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 In one word, visual extravaganza from Santosh Sivan. The movie has a good plot, and good direction. Acting wise, Jagathi Sreekumar was the best. Prithviraj, Prabhudeva, Genelia, Nithya etc did their part well.

 Santhosh sivan has captured breath taking visuals for Urumi. The scene near the cave/waterfall is outstanding. Script-wise, there is a minor fault. Sankar Ramakrishnan stays in the surface and didn’t etch or brings out the necessary depth for the screenplay. Character development could have been better. Except this, Urumi deserves applause in all the departments.

  Urumi is surely the beginning of a new era in malayalam cinema.  Our cinema is going to find new markets like other south indian language films.Its a must watch in theater.

 7.5/10

The latest offering from film maker Laljose, Neelathamara tells the story of an innocent girl, and her life’s dilemmas. The director has succeeded to remake a film from the 70s without any possible cliches. The movie has the freshness, and Laljose has succeeded in his department.

The major plus point of the film is the characterization, especially that of Kunju Maalu, played by Archana. Every character have their own identity, and ace writer M T’s script is good in that part. But the film doesn’t have an impactful ending or climax. The movie ends like a book.

The film moves forward well without any crap comedies or comic characters. The song “Anuraga Vilochananayi” is really suit & hummable where as another sad song was unnecessary. The newcomers Archana Kavi and Kailash performed well.

As a whole, Neelathamara is like a nice novel. Watch it.

Rating 7/10

Hats Off to Ranjith and team for providing an unsuual gem for malayalam cinema. The film proves that there are many fresh talents here are awaiting chance in our industry.

Island Express.

Sankar Ramakrishnan is a sure bet for malayalam cinema’s future. This film is outstanding with its strong script and direction. Cinematography and nice frames deserves a special mention. Climax was great.

8.5/10

  Lalitham Hiranmayam

 This short film is a distant relative of the teleserial “Avicharitham” written by Bobby Sanjay. Eventhough Shaji Kailas has portrayed a good theme with brilliance. Jyothirmayi was good. Cinematography and art work was great.

8/10

Happy Journey

Anjali Menon is going to have a permanent seat in malayalam cinema. A current and relevent theme is executed with some humour. Good script and direction in all the way.

8/10

Puramkazhchakal

Laljose excells with his magical touch. The movie reminds us that there always lies something inside every man unlike what is shown outside.The film is directed so well with a shocking climax. Mammootty was good.

8/10

Aviramam

Tells the effect of consumerism and recession on the upper middle class family. The value of relations and its depth is potrayed. Nothing special.

6/10

Makal

The film handled a relevent theme, but the overall execution was no that effective to touch the viewers. Could have been much better.

6/10

Mrithyunjayam

This movie handles a horror subject. But it coundn’t escape from cliches and the total film was not that impressive.

5/10

Off Season

The film shows that some people seems to be millionairs are slum dogs, and some slumdogs are millionairs in terms of humanity. But the film lacked a good script.

5/10

Nostalgia

In on word, the film is cliched. lacked a good script and direction. The theme is tried out one, nothing is innovative there.

4.5/10

I am not judging Bridge, since the projector operator didnt show the entire film on screen. Lost the ending completly.As a whole, Kerala Cafe is a brave attempt in malayalam cinema. The film is a must watch and atleast 4 or 5 films in it are outstanding. We need such experiments a lot, though the common audience is ruined a lot now a days.