[KlaraNovikoffa]

Joe & Prabhu,

But in spite of all such happenings, Malayalam cinema still produces some good cinema. All said and done, still the Standard of their films are much higher when compared to our films.

Both the M's, though they have been comercially inclined of late, still continue to do good cinemas. Not only that, time and again they prove that you need not spend 2-3 years on a movie. Quality and quantity can co-exist. Here I am reminded of NT, who also followed the same policy.

Another factor that I like in their movies is, the characerization of the Hero. He will be a person whom you can easily identify. They can be spotted amongst the people whom we meet in our day to life. Unlike Tamil film heroes they are not superficial.

Let us have a look at some of the pictures of them on floors.

Mammootty

1. Parunthu - Directed by a young director Padmakumar, the hero is a கந்து வட்டிக்காரன். A totally negative character who grew up as an orphan because his parents ditched him. Will go to any length for money. Movie is getting released on 18th July.

2. Vandemaatharam (Malayalam) & Aruvadai (Tamil)

This movie produced by Hendri is a bi-lingual which has also Arjun in its cast. Mammootty comes in as a Chief of IB (Intelligence Bureau) of Southern region. [This is what i mentioned. Their characters will look real]. Movie releases on Aug 15th.

3. Pazhasi Raaja - A classic written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Hariharan.[This team earlier gave Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha]. This tells the story of the King who fought against the British much before the Sipoy uprising in 1857. It also stars Sarathkumar and Suman. Release may be either for Onam (Aug end) or Ramzan (Oct 1st).

4. Twenty-20 - Directed by Joshi and produced by AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artists), it has every Malayalam actor playing a role. May release for Onam.

5. Kutti Sranku - Produced by Adlabs and Directed by Shaji.M.Karun (remember his Piravi and Vanaprastham), the story is set in the late 1950s. Three women enter and exit the life of Sranku, a boat driver who operate between Kochi and Alleppy backwaters. The story demands different seasons and the first part shooting has been recently completed under the vigours of monsoon.

6. Maya Bazaar - Directed by a debutant director Thomas Sebastian, the hero is from a automobile market where the main job is dismantling and remodelling of condemned cars (See again the charterization). This movie is going to start. Will release for Christmas.

7. Pattanathil Bootham - Nothing to do with the old Tamil film. Here the hero is a circus person who does the dare devil act in a motorcycle. It is a sort of Sci.Fic cum comedy role in the sense oneday he understands that he has some special powers. The story takes an interesting turn from thereon.

In addition to this, he has some 20 other films, for which he had commited in principle, keeping his callsheet full till 2011.

Will come back.

Regards