Kerala Cafe Reviews & Ratings. Write review. I finished watching Ranjith's experiment, Kerala Caf. The experiment has been done, of course, in other. Bollywood (Dus Kahaniyaan). You have no Favorite Channels. To follow a channel click the. If you wish to view your Favorite Channels from anywhere on the site, click on the My Favorites link at the top of the. Rima Kallingal is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing in Malayalam cinema. Home News Movie Gallery Portfolio Video Tamil Telugu Top 10 SiZ South Indian Cinema Magazine An Ultimate Entertainment Hub Home Movie Gallery Portfolio. After a break, Mammootty again does a romantic hero in the upcoming movie titled 'White'. The movie is directed by Uday Ananthan. Uday Ananthan is the director of 'Pranayakalam' and the short film 'Mrityunjayam' in the featurette 'Kerala Cafe'. Rima’s next film was “Kerala Cafe”, the first one of its type in Malayalam. In this film her role was in the short film “Mrityunjayam”, directed by Uday Ananthan. It was the fourth segment and Rima got a lead role in this movie as well. The third film done by Rima. Fahad Fazil is an Indian film actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) directed by his father Fazil at the age of 19.Fahad won the 2011 Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor for his performance in the. However, in the. barren wasteland of creativity that Malayalam cinema has become since. Ranjith is one maker who keeps trying to. The movie has various stories from 1. The opening is a story of NRI angst and memories, in a story. Nostalgia. Though this is not among the best, it does. NRI attitudes with respect to Kerala, and Dileep does. After this, we see Prithviraj in all his effortless dashing best. Jesus, Frankenstein and Mangalassery Neelakantan and. As only he can do these days, he pulls it off, in. Called 'Island Express', this stars Jayasurya and. Rahman as well and is one of my favorites from the collection. The next was a story on adultery by Shaji Kailas with Suresh Gopi. It's. a relief to know that Shaji hasn't totally lost it. Another decent. effort to add to. After that is Uday Ananthan's Mrityunjayam, which has. Fahd Fazil in a new avatar as compared to his last outing a few years. A horror movie, it does manage to send a. This one beautifully. Keralite male(Jagathy) who, on a. What follows is a brilliant game of oneupmanship. I do hope that Anjali's. Manjadikuru gets a release in Kerala. If this short feature is anything. After this, there are a. Siddique and Shweta Menon) and another by. Shyamprasad. Good to know he can do the light hearted ventures too. However, one of the best here is Anwar Rasheed's Bridge. A brilliantly. metaphorical and hauntingly sad tale about a son who tries to lose his. The story talks of themes of helplessness, desolation. Salim Kumar). Amazingly, this. Anwar Rasheed, the same guy who did those mindless. Mammooty and Mohanlal before this. I sure hope he. continues on this path rather than go back to those. Puram. Kazhchakal, starring Sreenivasan and Mammooty, is the last one. Sreenivasan is a traveler on a bus thinking of. Throughout. the journey he pesters the driver and gets ridiculed also, while trying. The ending of this is touching and speaks. Mamooty. is shorn of all his star power here and does brilliantly. Seeing these 1. 0 minute stories, I couldn't help wondering? Very little to say about it - this. A simple tale told with great power. If the other films in the series even touched the calibre of . There are pluses and minuses. But the overall impact of Kerala Cafe is. The film is presented in an interesting format - . Malayalam film- viewers. If you don't like one, you quickly move on to the next. One could. walk out picking the best and worst after these 2 hours - more. As would happen in such a viewing, it is the impact of the last few. The film that comes immediately after. It is made with conviction, the cinematography and sound. I am. glad this milieu was included in this series, though - an anthology. Kerala wouldn't be complete without a reference to Nagercoil or. Palakkad. Right after that, the last film in the series, Laljose's. What had been significant about. Malayalam film were the truthful. Writing real characters, steering clear of. Laljose's film sets itself up as a wistful comedy of. The film is not without its flaws – the point of view shifts. Sreenivasan's character to Mamooty's irate co- passenger quite. Sreenivasan's flashback scenes are unnecessary and the film. For many of us, some of these films might be predictable. But the short. film format can be rather forgiving. As soon as you begin to notice a. The film. which relies almost entirely on a smart, intriguing screenplay to. Nithya Menon stands up quite. Jagathy's mature performance. Of late, he has been. Passenger, Pazhassi Raja). Anjali. Menon's direction is taut even if the screenplay falters - expect to. Early in the first half, a surprise - my other personal favourite. Shaji Kailas' . Trust me, I had no idea that. Shaji Kailas – the director of films like. Among the films in the first half, this. Malayalam films, including most of the good films. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Aravindan, Shaji N. Karun,et al) looked to a theatrical style - these films seem to be. Amongst the others, 3 films of note were B. Unnikrishnan's . For me, the story itself fell short, but. Shankar Ramakrishnan's . But Prithvi fans like Him. His Voice, so there. The film revisits a real- life train tragedy. Some very cool shot- taking, decent. I. definitely expect this director to come up with some more. The most lacklustre of the Kerala Cafe films, . To be truthful, both these films were actually what. I expected to see when I walked in. To have ended up with a film like 'Bridge' is a real pleasure. And yes. the director, Anwar Rasheed has been around for a while. His earlier. work does not reflect the sensitivity and sublime vision with which. Clearly, we must forgive him. This is a true. cinematic achievement. It truly. shows we still have quality artists in Malayalam. Excellent story. telling, script, movie making and everything. I still cant get them out. Bridge, Makal, Nostalgia, Puramkazhchakal were. Island express is also worth mentioning. All ten stories put together is an excellent choice, and reflection of. That was much more than one would expect. Shaji Kilas, who I usually despair. Hope More comes. out of kerala, Directors like these are an Asset whom I thought didn't. Barathan, lohithadas, padmarajan etc.
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