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Drishyam sets another record !!

 Breaking/Setting records has been child's play for Jeethu Joseph's Industry Hit Drishyam. The latest one to be set is that of completing 20 K shows. Drishyam is the first Malayalam film to complete 20,000 shows. The film that played the most shows previously was 'Twenty 20' which completed 18K+ shows. 

 Here is a list of records set by DRISHYAM (Credits to whoever compiled the list)

 1 Highest Grossing Malayalam Movie in 2013

2 Highest no of shows and collection in all major outside Kerala centers like Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai etc (still counting)

4 Biggest release in UAE (100+shows)

5 Highest Gross for a Malayalam movie outside kerala in a single theatre (Chennai Mayajaal)

6 Fastest to collect 50 lakhs in Thrissur

7 Fastest to enter 1 crore club in a centre (Ernakulam)

8 Fastest to enter 1 crore club in Calicut

9 Highest Paid Satellite Rights (6.5 Crore )

10 Movie to reach 2nd week in UK with House full shows

11 Fastest to cross 10 crore gross

12 1st Malayalam movie to play 2nd week in Gujarat

13 Highest no. of Housefull shows in Thrissur Center

 14 Highest Grossing Malayalam Movie in UK

15 Highest number of shows in Mumbai and New Delhi reaching 3rd

week

16 Only Malayalam movie to collect 1 crore from Multiplex alone (in a center)

17 First Malayalam Movie to collect 2 crores in a center (From EKM in 25 days)

18 Continuous four Houseful days in Canada

19 Fastest to cross 15 crore gross

20 The first Malayalam film to enter third week in both multiplexes in Mangalore

21 First Malayalam Movie to complete one month in Coimbatore SPI cinems

22 Highest Grossing Movie in Kottayam Center

23 Highest Collected Movie in GCC

24 Highest Grossing Movie in UK [1 crore +]

25 Record Collection in Attingal Center

26 Record Remake Rights to Hindi,Tamil,Telugu and Kannada has sold for 1.5 Crores

27 Record run and collection in Bahrain

30 Most No of Housefull Shows in Payyanur Center

31 Third Fastest Movie to cross 10000 Shows

32 Highest grosser in the history of Calicut

33 Drishyam entered 4th week in 5 screens in DELHI creating an All time record here

34 Biggest Release in Australia for a Malayalam Movie

35 Record Share in Kannur Center

36 Record Share in Chenganassery Center

37 1st Malayalam Movie to cross 5th week with 300+ shows/day

39 Record Share in Pala Center

40 Record Share in Kodungalloor Center

41  Record share in Anchal Center

44 Movie made the highest profit for a movie in Mollywood History

46 Widest Release in USA for a Malayalam Movie

47 Became the Highest Grossing Malayalam Movie breaking the record of 20-20 ( in just 31 days)

48 First Mollywood to cross 30 Crores Mark in Kerala alone

49 First Mollywood movie to make 50cr business from all avenues

50 First Mollywood movie to cross 1 cr gross in 7 centers!

51 First movie to cross 2 cr at Calicut!

52 First movie to collect over 3.5 crs at Ernakulam!

53 First Molywood movie to complete 50 days in 76 theaters and 71 centers!

54 Fastest Mollywood movie to cross 11k,12k,13k,14k,15k,17k, 20k shows

55 First Solo male lead star Mollywood movie to cross 16k shows

56 Broken all existing records in almost all centers in kerala.

57 First Mollywood movie to cross 1500 shows in UAE

58 First Mollywood movie to collect 1 crore each in USA and UK

59 Most no of shows for a Malayalam Movie in Hyderabad,Mumbai and Chennai

60 most no.of show per day in 2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th ,8th week

61 First Mollywood Movie to have 300+ shows/day in 5 weeks...

62 In Bahrain, First Mollywod Movie with highest no of shows,HF Shows,

Highest Gross and Share.First South

Indian Movie to play in 3 theatres at

a time

63. First Malayalam movie to cross 20,000 shows from Kerala alone

 Magazine scan of the list of records [Credits to Vellinakshathram]

'Punch Dialogue' song from 'Aaha Kalyanam' becomes viral

 A Music/promotional video of a movie going viral will help a great deal towards the opening of the film. The latest movie video to go viral is the unique 'Punch' song from Tamil-Telugu bilingual 'Aaha Kalyanam'. The lyrics comprises of popular punch dialogues from Tamil & Telugu. The Tamil version has dialogues from Billa, Chandramukhi, Padayappa, Pokkiri, Singam etc. which has caught on with fans. The music also is quite peppy , which has been shot beautifully, like a typical Bollywood dance number.

Aaha Kalyanam is the official remake of 'Band Baaja Baraat' produced by Yashraj Films itself. [Siddarth, Samantha *er 'Jabardasth' was the plagiarized version of BBB]. The film has Nani [Eega] & Vaani Kapoor [Shudh Desi Romance] playing the lead roles. Will hit the screens on 21st February 2014

 Tamil Lyrics of Punch Song

Naan thala da, nanbenda
naan thani aalu,
all is well.
Malada annamalada
kooti kalichi paaru kanakku sariyavarum

Ongi naan adicha ondra ton weightu da
nee adichaa peesu naan adichaa maasu
adambula kai irukkum kaalirukkum
mookkirukkum muliyirukkum
aana uyir irukkaadhu.

Vada en machi valakka bajji
naandhaanda gilli adipenda solli
my name is billa suduvenda nalla
chutti the robo muttaadha po po (2)

nakka nakkka nakka nakk..
Venaaam...
naan eppo varuven
eppadi varuven yaarukkum theriyadhu

Sollama varradhu..
sollitu varadhu veerasamy
lateah vandhaalum latesta varuven
ketadhayum tharuven ketkadhayum varuven
mudhala yaaru first varraanganu mukkiyamla
kadasiyila yaaru first varraaganuthan mukkiyam

Vada en machi valakka bajji
naandhaanda gilli adipenda solli
my name is billa suduvenda nalla
chutti the robo muttaadha po po (2) 

En vazhkayila ovvoru nimishamum .
ovvoru nodiyum naan sedhukkunadhu.
naanum konja naala
nalla.. nadikkuradhu
neenga nallavaraa illa kettavaraa.
naan thanimaram illa thoppu.
idhu seththa kootamilla
anbaala serndha koottam.
Vada en machi valakka bajji
naandhaanda gilli adipenda solli
my name is billa suduvenda nalla
chutti the robo muttaadha po po (2)
Naan thala da, nanbenda
naan thani aalu,
all is well.
Malada annamalada.
kooti kalichi paaru kanakku sariyavarum.
Ongi naan adicha ondra ton weightu da.
nee adichaa peesu naan adichaa maasu.
adambula kai irukkum kaalirukkum
mookkirukkum muliyirukkum
aana uyir irukkaadhu.
Kanna panninga koottama varum
singam singlea thaan varum.
naan oruthadava sonna nooru
thadava sonnamadhiri.

Song: The Punch Song (Telugu)
Singers: M.M.Manasi & Nivas
Lyrics: Krishna Chaitanya
Music: Dharan Kumar

Song: The Punch Song (Tamil)
Singers: M.M.Manasi & Nivas
Lyrics: Madhan Karky
Music: Dharan Kumar

The Punch Song Video (TAMIL)

 

The Punch Song Video (TELUGU)

Aaha Kalyanam - Tamil - Audio Jukebox

   

 

Aaha Kalyanam - Audio Jukebox - TELUGU 

 

Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 - Malayalam Movie Review

Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 - Malayalam Movie Review

 

Directed by     Mamas
Produced by     Siby Thottupuram, Joby Mundamattom
Music by     Rahul Raj
Studio     SJM Entertainment.
Release dates     24th January, 2014
Country     India
Language     Malayalam

 Cast

  Innocent as Mannar Mathai

     Mukesh as Gopalakrishnan
    Saikumar as Balakrishnan
    Vijayaraghavan as Ramji Rao
    Biju Menon as Mahendra Varma
    Janardhanan as Garvasees Aashan
    Indrans as Ponnappan
    Priyanka as Shakunthala
    Shammi Thilakan
    Aparna Gopinath
    Akshitha
    Kalabhavan Shajon

Mannar Mathai Speaking 2 deals with another episode in the lives of Ma-Go-Ba [Mathai, Gopapalakrishnan & Balakrishnan]. The 3 after events from MMS have moved on in their lives & are now running 'Urvashi Travels'. Even though the bid adieu to their passion theater(Drama), Mathai still has the heart of a thespian drama artist who wants to get on stage for one final time to celebrate 25th anniversary of 'Urvashi Theaters'. That's when few characters in the past, along with a couple of new, enters their lives with fresh set of troubles. How the 3 tackle them, like the other 2 movies, forms the rest of the story. 

RRS, MMS are regarded as comedy classics, with everyone remembering most of the iconic scenes & dialogues from both the movies, quite evident from the response of people whenever such scenes were shown in between. So a sequel to those movies will be having expectations, but the experiences of most of the sequels that came in recently in Mollywood were not good, except 2 Hari Har Nagar, & MMS 2 manages to squece right in between.

MMS 2 is a decent entertainer that isn't boring or lagging. If you go without any expectations it can be a pleasure ride. The film doesn't boast of a unique story or narration, it just sticks to the basic idea of sequels to make some quick bucks, but unlike many others this one manages to entertain, thanks to the charm of the characters.They have brought in almost al the important characters in previous 2 possibly that they could possibly do [missing were Mamukoya, Harisree Asokan etc]. The film is better than most of the so 'called' comedies that Mollywood churn out every year. It has got quite good, double meaning free, laughs.

Its Innocent who shines through out, who looks also pretty same. Even though Mukesh & Sai Kumar has grown much as actors and psychically, the charm and fun is till there. Both villains of previous movies Ramji Rao & Mahendra Varma gets quirky twists, which were well done IMO.

Songs are disappointing, BG was okay. Camera Editing were efficient. Direction was average, Scripting was intelligent, in the sense that without anything out of the box a decent entertainer was churned out. Liked the way scenes of Cochin Haneefa, Machan Varghese & Kaduvakulam Anto were used as a tribute to them, even though would have liked a 'remembrance' in the titles.

Watch it to have some nice time and see the loved characters once again on screen 

Rating 2.75/5

Verdict: Above Average

Last Word: Decent Comedy Entertainer, with no New Gen elements

Drishyam - All Time Blockbuster - Exclusive 27 days Box Office Update

Drishyam - All Time Blockbuster - Exclusive 27 days Box Office Update

Drishyam have completed 27 days @ Kerala Box Office and already its the 2nd biggest grosser of all time. The is the biggest non-mulistar movie beating Dileep's Mayamohini. The only film that's in front of Drishyam is the Mega Multi-Starrer 'T20' which featured the entire Malayalam film industry. The film is raking in moolah despite 2 big Tamil releases (one which also features Mohanlal). The film didn't show any dip in collections even once the X'mas holiday got over. Instead the weekends, holidays, & even in Weekdays evening-night shows of the film were complete sold out with theaters forced to add more shows and screens. 

The film has revived the B class theaters many of which were on the brink of extinction with one of the longest run in such small centers. They didn't remove the film even for a gigantic film like Jilla [Featuring mass heartthrobs Mohanlal & Vijay] which was the usual case in Kerala. The film is already the biggest hit in Res of India and overseas with Bangalore & Gulf grossing twice or thrice more than the previous biggest hits.

Drishyam did all of this in 1/3rd the time which other biggies took

The Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada remake rights were sold within 3 days of its release

Budget: 4.75 - 5 crore [including Print & Publicity]

Satellite Rights: 6-6.5 crore

Remake Rights: 1.60 crore

27 Days all Kerala Gross - 21 crore

Nett - about 16.80 crore

Distributors Share - 9 crore

The film completed about 12,000 shows worldwide so far

Credits to the entire cast & crew of Drishyam

Drishyam Tamil/Telugu Remake gets green signal - Exclusive Details

 

Drishyam Tamil/Telugu Remake gets green signal

The Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada remake rights of Malayalam Blockbuster Drishyam was sold within 3 days of its release (Dec 19, 2013). The Tamil-Telugu version which will be made as a bilingual is the first announced project among these. The Tamil-Telugu remake rights were bought by Suresh Balaji, actor Mohanlal's (who played the male lead in Drishyam) Brother in Law. The film will be co-produced by Rajkumar Sethupathy & his wife, famous actress Sripriya, will be directing it. Sripriya will get into the project once her other directorial venture 'Malini 22 Palayamkottai' [remake of '22 Female Kottayam'] hit the screens. The film's male lead will be played by Telugu Superstar 'Victory' Venketesh.

Drishyam is a family-thriller movie that the critics and masses praised alike, calling it the best Malayalam movie to be made in  in the past decade. Whether the script can be efficiently translated and the actors can give honest performances,  2 of the major factors behind 'Drishyam's success, is yet to be seen,

Press Release: Rajkumar Theatres Pvt Ltd after its maiden Telugu /Tamil bilingual 'Malini 22' / Malini 22 Palayamkkottai, is happy to announce its second Telugu venture. The untitled film is a joint venture with Suresh Productions -Hyderabad and in association with Wide Angle Creations. It will star Victory Venkatesh in the lead & will be directed by Sripriya.The film is a remake of the super hit Malayalam film 'Dhrishyam'  

Sripriya

   

 Venketesh

 

Godzilla (2014) - New Trailer, Posters & Viral Videos

Godzilla (2014) - New Trailer, Posters & Viral Videos

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"An epic rebirth to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world's most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

A giant radioactive monster called Godzilla appears to wreak destruction on mankind"

Director:Gareth Edwards  

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Escape From Uganda - Exclusive Malayalam Movie Review

 Directed by     Rajesh Nair
Produced by     Girisch Nair, Usha Rajesh
Screenplay by     Sandeep Robinson, Deepak Prabhakaran, Nithin Bhadran
Story by     Rajesh Nair
Music by     Varun Unni
Cinematography     Vishnu Sarma
Editing by     Ratheesh Raj
Background Score Gopi Sunder
Studio     Vaya Films, River Nile Motion Pictures
Distributed by     Kalasanga, KAS & Right
Release dates 29 November 2013
Language     Malayalam

 Cast

    Rima Kallingal as Shikha Samuel
    R. Parthiepan as Antony

  Vijay Babu as Jaya Krishnan
    Jojo as Gautham
      Mukesh
    Tashu Kaushik
    Winston Witecker
    Micheal Wawuyo
    John Bagenda
    Wilberforce Mutete
    Anita Kyalimpa
    Carlos Ombonya
    Joju George

'Escape from Uganda' deals with events happening to a Malayali family comprising of 3, Shikha, husband Jaya Krishnan aka JK and their daughter,  peacefully settled in Uganda. Their life turns upside down as Shikha gets thrown into a high security prison, for a murder that she didn't commit. As each option for a fair trail & proving her innocence vanishes away JK decides to break Shikha out of the prison with the help of a local thug Anthony, who himself claims to be the only living thing to escape from that prison before. What happens to them forms the rest of the story.

'Escape From Uganda' will be perhaps the first Malayalam film to be shot extensively in Uganda ,Africa and the only one to be shot completely in a foreign land, which is the main highlight of EFU. The locations are real and adds a great deal to the narration. 

The film draws inspiration from French film 'Pour elle' (Anything for Her) which, for a change, has been credited to, in the beginning itself. EFU is adefinitely a brave attempt and something new for Mollywood. The story has been well told. The first half, which sets up the movie is Good, filled with family drama and emotions. The second half deals with the 'prison break' has been done neatly, compared to Mollywood standards. Eventhough it gets a bit tacky towards the end its still above average (2nd half).

In the acting departments 3 names deserves special mention - Rima, Parthiepan & the actor who played chief investigating officer. Kudos to Rima for once again doing a challenging role after 22FK, this time there is Physical effort too. Parthiepan walks away with all the applause with a character tailor made for him, stylish and full of quirky one liners aka 'nakkals' which he is famous for .

Rajesh Nair has directed the movie very well, quite an effort considering its only his 2nd film. The camera work is also brilliant, especially the escape sequence, sky cam shots of Uganda etc. Equally good was the editing, avoiding any unnecessary lags, presenting a crisp film under 2hours of run length. There is just one song in the movie (+1 promotional song) which were okay. Gopi Sunder's BG score was average. 

The director have taken few cinematic liberties which are passable. Apart from few issues with 2nd half its a decent watch

In all EFU is a well made family-darama cum adventure-thriller that suits all kinds of audience, Something new/different from Molywood. Kudos to the entire team for taking Malayalam cinemas to unseen territories, especially to a place like Uganda and breaking several myths about the place. Hope the film also turn out to be a good tourism promotional video for Uganda.

Rating 3.25/5

Good

Naiyaandi Exclusive Movie Review

Friday, October 10, 2013 Naiyyandi: Exclusive Movie Review

Written & Direction by A. Sarkunam

Produced by S. Kathiresan

Music by M Ghibran

Stars: Dhanush, Nazriya Nazim, Soori, Sathyan Sivakumar, Sriman & Vamsi Krishna

Movie Review by Sree Prasad Nair Theater – National Cinemas, Abu Dhabi, UAE 10/10/2013 – 1.00am Occupancy – 80% (Surprise)

A. Sarkunam is known for directing National Award Winning film Vaagai Sooda Vaa. The film was honored with the National Award For Best Feature Film in Tamil for the year 2013. Naiyyandi is the third film of director Sarkunam. The film was earlier titled as Sotta Vazhakutty. Naiyyandi stars Dhanush & the young 16 year old Malayalam actress Nazriya Nazim. Dhanush had a rocking year with his Superhit debut hindi film Raanjhanaa & an above average grosser Maryan. Nazriya also had a dream run at the Tamil box office with both Neram & Raja Rani turned hits. Naiyyandi also stars Soori, Sathyan Sivakumar, Sriman & Vamsi Krishna.

Story

Naiyyandi is the love story of Dhanush & Nazriya Nazim till the interval. But the second half is a

complete remake of 1993 Malayalam film Meleparambil Aanveedu. Dhanush's brothers (Sriman & Sathyan Sivakumar) are not as handsome as Dhanush. Both are 40+ old bachelors and struggling to get a girl to marry. Dhanush is afraid of whether or not his parents would agree to his marriage with Nazriya, so he keeps her undercover as a sales girl in his Kuthuvilakku shop. Dhanush's parents realize that Nazriya is pregnant and they decide to dismiss her from her job. Because of that Dhanush is forced to reveal that Nazriya is his wife. At the end his parents express their willingness to accept Nazriya as their daughter-in-law.

For me the film is disaapointing, so starting with the negatives...

Negatives

Like I mentioned in the first paragraph, director A. Sarkunam is known for his critically acclaimed-successful films like Kalavani & Vaagai Sooda Vaa. Unfortunately his third outing, Naiyyandi is plain mediocre. The director has relied too heavily on the tried-and-tested formula to convey the story, which is where he falters. There was ample scope for novelty, but he is letdown by his own poor script.

Music is just about Ok. But the biggest problem with the songs are most of the songs filmed at the wrong time. Infact no connection to the story and too many songs just spoiled the film, especialy 2 songs in the second half. Editing of the film is very poor.

Second half drags a lot and the climax is a huge let down. The desired impact in the climax is missing. For any love story to succeed, it is of vital importance that the emotional moments strike a chord, but in Naiyyandi, the emotions appear superficial. Even the ending is least exciting.

The biggest drawback of the film is Dhanush magic is missing especially in the second half. Yes, he is sidelined in this film. The supporting characters played by Sathyan Shivakumar & Sriman are more convincing and interesting than Dhanush in the second half. And in the first half Soori as Dhanush's friend is the real scene stealer.

Positives

Dhanush acting is good! but not extraordinary like his all films. Because in Naiyyandi he got small scope to display his potential as an actor as his role is not an author-backed role.

Nazriya Nazim looks like a doll, infact very pretty. Her acting is good. But she needs a crash course

in her expressions, especially in the songs.

But the real stars of the film for me, infact the only saving grace are Soori, Sathyan Sivakumar & Sriman. Soori was extra ordinary in the first half with many witty one-liners. Sathyan & Sriman provided maximum entertainment in the second half. There is a scene where Sathyan imitates Dhanush's Ottha Sollala song from Aadukalam, Hilarious stuff.

Overall Naiyyandi is a weak Dhanush film after a long time. The film has precious little to offer in terms of content and novelty. Film will struggle to get a good opening because of the low promotions and poor response to the trailer. Box office point of view film will be disappointing!!!

Verdict - Naiyyandi Is Boring

Rating - 2.25/5! Below Average 

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Akshay Kumar's Boss (2013) - Music Review - Paisa Vasoool !!!

 Boss is the most awaited Akshay Kumar film of the year. After 2 average films fans of Akshay Kumar are hoping big time that 'Boss' delivers some punch. The film is the remake of Malayalam blockbuster 'Pokkiri Raja'. The initial signs that the films throw at us are positive - The trailer has been very well received, the 2 song promos that has been released have become a rage among people. The entire album came out yesterday, on Akshay's birthday . Now let's see if the album has delivered it or not

Song: BOSS
Caller Tune : sms BSS1 to 54646
Singer: MEET BROS ANJJAN FEAT. YO YO HONEY SINGH
Music Director: MEET BROS ANJJAN
Lyrics: KUMAAR

This is the title song, the first one to be released online. Even though it took a bit of time to grow on me, song was an instant hit with majority thanks to its catchy beat and funky lyrics. The choreography in the video was unique and interesting too. The music, especially the main punch note, is inspired from 'Candy Shop' by '50 Cents'. But it doesn't feel like a complete rip off - kudos to the composers. A perfect song for the mass and class audience.

3.75/5

Song: PARTY ALL NIGHT
Caller Tune : sms BSS11 to 54646
Singer: YO YO HONEY SINGH
Music: YO YO HONEY SINGH
Lyrics: SAHIL KAUSHAL (LILL GOLLU)

This was the second song promo to be released online. Unlike 'Boss' this one caught one the very first instant I heard it and has been playing it ever since. After 'Lungi Dance' another (solo) hit for Yo Yo Honey Singh. The song is a ultimate party number, and is for sure gonna blast the speakers of all music party's across the country. The song do sounds like a faster rappper version of 'Suno Gaour Se Duniya Walo'. But again its the unique Yo-Yo element that makes the song stand out

4/5

Song: HUM NA TODE
Caller Tune : sms BSS5 to 54646
Singer: VISHAL DADLANI
Music Director: P.A. DEEPAK
Lyrics: KUMAAR

Ever since I heard the news that Akshay Kumar has bought the rights for the song 'Appadi Podu' from Gilli [Tamil]  have been waiting to hear the Hindi version of it. Well, 'Hum Na Thode' is that song and eventhough it doesn't quite match to the original is a good one. They have not ruined the song. After 2 songs with 'western' flavour, this one is a pucca desi mass masala number. Vishal Dadlan's voice is a huge plus for the song. Once the video is out, this one also for sure is gonna be a chart buster. Hope that they have given credits to the original composer, Vidyasagar.

3.25/5

Song: PITAH SE HAI NAAM TERA
Caller Tune : sms BSS8 to 54646
Singer: SONU NIGAM, MEET BROS ANJJAN, ALAPS: SANJAY MISRA
Music Director: MEET BROS ANJJAN
Lyrics: KUMAAR

The first melody in the album. A soulful song in the heavenly voice of Sonu Nigam.Loved the song very much. Feels like a song in flashback, may be showing the relations between the brothers and their father. 

3.5/5

Song: HAR KISI KO
Caller Tune : sms BSS19 to 54646
Singer: ARIJEET SINGH, NEETI MOHAN
Music Director: CHIRANTAN BHATT
Lyrics: MANOJ YADAV

The only romantic melody in the film, picturized on Shiv & Aditi. again a nice melody. But noting exceptional or out of the box here, but feels nice to listen.

2.75/5

Song: BOSS ENTRY THEME
Caller Tune : sms BSS17 to 54646
Singer: MEET BROS ANJJAN, SONU KAKKAR, KHUSHBOO GREWAL
Music Director: MEET BROS ANJJAN
Lyrics: KUMAAR

Since its an entry music the song has got more 'instruments' than 'vocals'. Not a pulsating of heart thumping one. The only average song in the entire album.

2.5/5

 There is one additional track called 'Ganapathi Bappa Morya' in the album which is just a 'Ganesh' special version of 'Boss title song' on account of 'Ganesh Chaturthi' - 3.5/5

'Boss' is a full time mass masala paisa vasool album. Don't just go by the ratings, its a must buy. The more you hear the songs I am sure even the average songs are gona grow on you. 'Boss' is undoubtedly the best Hindi film Music album of the year after 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'.  

So with music alsodelivering big time, the film is destined to take the Box Office by storm, come October 16th

Final Rating :- 3.75/5

Verdict: - Paisa Vasool !!!

NB: I an no expert in Music. All the comments are just from a layman's, an ardent lover of Indian filmi music, point of view.

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Singam 2 - Exclusive Movie Review

SINGAM 2  : Exclusive Movie Review

  Written & Direction by Hari
Produced by S. Lakshman Kumar
Stars : Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani, Vivek, Santhanam & Rahman

Movie Review by Sree Prasad Nair
Theater – Al Wahda Cinemas, Abu Dhabi, UAE
04/07/2013 – 11pm
Occupancy – Sold Out - 100% (Expected)

Singam 2 is the sequel of 2010 Blockbuster Singam! Singam 2 is riding high on expectations thanks to the superb popularity of the mass superstar Suriya and also the hit 'Singam' franchise. Singam2 is directed by Hari (also directed the prequel Singam). Some of the important characters played by Anushka Shetty, Vivek and Vijayakumar have been retained in Singam 2. In addition Santhanam, Hansika Motwani, Radha Ravi, Manorama and Hollywood actor Danny Sapani have joined the film.

Usually Sequels are very rare in Kollywood. But director Hari  had the idea of a sequel to Singam. Singam 2 is about an Indian cop Dorai Singam who is on a mission to take on crimes overseas. Will he be successful on his mission? Will Singam 2 fare better than Singam ? Or will it follow the disaster "Billa 2" way ? 

Positives

Singam 2 is one of the much awaited movie of 2013 in Kollywood, thanks to the mega popularity of Suriya. Suriya is outstanding as Durai Singam. After a long wait, Suriya's fans will witness him back in action and he is damn good at it. Be it action, dance, dialogue delivery or emotions, Suriya is excellent in all.. No other actor can carry off the role of Durai Singam other than Suriya. Yes, The toughest cop is back in charge!!!

Santhanam's acting is first rate. As usual he is the scene stealer of the movie. His comic timing is unmatchable & his witty one liners provides maximum enertainment. Hanshika Motwani is really good. Vivek is decent. Rahman is strictly ok.

Hari's direction is good, especially in the first half. Infact entire first half itself is a winner.  The first half of Singam 2 is a complete package of all sorts with romance, thrills, comedy, emotions and fights. Another plus point of the movie is cinematography by Priyan, magnificiently captured the exotic locations of Southern parts of India & South Arica. Special credit should go to the action director of Singam 2 for amazing action sequences.

Everything till the first half was great and I was hoping for the same treatment in the second half. Unfortunately, It Is Not!!! Why ???

Negatives

The second half of Singam 2 is very ordinary & predictable. And shockingly too-rushed climax is terrible. A climax is meant to be the highlight of a mass masala movie! Unfortunately climax of Singam 2 is hugely disappointing... Bizzare Stuff!!! Another minus point of Singam 2 is miscasting Hollywood actor Danny Sapani as Villain. His acting and screen presence is nowhere near to Prakash Raj. Anushka Shetty don't have much role and is good only in the songs.. Veteran stars like Nassar & Manorama are wasted in 1-2 scene roles.

Another disappointment is the music by Devi Sri Prasad. All songs are very ordinary and the placement of the songs are horribly wrong. A song at the start and at the end of the film is not appealing. Actress Anjali is not convincing as an item girl in the Vaale Vaale song.

Overall an excellent first half, average second half & pathetic climax! Still Singam 2 will emerge as a winner at the box office, thanks to Suriya's stardom & excellent promotion by the makers. The movie is releasing with more than 2,400 screens all over the world in Tamil &Telugu versions. The film is all set to have a phenomenal opening & the healthy weekend-week1 will help the makers to earn healthy profit.

Verdict - "This Singam Is Safe"

Rating - 3/5! Profitable Venture

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Thalaivaa Story Synopsis - Naduvazhikal remake ???

 

Thalaivaa Story Synopsis - Naduvazhikal remake ???

The trailer of much awaited 'Thalaivaa' was released online few days back and as expected it broke many records in YouTube. According to the makers it tells the story of a common guy becoming a leader of/for masses. [The following might be movie plot spoilers, so be careful before you proceed].


The detailed story/synopsis of the movie is kept under wraps. There has been news spreading in social medias that the film is a remake of 1989 Mohanlal Super Hit 'Naaduvazhikal'. All of A.L Vijay's previous films were either remakes or drew inspirations from other language movies. So there is a chance for this being an inspired work or official remake.

Naduvazhikal tells the story of a common man who is forced to leave his leisurely life & comeback to native place to fight for his father and the people that believed in him. From information available from various sources Thalaivaa also follows similar path.

Vijay's character who is [supposedly] a dance teacher in Australia forced to comeback to India when something happens to his father, played by Sathyaraj, who is like a leader to many. Vijay meets his enemy's here, they have many confrontations. In one of the leaked stills we can see Sathyaraj's garland ridden photo on the wall, which might indicate his character getting killed by enemies and Vijay taking his revenge on those who are responsible - just like Naaduvazhikal climax.

Even if these predictions/guess work proves to be true  lets hope  AL Vijay  can bring something new to the table

Naaduvazhikal itself is inspired from the cult classic Hollywood Mafia movie 'The Godfather' which has inspired many movies like Sarkar (2005), Rajneeti (2010) & Simhaasanam (2012)

Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru - Movie Review from Kerala

Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru - Movie Review  

 Directed by     Sundar C.
Produced by     Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Khushboo Sundar
Written by     Sundar C. (Screenplay)
Venkat (Dialogues)
Story by     Sundar C.
Music by     C. Sathya
Cinematography     Gopi Amarnath
Editing by     Praveen K. L.
N. B. Srikanth
Studio     UTV Motion Pictures, Avni Cinemax
Release date(s)    June 14, 2013
Country     India
Language     Tamil

CAST

    Siddharth as Kumar
    Hansika Motwani as Sanjana
    Ganesh Venkatraman as George
    Santhanam as Mokia
    Vidyullekha Raman
    RJ Balaji as Karna
    Devadarshini
    Bosskey
    Aishwarya Menon
    Vishal Krishna as himself (Cameo appearance)
    Samantha (Cameo appearance)

Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru  (You've to work hard, Kumar! is inspired from Partner which itself was a remake of 'Hitch'. Kumar is a looser when it comes to the matters of love. Kumar who is working in an IT firm has has fallen head over heels in love with his colleague Sanjana. But unable to express his love or for that matter even talk to her and growing competition from other boys, Kumar seeks the help of Love Guru Mokia who is an expert love consultant. What happens to their lives after Mokia enters the scene forms the rest of the story.

Those who were expecting a regular over the top typical Sundar.C mass masala will be heavily disappointed. TVSK is a normal romantic comedy with slight twists and turns and some amount of humor. But the film would have been just ended up as ordinary fare if not for Santhanam. The poor hero's [or director's or writer's] Superstar, once again comes to the rescue of an avg film, elevates it to at least above average level (IMHO) and make a super hit out of it. But here too he gets in full flow in the 2nd half. He is the pillar on which the film stands supported by others. But he should seriously conider a change of track before this side kick role starts boring & repetative.

Sidarth played his role well, but nothing exceptional. Hansika, eventhough a bit over weight [BTW her latest look during Singam 2 audio launch was super hot and super slim], was super cute as always. Improved her acting by leaps and bounds, but still need to work on the lip sync. Rest of the cast were also Okay. The cameo scene by Samantha was very good.

Direction was okay, made a decent watch out of an ordinary script, packaged everything well. Camera, editing was good. Music is a big disappointment, don't know why no UTV South movie have chart buster music.There is not even a single hummable or foot tapping track. 

TVSK is a good, clean watch for families, Kids and youth sans unnecessary mass masala, action, violence etc. 

A Time pass entertainer

Rating: 2.7/5 [thanks to Santhanam]

Verdict: Above Average

Box Office: Hit ??? May be