malayalam features

5 min read 2022-08-30 14:50:27

Lost in Translation: The Problems of a Crossover Hero

Vijay Deverakonda’s big Bollywood debut Liger (2022), directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and Puri

4 min read 2022-08-24 14:46:05

Even as Bollywood is reeling under the shocking performance of the Aamir Khan-starrer Laal Singh Chaddha and Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan at the

3 min read 2022-07-25 19:01:12

Dulquer Salmaan’s Sita Ramam is the story of a period romance set in the 60s, told through the journey of Afreen, a determined young woman who digs

7 min read 2022-07-23 13:21:56

Director Joshiy’s New Delhi, written by Dennis Joseph and produced by Joy Thomas of Jubilee Productions, is now regarded as a cult classic with a

3 min read 2022-07-16 19:32:20

Khalid Rahman’s Thallumaala trailer starring Tovino Thomas and Kalyani Priyadarshan releases today. Ever since the ‘Kannil Pettole’ song from

2 min read 2022-07-15 12:41:08

Prominent Tamil and Malayalam actor-filmmaker Prathap Pothen was reportedly found dead in his flat in Chennai on Friday. While reasons behind his

4 min read 2022-07-06 12:35:45

In 2008, the action thriller film Twenty: 20 saw an opening day collection of Rs 1 crore, which was the highest for any Malayalam film until then.

8 min read 2022-06-07 13:47:27

In my family, when someone rants too much and seems completely out of control, the question that’s asked, with utmost sympathy and an air of

5 min read 2022-06-01 19:48:49

Movies on remarriage take that extra step to show how love is not bound within a toxic relationship, or that happiness is not stripped off from those

11 min read 2022-03-23 17:04:11

In Kattathe Kilikkoodu (1983), a Kerala State Award winning film, ‘Shakespeare’ Krishnapilla, a respected English professor, walks out of his

9 min read 2022-03-05 13:17:11

The relationship between cinema and magic has been topsy-turvy, to say the least. The arrival of cinema was heralded as some sort of spectacular

7 min read 2022-03-02 15:16:46

When KPAC Lalitha finally succumbed to her ailments on 22 February, every Malayalee felt as if they have lost an elder sister or aunt, an intimate

4 min read 2022-02-23 17:58:50

One of Malayalam cinema’s greatest actors passed away on Tuesday at the age of 74. KPAC Lalitha, who acted in over 500 films, leaves us just two

8 min read 2022-02-01 17:50:05

I must confess, when I first saw Basil Joseph’s superhero film Minnal Murali (2021) on Netflix, I was among those who were left unimpressed. But

3 min read 2022-01-10 19:04:06

Malayalam cinema last year began with The Great Indian Kitchen and ended with Madhuram and Minnal Murali—pretty much summing up the great year it