most poignant scenes in the film, when Samuel (Samuel Abiola Robinson) paints a picture on the wall of the house he's staying in, is not drowned out in melodrama. The first comment that is made is, "Oh no, my wall!", making us laugh with an ache in the heart. Set in Malappuram, Sudani from Nigeria is about the value of all things we take for granted. Whether that's water from a pipe or the love of a parent. Soubin Shahir as Majid, the manager of a sevens football team, and Samuel Robinson who goes by the same name in the film and plays a footballer, are both distant from their families. While the latter is separated by many miles geographically, Majid's distance lies in the heart. The casting is brilliant. Savithri Sreedharan as Jameela and Sarasa Balussery as Beeyummma, quietly assertive, supportive of each other, emerge as unlikely heroes. The writing is exceptionally strong - light, real, and still managing to bring a lump to the throat. It is through these women that Majid and Samuel form a friendship and ultimately find themselves. Soubin and Samuel share a wonderful chemistry on screen. Both actors are well in control and never go overboard. In any other film, Jameela and Beeyumma would have been relegated to making endless cups of tea, barely speaking a word in the background. In Sudani, they lead in a most natural way, without the announcement of a revolution. There is a gentle overturning of cliches all through the film - they don't punch you in the face with the need to look 'different', they surprise you with the realisation that these are realities too, but seldom do they find their way to the screen. Ktc Abdulla's fragile smile broke my heart. He doesn't have much to say, but that earnest expression, that ability to absorb rudeness and not retaliate...we recognise it as power, the power to be the bigger person, through Sudani. Technically, too, Sudani is a superior film. Whether it's the camera work (Shyju Khalid) or the music (Rex Vijayan, Shahabaz Aman), the film comes together to build a certain warmth that looks deceptively simple to achieve but is not. We hear many languages throughout the film - Yoruba, Hindi, Malayalam, Manglish, Nigerian English - there's comedy through mistranslation and misinterpretation, yes, but beautifully, meaning is not lost in translation. Rather, it is found. Disclaimer: This review was not paid for or commissioned by anyone associated with the film. Neither Tnm nor any of its reviewers have any sort of business relationship with the film's producers or any other members of its cast and crew.
- 4/7/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
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