tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post1545491109291963672..comments2024-03-07T08:59:32.598+05:30Comments on My Think Pad: Sundays, beer and Malayalam moviessilverinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-70548037995734487952008-04-20T02:33:00.000+05:302008-04-20T02:33:00.000+05:30Oh, perfect. Just the person I'm looking for. You ...Oh, perfect. Just the person I'm looking for. You see, I've seen some good malayalam movies on TV in the 90s as a kid and little cared for the movie names. I watched them in between all day summer cricket sessions simply because my parents would be watching, and I didn't care what I was seeing. SO, I would very much appreciate it if you could, in one of your more idle moments, make me a list of skarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438206586553429725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-86274962765118180912007-10-19T08:54:00.000+05:302007-10-19T08:54:00.000+05:30i think the best mallu movies were in the period o...i think the best mallu movies were in the period of late 80s and early 90s, each movie albeit without big stars was a gem..now.. there is probably one good film a year.. pretty sadPraveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314434314476752992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-8469256377649808832007-10-06T23:17:00.000+05:302007-10-06T23:17:00.000+05:30the truth is such mallu movies are NOT a hit even ...the truth is such mallu movies are NOT a hit even in kerala...<BR/>Watch notebook.. its awesome.. :)Nasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804534367749952001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-81516706362375316722007-10-06T16:56:00.000+05:302007-10-06T16:56:00.000+05:30AP: I don't think a cabaret number makes a film co...AP: I don't think a cabaret number makes a film commercial. In fact that was the only spot of commercialization in old movies I think. Besides the songs used in these numbers were very catchy and different from other Malayalam movie songs :)<BR/><BR/>fleiger: Yes, the southern stars save for Sivaji are not famous in other parts of India.<BR/><BR/>toothless wonder: "<I>if you grew up in the middlesilverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-24205823790147423612007-10-03T19:48:00.000+05:302007-10-03T19:48:00.000+05:30Hey! where / at which cd/dvd rental shop, do you g...Hey! where / at which cd/dvd rental shop, do you get good Mallu film CDs in bangalore? 6 months since I have seen a decent mallu flick except for Arabikadha which turned out to be damn good.<BR/><BR/>So please let me know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150006852189475832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-62934311607673277292007-10-03T08:28:00.000+05:302007-10-03T08:28:00.000+05:30I feel it is not commercialization of cinema that ...I feel it is not commercialization of cinema that is the problem. Dont remember the name of the movie but was "Gafur ka dost" not commercial? It was total slapstick comedy, but it was classic stuff, dont you think?<BR/>And unlike other languges, here itr is not even the public that is to be blamed. <BR/>We have always been a lot that likes to see unadultrated country life on silverscreen, unlike ToOothlEss WOndeR!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03870478280394124292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-9965908130736202462007-10-03T05:45:00.000+05:302007-10-03T05:45:00.000+05:30That's good to know. Come to think of it, Mallu mo...That's good to know. <BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, Mallu movies or rather, Mallu actors are not that famous outside Kerala, right? I mean, apart from a few exceptions.Ameyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252374817117509287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-57865923565701428262007-09-30T19:44:00.000+05:302007-09-30T19:44:00.000+05:30our movies the decade before the mohanlal and mamo...our movies the decade before the mohanlal and mamotty era --70's and before were just as commercialized ...Most of the movies had a item number a.k.a caberra..Dunno how everything changed in between...aphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473216880616956056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-72335737877192050992007-09-30T09:51:00.000+05:302007-09-30T09:51:00.000+05:30Abhi: Movies that we could watch with the family i...Abhi: Movies that we could watch with the family is now almost extinct :(<BR/><BR/>fleiger: Actually mallu movie songs are still better compared to some of the other regional movie songs as theya re still in the process of copying them :p <BR/><BR/>emmanuel: If the situation is not so bad then I am relieved. You will know better! But I dont agree that masala stuff flopped, cos if they were flops silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-53054380780097800892007-09-29T21:51:00.000+05:302007-09-29T21:51:00.000+05:30The scene is only getting uglier. More and more mo...The scene is only getting uglier. More and more movies with idiotic themes are being released all the time. Once in a while, we get an average story, and it's hit, because comparatively it's a good one. All those late 80's and early 90's movies are so true to life, whatever cinematic licence the director took.<BR/><BR/>Am I the only person left on earth who hasn't seen 'classmates' yet? :(Adorable Pancreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05824201985240804750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-51697508929575061042007-09-29T13:27:00.000+05:302007-09-29T13:27:00.000+05:30commercialisation is infact the bigger loss for pe...commercialisation is infact the bigger loss for people staying in kerala..coz movies are apparently the sole medium of mass entertainment for most people in the state..atleast NRK's get to understand and appreciate other language movies..rather than the audience patronising the masala movies it is the film fraternity churning out this fare for lack of ideas...Probably the big 5 as far am mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860741232962357228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-55437550561264980692007-09-29T08:24:00.000+05:302007-09-29T08:24:00.000+05:30the situation is not as pathetic as u observe........the situation is not as pathetic as u observe............this is what it seems to me......when the masala stuff was happening in other languages....our producers and directors too tried to put in those things into malayalam movies and they failed to realise that keralites are a niche audience which would support these for enjoying, may be, a change and the repetition would lead to disastrous Emmanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097538125525409752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-23760827630672935322007-09-29T00:47:00.000+05:302007-09-29T00:47:00.000+05:30Given what I have watched on the "regional" channe...Given what I have watched on the "regional" channels, I think Malayalam movie songs are way beyond Hindi in terms of comic (read weird) song situations.<BR/><BR/>But then, my knowledge of the languages means that I might be talking about a completely different one.Ameyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252374817117509287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-12590305694418342062007-09-29T00:22:00.000+05:302007-09-29T00:22:00.000+05:30The masala scenes and raunchy songs which are so P...The masala scenes and raunchy songs which are so POPULAR now weren't a regular feature till a few years back! In that period i used to go for films with my family. After one particular BIG Star's movie, i've never gone to any movie with my family. Thanks to the COMMERCIALISATION of the Malluwood!Abhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06441952034566878285noreply@blogger.com