BEST 5 MALAYALAM MOVIES OF 2013

More than 150 movie released in the year 2013. The selection of best 5 was very easy this time. Most of the movie were mediocre and below average but the best 5 movie were awesome.  The list is not in any particular order.

DRISHYAM It is the top grosser and highly appreciated family thriller of the year 2013. Jeethu Joseph’s magical story and direction with Mohanlal’s top class performance. Don’t miss this movie!!!

PHILLIPS AND THE MONKEY PEN A rare genre in Malayalam cinema nowadays, yes movie based on kids. Perfectly directed by debutants Rojin ans Shanil. Superb acting by lead cast(talented kids) , supported by nice camera work and music. Easily one the best in recent time.

MEMORIES is a suspense thriller  again by Jeethu Joseph, one of the best performance by Pritviraj. It makes you guess till the end. An edge of seat thriller.

SHUTTER is the directorial debue by Joy Mathew. One of the best thriller in recent times. Awesome performances from leading cast. Never miss this!!!

MUMBAI POLICE Rossan Andrews again back in track after his unsuccessfull Casanova. Shocking thriller and theme very much new to Malayalam audience. A brave effort from Pritviraj. Writer duo Bobby Sanjay Proves again they are the best among new age writers.

I strongly recommend all the best 5 movies to all. Don’t ever miss.

There are some other movie which can be considered once watchable,

ANNAYUM RASOOLUM

ROMANS

CELLULOID

LUCKY STAR

RED WINE

AMEN

3 DOTS

NERAM

ABCD

101 CHODYANGAL

THIRA

PUNYALAN AGARBATHIS

ORU INDIAN PRANAYAKATHA

Also some overly hyped movies which you should avoid to save your time,

KAMMATH AND KAMMATH

LOKPAL

SOUND THOMA

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

HONEY BEE

KADAL KADANNU ORU MATHUKUTTY

SRINGARAVELAN

IDUKKI GOLD

NADODI MANNAN

GEETHANJALI

                           ENJOY!!!

HONEY BEE (2013) MALAYALAM MOVIE REVIEW

NO HONEY ONLY BEE STING HERE!!!

PRODUCER: SIBI, JOBI

DIRECTOR: JEAN PAUL

STAR CAST: ASIF ALI, BHAVANA, LAL, BABURAJ, SURESH KRISHNA, ARCHANA KAVI

MUSIC: DEEPAK DEV

Malayalam cinema is in cross roads since last few years, old generation film makers not meeting their expectation when compared to their earlier hits and new generation movie makers churning out technically brilliant movies but no or little content. This is one of the movies which can be tagged as A New Gen Movie.

There is hardly any story here, and no innovations in the screen play. A single line story simply dragged for hours. To add little spice in to proceedings Cochin slang and some distasteful adult jokes and poor jokes stuffed in. very few counters worked while other joke failed miserably. Drinking and drugs promoted wherever possible, in the name of entertainment.

Performance wise everybody did their part well. Newcomers require little improvement. The only good thing is the camera work and back ground score. Direction, script writing needs lots of betterment.

Old or new generation movie clicks only if it has good content which backed by good performance along with good technical support. Cashing in by adult and cheap jokes along with some drinking and drug abusing stuff won’t stay for long.

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Verdict: AVOIDABLE!!!

SHUTTER (2013) MALAYALAM MOVIE REVIEW

A High Concept Low Budget Entertainer !!!

Producer : Saritha Ann Thomas

Director: joy mathew

Actors: Lal, Shreenivasan, Vinay Fort Etc…

Shutter is a Malayalam movie which already got very positive critical accalaim in movie festivals, tasted success there. Its high concept low budget movie.first of all this is not a horror or a typical thriller movie.

It has got very thin story, infact there only one situation where whole movie revovlves around. Charecters are straight from the lives of common people, which is very rare in movie nowadays.

The story idea and screen play is the highlight of the movie. The movie can be termed as thriller, but it doesn’t have the speed in the narration. Movie starts very slowly and maintain the slow pace throughout. But still it manages to entertain you. 

The story is about the human relationships and human behavior in various situations and how it affects them.

The movie did not had any songs. 

Cinematography was good, BGM and music were apt. script, screenplay was the highlight. Other technical dept were good.

The main positive is the performance of lead characters, but some of the newcomers did not performed well.

Since there is no promotion and publicity, and other new releases movie may not get a big opening. 

Word of mouth is the key for the box office success for this movie.

The Malayalam movie industry continues its trend which started 2 years back. Talented script writers and directors are emerging and they are coming up with new concepts.

Verdict : Go and Watch …

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