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വിഗ്രഹാരാധനയില്‍ വിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത ഒരു സത്യവിശ്വാസി . “മതം മനുഷ്യനെ മയക്കുന്ന കറുപ്പാണ്” എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞ തത്വങ്ങളെ മുറുകെ പിടിച്ചിരുന്ന ഒരു അസ്സല്‍ ഇടതു പക്ഷ ചിന്തകന്‍. സ്വാഭാവികമായും ഇങ്ങനെ ഒരാളില്‍...
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Adoor Bhasi | Malayalam cinema’s favorite cross-dresser
Cross-dressing onscreen in Indian cinema isn’t anything new, in fact it has been one of the reliable tools of generating guffaws in an onscreen narrative when the going is tepid or lack-lustre. Same...
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മലയാള സിനിമാഗാനങ്ങളിലെ സീതാദേവി.
Kusalakumari as Sita (1960) ഭാരതീയ സങ്കല്‍പ്പമനുസരിച്ച് പതിവ്രതകളില്‍ പ്രഥമഗണനീയ. ഭൂമിപുത്രിയായി പിറന്ന് , ജനകപുത്രിയായി വളര്‍ന്ന്, രാമപത്നിയായിത്തീര്‍ന്ന ലക്ഷ്മീദേവിയുടെ അംശാവതാരം. പത്നിയായ്ത്തീര്‍ന്ന...
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Bhaskarasandhya 2013 | A Tribute in Music and Verse to P Bhaskaran
The P Bhaskaran Foundation, based out of Kodungallur, is paying tribute to arguably the greatest combination of “Poet, Playwright, Lyricist, Actor, Broadcaster, Cine Director, Film Producer, T.V....
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Susie’s Fab Five | Stories as Songs for Children
Sarada and Baby Sumathi in Nadhi (1969) Children love stories. It is a great way to calm them down after a hectic day, and to get them to eat, or to get them to sleep. As a child, my Mum and my older...
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Malayalam Movie Mindscapes | Manichitrathazhu (1993)
Two decades have passed since Manichithrathazhu ( 1993 ) was released. But Nagavalli, with her fiery eyes and supernatural prowess, remains vivid in our minds. However, this movie was not about a...
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The Unsound Mind in Malayalam Cinema
Iruttinte Athmavu – Velayudhan undergoes another exorcism Malayalam cinema has always been inspired by the complexity of the human mind. Its narrative has been powered by the need to understand man’s...
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S Janaki and MS Baburaj | The best melodies by the Nightingale in Malayalam
Pix Credit : sjanaki.net The late 50′s fifties saw the entry of a 19-year old singer capturing everyone’s attention with her magical voice, easily traversing thehighest and the lowest octaves with...
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At last, a sequel to Nadodikkattu, featuring an exciting guest role.
“ Dasan : Vijayaa, namukkentha ee budhdhi neerathe thonnaththatu? Vijayan : Ellathunum athintethaya samayamundu Dasaa” Those words that reverberate across each Malayalee’s mind are going to make a...
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Remembering Jose Prakash, the once-bard, a better actor and the best baddie...
Once again, thank you Jay for the reminder. Today is Jose Prakash’s birthday ( would have been, if you are the “grammareligious” kind ), and even one year since his passing, his body of work ensures...
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Susie’s Fab Five | Tribute to Dr PB Srinivas
Credit : DNA Songs in my earliest memory consist of my parent’s favourites – KPAC Drama songs, and movie songs by Kamukara, Dr PB Sreenivas and AM Rajah. Though I am a diehard KJ Yesudas fan, I have...
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The Magic of those Fictional Reads from Malayalam’s Celluloid book shelves.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter Read books are great, but those unread are greater. Movie lovers ! Cinephiles ! It’s time to bring to your attention some books, some classics...
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The Old Malayalam Cinema Blog turns Three.
And, We are three years old. The operative word is we, and that was exactly the objective when this initiative began, on my own terms, to contribute and put on record online , on whatever I could on...
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Classic Picks | KS Sethumadhavan | Kanyakumari (1974)
This is fondly dedicated to a “Kanyakumari Evangelist ” Credit : MSI Kanyakumari (1974), directed by KS Sethumadhavan based on MT Vasudevan Nair’s screenplay also had a unique pairing onscreen that...
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Kanyakumari (1974) | Weird dialects, a strange lucky mascot and melody...
After watching Kanyakumari (1974) by the KS Sethumadhavan – MT Vasudevan Nair duo, there are places your eyebrows go, at times in puzzlement, at times in amusement and at times with sheer curiosity....
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The Songs of Kanyakumari (1974)
Kamal Haasan and Rita Bhaduri in Kanyakumari (1974) KS Sethumadhavan’s Kanyakumari (1974) had 2 songs in Malayalam written by Vayalar, set to music by MB Sreenivasan. There is an English song credited...
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Chitramela | Malayalam Film Quiz at Malabar Christian College
If you think you know your GK Pillai from Kollam GK Pillai, and happen to be in Kozhikode on June 2nd, you better be at the Malabar Christian College. Quiz Kerala Pictures, in association with the Quiz...
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The Songs of PB Srinivas | Those that you may have missed
Pix Credit & Rights : The Hindu { This is a guest post by Harikrishnan Nair, as an addendum to Susie’s tribute to PB Srinivas’ songs, as he felt he had to place on record his favorites amongst them...
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Sen Joseph shares the synopsis of “The Pioneer”, his upcoming book on JC Daniel.
{ Sen Joseph shares the synopsis of his upcoming e-book, “The Pioneer” on JC Daniel, alongwith a general introduction and overview of the perspectives and historical annotations being discussed in the...
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A Quiz on those movies made inside the Malayalam movies we watched through...
{ Narayan is back with another quiz, on the fictional movie titles that had been a part of the story-line of some of the movies we have watched. Give Google a rest and see how many of these you can...
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