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Aju Varghese is the last person you would expect to remind you of some earlier roles of Mohanlal. You wouldn t believe it if I told you that I saw a glimpse of the Mohanlal from Pavithram and the one from TP Balagopalan MA at two different places in the film, albeit for a very brief period.
Aju Varghese plays both father and son, separated by time. When the two get to share the screen, one of them has turned into a photograph. In Saajan Bakery, named after the father, the son fails to live up to the latter s name. But he also hopes to avoid his mistakes.
Shylock writers working on multi-starrer next
Bibin, Aneesh, and Ajai were present at an event which saw the announcement of two upcoming projects, one helmed by Ajai and the other by Shyamaprasad.
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Though some casting rumours were circulating online, Bibin tells us that the actors are yet to be confirmed.
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After Shylock, writers Bibin Mohan and Aneesh Hameed will be teaming up with director Ajai Vasudev again for a project which is expected to be a multi-starrer.
Bibin, Aneesh, and Ajai were present at an event which saw the announcement of two upcoming projects, one helmed by Ajai and the other by Shyamaprasad.
Jayasurya & Samyuktha shine in an uplifting, familiar film
Vellam says that not all men with a bad habit are necessarily bad, and wants us to refrain from alienating someone who wants to change with the necessary push
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Vellam is a classic redemption tale, based on a particularly dark phase in the life of a real-life person who makes an appearance towards the end of the film.
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In his previous film, Captain, director Prajesh Sen showed a man battling his inner demons and how his family is impacted by it. His second film, Vellam, has a man battling different demons. He goes through the severest of humiliation and becomes an embarrassment to not just his parents, wife and kid, but also to himself. But this is a relatively more uplifting film.
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Last year, I saw Gamak Ghar, a Marathi film that told the story of a home and several generations that lived in it entirely through images, human behaviour, mundane day-to-day activities, and minimal dialogues. It got me thinking why nobody attempted something similar in Malayalam cinema recently. Jeo Baby’s The Great Indian Kitchen, streaming on NeeStream, is the answer to that. It’s the real deal. It’s a masterclass on how to present a stark portrait of reality without any gimmicks whatsoever. It goes back to the very basics of filmmaking relying purely on image and sound to bombard us with one uncomfortable truth after another. Here’s a film that addresses the politics of gender, kitchen, and bedroom while managing to be incredibly subtle.
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Deepak Parambol is gearing up for the release of a crime thriller titled The Last Two Days. It also stars Dharmajan Bolgatty and Nandan Unni.
The film marks the directorial debut of actor Santosh Lakshman, who is known for portraying Bengali characters in Malayalam films such as Ann Mariya Kalippilaanu and Anjaam Pathira.
Santosh co-wrote the screenplay with Navaneeth Reghu. He has previously worked as an assistant of director G Prajith. Speaking to us about the film, Deepak says it’s an investigation thriller made on a small scale.
“It’s a small film that we already completed shooting. We shot during the lockdown with a small crew. Since it was possible to shoot a subject of this scale back then, we took advantage of the opportunity.” Deepak adds that the film was shot entirely in Fort Kochi.