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When Ghosts Come Calling | Re-projecting the Disappeared Muses of Malayalam...
[ Co-authored by Darshana Sreedhar and Vinu Abraham, this originally appeared in the Sarai Reader No 9: Projections. Darshana Sreedhar is a PhD scholar at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal...
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The OMC Filmgrimages | Revisiting Kakkothikkavu ( Chamakkavu) 25 years on
The Frontage of the Sharngakkavu Temple (Chamakkavu) Here is one more reason to wax eloquent on one of my favorite movies, Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal (1988). On a recent visit to Kerala, yours...
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Chitramela | Malayalam Film Quiz | Here are the Questions
The Chitramela Film Quiz, conducted by Rajesh Mohanan at the Malabar Christian College, organised by Quiz Kerala Pictures, in association with the Quiz Society of India ended up being one of the...
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“The Pioneer”, Sen Joseph’s e-book on JC Daniel is here. Download it free too.
“The Pioneer”, a literary work on J.C.Daniel had its inspiration from the seven state-award winning feature film “Celluloid”, made by renowned film maker Kamaludeen (Kamal), which was released on...
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Susie’s Fab Five | Songs that List them out
As life becomes more busy and more complicated, memory lapses advance with age, we start making lists. Lists rule our lives. Shopping lists. To do lists. Telephone contacts lists. Password lists....
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Chillu (1982) | Of Fragile relationships and frightening escape hatches.
[ SPOILERS AHEAD ! ] To anyone who has a part of his/her yester years safe in a cookie jar deep down, the lyrics of “Oru vattam koodiyen” from this movie are unforgettable. From the same movie is the...
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The Yakshi’s Solos | Songs that haunted the 60′s and 70′s in Malayalam Cinema.
Alstonia scholaris – the Yakshi Pala of Kerala . The Malayalam Film Songs in between the year 1960 to 1980 were not only gifted with their rich lyrical beauty and melodious compositions but also...
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കനക സിംഹാസനത്തിൽ കയറിയ ഗാനം.
അഴിമതിക്കാരനും കണ്ണിൽ ചോര ഇല്ലാത്തവനും സ്ത്രീ ലമ്പടനും ആയ ഉഗ്രവർമനെ ( ഉമ്മർ) കളിയാക്കാൻ കിട്ടിയ അവസരം അര കള്ളനായ നാഗനും (പ്രേംനസീർ ) മുക്കാൽ കള്ളൻ ആയ അരുവിക്കര തമ്പിയും (അടൂർ ഭാസി ) നന്നായി...
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Ormayil Ragini | The 2013 edition is here.
The “Ormayil Ragini” program, an audio-visual exhibition that celebrates the life and times of Ragini, from the legendary Travancore Sisters is holding its 2013 edition at Ernakulam. To be held on 14...
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Susie’s Fab Five | Songs of Dawn
The Break of Dawn from Ulsavapittennu (1989) I was just driving out of the garage to go to work at 5.30 am. The car window was down, and the cool, crisp air blew in my face. I wound the window up, and...
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താറാവും മായാജാലവും, അഥവാ മറ്റൊരാൾ ആയിരുന്നെങ്കിൽ.
നെഗറ്റീവ് പബ്ലിസിറ്റി നല്ലവണ്ണം ഉപയോഗിച്ച ഒരാൾ മലയാളത്തിൽ സന്തോഷ്‌ പണ്ഡിറ്റ്‌ ആണ്. അഞ്ചു ലക്ഷം രൂപയ്ക്കു ഒരു ചിത്രം ഇറക്കി എന്ന് വാ തോരാതെ പറയുമ്പോഴും ചിത്രയും എം.ജി.ശ്രീകുമാറും പാടിയ ഒരു ചിത്രം അഞ്ചു...
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Malayalam Movie Mindscapes | Ulladakkam (1991)
( SPOILERS AHEAD ) If we were to chart the journey of our inner minds, we would realize that the paths it chooses are part of an infinite maze. The mind ventures through these paths and when we have...
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2013 in review.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 270,000 times in...
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A labor of love that will be a benchmark for future legacy digital projects...
To the question of where the janitor of this place had been, for the past three months, here is the answer. The last three months have been a whirlwind of activity, which was a natural culmination of...
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16 Jan 2014 | Prem Nazir Samskarika Vedi’s Tribute to the Evergreen Hero
This 16th marks the 25th year of passing of Malayalam cinema’s only Evergreen Hero, and the Kozhikode-based Prem Nazir Samskarika Vedhi, as with the previous year is organising a 3-day extended...
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The Old Malayalam Cinema Blog is slicker, sleeker and responsive
Image Courtesy & Credit : My Recipe 4 U After a two-month hiatus, the adda has been dusted, mopped and spruced up – in a way, the sprucing up bit was badly needed, to keep in tune with the times....
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Defence Ministry planning a multi-starrer pan Indian movie ?
From the Thin Red Line (1998) Big B, Kamal Haasan, Rajni, Mammootty and Mohanlal to share screen in film project launched by Defence Ministry. The Defence Ministry is all set to enter the tinsel town....
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S Janaki, an HMV best-seller LP and Devarajan’s ire.
[ This came originally as a detailed response from Sajith Bhaskaran to a post here on S Janaki, and knowing the amount of information he manages to pack to each response, strongly warranted a "place"...
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The Tamil film songs of music director Raveendran
Pix Credit : http://www.pradipsomasundaran.com/ [ Another treasure "reclaimed" from the defunct archives of DHOOL. Republishing Saravanan Natarajan's tribute to Raveendran Master, written in the year...
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Congratulations Suraj Venjaramoodu, for disrupting our National Film Awards...
Suraj Venjarummodu in Kerala Cafe (2009)Truth be told, no one saw that coming. The announcement of the 61st National Film Awards for 2013 came as a big surprise for the Malayali. The comedian known for...
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