tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post5443946911955255444..comments2023-10-30T17:02:42.442+05:30Comments on VR Talkies: Worst Movies of 2010 - MalayalamVivek Ranjithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02248393106305388237noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-12101833529664381122011-11-25T20:23:17.286+05:302011-11-25T20:23:17.286+05:30Any way 2011 has been a better year with Traffic, ...Any way 2011 has been a better year with Traffic, City of God, Salt N' Pepper, Adaminte Makan Abu, Pranayam, and Indian Rupee. Although some of them were BO failures, at least there are some filmmakers out there who are trying to bring about changes. <br /><br />The two worst directors currently in the industry are Shaji Kailas and B Unnikrishnan. They make among the worst crap out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-4498599347328255312011-01-18T13:07:49.672+05:302011-01-18T13:07:49.672+05:30Apoorvaragam is one of my favourite movies.I dont ...Apoorvaragam is one of my favourite movies.I dont know why you added it in this worst list.It became a hit also.<br /><br /><br />The thriller was below average.But its not worst.If item songs,songs,heroine was avioded and only 1 or 2 realistic fights the film would have been a hit.<br /><br />I believe B Unnikrishnan is in Industry only Bcoz of The Tiger which is one of my favourite.But he is still in the Hangover of tiger which was also seen in IG.But I think he can write good investigative thrillers.But he should not direct films.<br /><br />I agree with you to the fact that we need meaningful and quality commercial films.The King,Narasimham etc all were mass films but had quality<br /><br /> JISHNUJishnuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434160313522374924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-27895030786442628942011-01-15T17:21:27.240+05:302011-01-15T17:21:27.240+05:30@vivek,
abt yur point abt quality commercial/mass...@vivek,<br /><br />abt yur point abt quality commercial/mass films i do agree with yu on certain points where as in some other i wud like to differ.<br />when coming to mass movies ,in the last decade we had mvies like aram thampuran/narasimham/ravanaprabhu et al.we loved those kind of movies then and we made t blockbusters when it was released.but things have changed now,renjith,shaji kailas and co no longer makes those kind of movies and malayalis have also got bored with them.remember some time back mohanlal himself had dropped a movie called 'karthika thirunal karthikeyan' to be directed by ts suresh babu?even shaji couldn't recreate that old magic when he tried to nmake mohanlal do a arger than life character in 'alibhai' or 'natturaju'.(both were bad films though'.The veterans in the field like srinivasan(oru nal varum,bhargavacharitham),priyadarsan(vettam,kakkakuyil),siddique(bodyguard,chronic bachelor),no longer make goodmovies like they used to make once upon a time while sathyan anthikkad repeats the same thing ahain and again film after film.So either new talents like rajesh pillai/bobby sanjay(though they are 8 years old in this industry have made only 2 films do far)should come to this industry or we should get satisfied with tamil masala flicks made in malayalam.<br /><br />ps: myself had made a couple of short films and after seeing one of the works i had made,was approached by one of the top film makers in the field through a common friend of ours(who thought we could work on that story line and co write the script for his latest movie).i had a couple of story lines with me at that time and narrated one of those t him.After hearing the whole thing,he said " your story is original and is a different one.i agree that something like this hasn't been made in malayalam.but i don't think that the malayalee audience will like something like this coz they are not used to multiplenarrative,non linear kind of story telling,try to think of something like 'pappy appacha',".This happened a couple of months and this year 'traffic' got released.i am happy for themfor having made something different.btw it was also so kind of that mainstream director to have personally contacted me (though i am not a big name in cinema and who also doesn't have any formal training in cinema).he wished to get fresh ideas but was too afraid to take risks.thats t.hope 'traffic' makes the mainstream industry open to new ideas and talents.nikhimenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896332142360553968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-24564511509341210072011-01-15T15:44:08.028+05:302011-01-15T15:44:08.028+05:30@Mahesh bhai,
I know you from my friend Vinay who ...@Mahesh bhai,<br />I know you from my friend Vinay who has worked closely with you for VKP's films. And I would like to disagree with your point here. I also have had the experience of working on a film like Paappi Appacha as an AD (which is why I havent mentioned it as good or bad, because I shudnt be commenting on something which I'm a part of) and I know what all goes through in making such movies. My point is that Malayalam Cinema's commercial entertainers in itself had such amazing quality till not so long ago, that we need not stoop low to the levels of old age Tamil masala entertainers to make commercial cinema. The same Mammootty and Dileep made very good entertainers through Pranchiyettan and Marykkundoru Kunjaadu and people turned them into hits too. I certainly dont want only Kutty Sranks coming to the theaters. I'm all for commercial cinema, whether it is mass masala or family entertainers. But even in that mass masala, there should be a certain quality which comes from our culture and our cinema, not borrowed from Pollachi. As Sreenivasan Sir had written in Udayananu Tharam, film people think audience needs a certain kind of cinema and give them that, and because they have no other option, they're forced to accept that. But if they're given quality (commercial or otherwise), they'll be more than happy to accept them. Your latest film Traffic is a clear example. We're an industry whose entertainers used to be Nadodikkattu, Chitram, Thenmavin Kombathu, Ramjirao Speaking, Godfather, etc. So this is certainly an embarassment.Vivek Ranjithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248393106305388237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-9117488564785310222011-01-15T00:12:24.363+05:302011-01-15T00:12:24.363+05:30Dear Vivek..
I am a film editor wor...Dear Vivek..<br /> I am a film editor working in this industry.I went through ur opinions and views about all the films which u rated as good and bad.Dear friend.. when i came out from the film institute , i had an ideology, that "yes i am going to work in good cinema from now"..of course initial stages..struggling days..(started with some docu's) all passed and i finally got one film called RATHRIMAZHA in 2004. That film was appreciated.. it was selected in IFFI COMPETETION section and it won 2 national awards and 5 state awards.. but do u know one thing.. the fate of the film was to be premiered in television!! much before its release..The situation is similar for a plenty of films which i think is just screened for some festivals..<br /><br />2010 - my concepts and ideologies were kept aside!... <br />I was editing two films in the beginning days of 2010<br />One was MAKARAMANJU(Lenin Rajendran) :- INDIAN PANORAMA IFFI GOA,<br />FIPRESCI AWARD in IFFK and the other film was<br />POKIRIRAJA(VYSAKH) which was supposed to be the biggest hits of 2010<br /> <br />I should tell one thing in this context that I really enjoy editing both the films...In my opinion a film should always have a clear objective, that who are going to view it..Commercial Cinema, frankly speaking is a commodity which we are trying to sell and it should have its own selling points.. I am not against your review but i think i should comment on a statement of ur's "Such an embarrassment for an industry that was known to produce only quality cinema".. dear vivek...there are a plenty of good cinemas which has been produced other than KUTTY SRANK last year. The thing is that most of the people haven't seen such films.. well KUTTY SRANK came to the theaters because it had a MAMMOOTY in it.. Well I am not against shaji sir here(even i have edited one of his film), but its hard to find a solution...A film "INDUSTRY" require all kinds of films...We need a KUTTY SRANK as well as a POKIRIRAJA... other wise its hard to survive for a small industry like ours..<br />I also used to think like you some three years back..but now i am not keeping any discrimination as GOOD CINEMA OR BAD CINEMA..but i enjoy the films i work...situation is still similar i did ATHMAKADHA...then i did KARYASTHAN and now TRAFFIC...all are films for the kind of audience which they demand...mahesh narayananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878296432823562324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-8992841276503813942011-01-14T16:04:30.692+05:302011-01-14T16:04:30.692+05:30no i have not. My rating for alexander was much wo...no i have not. My rating for alexander was much worse than what i gave for pokkiri raja. they were both bad movies that released on the same day. unfortunately i lost those 2 reviews from my blog.Vivek Ranjithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248393106305388237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-73853557320200459932011-01-14T12:48:38.169+05:302011-01-14T12:48:38.169+05:30i think you have contradicted yourself by includin...i think you have contradicted yourself by including alexander and pokkiri in yur list.i think for alexander yu gave same 3 stars or so when it was released in yur review and for pokkiri some 2.5 stars or so.....neways gud that yu haven't seen oru small familynikhimenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896332142360553968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-5093938631288036222011-01-13T18:44:08.984+05:302011-01-13T18:44:08.984+05:30certainly pokkiri raja is worse than Kandahar was ...certainly pokkiri raja is worse than Kandahar was a huge letdown....<br /><br />Kudos man..Nice listI Am Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328413098072555794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-18051656646417620732011-01-13T11:47:44.370+05:302011-01-13T11:47:44.370+05:30nice article vivek,nice article vivek,Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440970922925796304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-41148379129888269662011-01-12T21:22:34.439+05:302011-01-12T21:22:34.439+05:30Hi,,,nd wat abt Pappi nd Appacha...one of the wors...Hi,,,nd wat abt Pappi nd Appacha...one of the worst of 2010...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01209149315048265687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-34030674459181926042011-01-12T21:10:11.486+05:302011-01-12T21:10:11.486+05:30@Suhana,
the 5th one also almost made it on the l...@Suhana, <br />the 5th one also almost made it on the list.Vivek Ranjithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248393106305388237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-13263362676377769592011-01-12T21:08:27.413+05:302011-01-12T21:08:27.413+05:30That was an awesome post Kuria,
and incidentally, ...That was an awesome post Kuria,<br />and incidentally, i've compiled a best of 2010 too with all the ones you've mentioned.<br />http://vivekranjit.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-movies-of-2010-malayalam.htmlVivek Ranjithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248393106305388237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-53357121105392553552011-01-12T21:08:01.231+05:302011-01-12T21:08:01.231+05:30Wow...Prithvi had 5 movies last year and 4 are on ...Wow...Prithvi had 5 movies last year and 4 are on ur list! Beautiful! :D :( :(Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11472234672769626370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747784111069531151.post-7234561571487884172011-01-12T21:03:52.711+05:302011-01-12T21:03:52.711+05:30Dude, the movies you've mentioned in your epil...Dude, the movies you've mentioned in your epilogue are actually far worse than the ones that made your list. Consider yourself lucky for not having to sit through them ... I did a article recently for Manorama Online on the kind of movies I wouldn't want to see in 2011. Maybe you'll enjoy it.<br /><br />http://english.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/contentView.do?contentId=8552655&channelId=-1073865028&catId=-146622&BV_ID=@@@<br /><br />PS On the bright side, we did get Pranchiyettan and Best Actor this year. And Cocktail (I know it's a copy but at least it's a half-way decent copy), Elsamma(which could have been way better but not a bad effort from Ann) and Kadha Thudarunu (for once, Jayaram didn't overact) ... So maybe it wasn't all that bad.Kuriakosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07111086938852090485noreply@blogger.com