Praise The Lord Malayalam Movie Review

Director:- Shibu Gangadharan

Story:-Zachariah

Music:-Shaan Rahman      BGM:-Bijibal

Editing:-Zian Sreekanth

Cinematography:-Pradeep Nair

Our Rating:- 3/5 -Feel Good Movie

                                       Shibu Gangadharan's directorial debut 'Praise The Lord' based on Zachariah's novel of the same name is just an average feel good family entertainer which entertains most of the audience.

Mullathazhathe Joy(Mammootty) is a rich planter who lives in Kottayam. He is unaware of the world outside the small place he lives. He lives there with his wife Ancy(Reenu Mathews) and two children. He lives there looking after his properties. He is a very simple man and he loves his wife very much.  Joy's childhood friend Advocate Sunny (Mukesh) asks Joy for a help. He asks Joy to hide Samkutty(Ahmed Siddique) and Annie(Akansha Puri) eloped without the permission of their parents.Joy agrees to hide them. Samkutty is a firm believer in God while Annie is  a modern spoiled brat whom he meets at Delhi.They fell in love with each other.Annie wishes to enjoy unmarried family life. They are later threatened by Joy's father Kunjutty(Joy Mathew) and they move from there. How Joy and others struggle to hide them and help them live together forms the rest of the plot.

Altogether 'Praise The Lord' is a usual average family entertainer which can be enjoyed if approached with less expectations.The first half is very much interesting with good jokes and performances. The second also is good despite the lag during the beginning of the second half.

Watch it with less expectations. It won't disappoint you. The film may appeal to all sections of audience.

Performance

Mammootty performed very well as Joy .He is the main attraction of the film.  His expressions , dialogues and mannerisms as Joy was excellent.  Reenu Mathews as Ancy is also good. Ahmed Siddique did a neat job as Samkutty. Akansha Puri as Annie was just fine. Rest of the characters did justice to their roles and rendered enough support.

Music

Music by Shaan Rahman was good. The two songs 'Innaleyolam' and 'sharon vaniyil' were good. Background score by Bijibal was fine.

Technical Aspects

Even though not excellent, Pradeep Nair's camera work was nice. He has captured the locations of Kottayam in a beautiful manner.

Screenplay and Direction

Screenplay by TP Deverajan based on Zachariah's novel was fine. Direction by debutant Shibu Gangadharan ,was also good. The film is a good and enjoyable family entertainer.

Verdict :- An Light-Hearted and Simple Family Entertainer...Go with less expectations...

Rating :- 3/5

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Praise The Lord Malayalam Movie Preview

DIRECTION:- SHIBU GANGADHARAN

CINEMATOGRAPHY :- PRADEEP NAIR

MUSIC :- SHAAN RAHMAN

EDITING :- ZIAN SREEKANTH

STARRING:-MAMMOOTTY,REENU MATHEWS,MUKESH,..

Praise The Lord is an upcoming malayalam family entertainer directed by Shibu Gangadharan based on the novel 'Praise The Lord' written by Zacharia. The film discusses the life of a rich Kottayam based farmer Mullathazhathe Joy (Mammootty). Joy is immensely rich & still he leads a simple life with his wife Ancy (Reenu Mathews) and two children. Joy even though rich , is unaware of the life outside the small place where he lives. Joy's peaceful life came to an end when a newly married couple Samkutty(Ahmed Siddique) & Annie (Akamsha Puri) who married without the permission of their parents eloped and reached Joy.

Problems faced by Samkutty and Annie leads them to an unpleasant married life and it's after effects in Joy's and Ancy's life is depicted in the film.

Script of the film is penned by TP Devarajan.

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Review of The film will be available in this blog on the day of release of the film (20-3-2014)  before 5 PM. Keep Visiting this blog. 

Oru Indian Pranayakadha Review

Oru Indian Pranayakadha is the latest film by the famous director Sathyan Anthikkad. The film stars Fahad Fazil, Amala Paul, Innocent in the main roles. In this film, Fahad plays the role of Ayemanam Sidhartan who is the Youth Conference Mandalam President of RDF party of the region. He always dream of becoming MLA of that place but higher officials of the party promotes another person for the election.
As suggested by the District President of RDF, Uthupp Vallikadan( played by Innocent), Sidhartan decides to take a break and decides to accompany Irene Gardner( played by Amala Paul), a Canadian Malayali who has come here to do a documentary related to orphanages.
Divya( played by Shafna) is the love interest of Sidhartan but their relationship does not go well as Sidhartan fails to express himself due to his social commitments. As time pass by, Siidhartan find that Irene has more jobs to be done other than the documentary. The rest of the story is about that.

Performance
Fahad Fazil was really impressive in his role of Ayemanam Sidhartan, and has done really well with a touch of comedy in it. Amala Paul suited the character well and has done good job. Innocent and other actors have done their job.

Music
Film's music has been composed by Vidyasagar and he has done it neatly. The BGM also seemed to support the film well.

Technical Aspects
Cinematography is handled by Pradeep Nair and has done it in a good way. Script is written by Iqbal Kuttipuram. The first half seems to excellent while second half is not as good.

Verdict
The film is watchable movie and is a different one from Sathyan Anthikkad and he deserves appreciation.
This will never be a waste of money.

RATING  : 3/5


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Don't Miss This Film...It's thrilling & Emotional- Superb Film

Director :- Jeethu Joseph

Cinematography : Sujith Vasudev

Music:- Anil Johnson

Producer:- Antony Perumbavoor

Editing:- Ayoob Khan

Starring:- Mohanlal ,Meena, Shajon...

Our Rating  : - 3.5/5 Superb

Visuals can be deceiving but this is a special one.Here comes Mohanlal's christmas release. 'Drishyam ' in which Mohanlal & Director Jeethu Joseph teams up for the very first time. This is Mohanlal's fifth film in this year.
Nothing to say  'Drishyam' is an excellent movie from this combo...!

Georgekutty(Mohanlal) is a an orphan. Through his hard work he earns some properties. He runs a cable vision in Rajakkad in Idukki known as Rani Vision. He lives happily with his wife Rani(Meena) & two children Anu & Anju. George kutty is an ardent movie fan & he tries to solve his problems in a cinematic way. Things are fine till a brat Varun (Roshan) enters their life & spoils it. The rest of the film is engaging thrilling & emotional.Drishyam is surely a film that revolves around a family but it's much more than that. But the director Jeethu Joseph has managed to surprise the viewer with a completely different approach.It is a film without any artificiality & it engages the viewer with steady story telling.

The story doesn't offer anything new but the style in which it is made is surely awesome.

The film has an average first half which contains lot of family sequences for family audience. The second half was really thrilling & emotional. Lal Magic works out again in Kerala.
The first half of the film is like what we expect. But the second half is really excellent. What makes the film thrilling is its strong script & direction.

Perfect for all types of audience. A clean film. Must be a hit.

Performance
Mohanlal is the main attraction of the film. He acting was excellent as Georgekutty especially in some emotional moments.  Meena made a good come back. The child artists did their roles very beautifully. Kalabhavan Shajon's Sahadevan , the police constable was another notable character.  All other cast including Siddique ,Asha Sharath , Roshan etc do their roles perfectly.

Technical Aspects

Sujith Vasudev's camera has captured the beauty of the place. The visuals are too good. Ayoob Khan's editing is also good.

Music

There are two songs in this film. Both are good. Anil Johnson's music is good & also he deserves a special mention for the BGM of the film. 'Marivil ....' song in Drishyam has already become a hit.

Script & Direction

Jeethu Joseph once again establishes himself as a good director. His direction was superb. The script doesn't have much loopholes & it is very much entertaining. The strong script is the backbone of this film.

Verdict:- Drishyam is an entertainer which has elements of thrills, emotions & fun. Go watch it ....

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Drishyam Malayalam Movie PREVIEW

Drishyam Malayalam Movie is all set to release on 19/12/2013 as Mohanlal's Christmas release. Drishyam is directed by Jeethu Jospeh after Memories. Mohanlal & Jeethu Joseph teams up for the first time in this family entertainer.This film has Mohanlal & Meena in lead roles. This film is produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner Aashirvad Cinemas. This will be Mohanlal's 5th release in 2013. His last film was Priyadarshan's Geethanjali.  Mohanlal will appear as a common farmer George Kutty in this film who is only educated up to 4th standard. His previous role as a Farmer was in Roshan Andrew's 'Ividam Swargamanu'. The sound track & background score is composed by Anil Johnson. Cinematography is done by Sujith Vasudev. Other characters are Siddique , Shajon , Asha Sharath ....Meena will be pairing with Mohanlal for the 7th time.

George Kutty is an orphan. With his hard work he managed to by 5 acres of rubber plantation. They have two daughters Anju & Anu. Some unexpected incidents happen in their life.This forms the rest of the plot.

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Punyalan Agarbathis Malayalam Movie Review

Director: Ranjith Sankar

Cinematography : Sujith  V                                      

Music : Bijibal

Starring: Jayasurya , Aju,                           Nyla...

Our Rating : 3.5/5

Director Ranjith Sankar comes up with his 4^th film ‘Punyalan Agarbathis’ which is  a comic entertainer & socially relevant film. Coming to his 4^th venture, it is different from his earlier films in the sense that it’s a comic entertainer but it has the elements of social importance & sattire.

Joy Thakklolkaran (Jayasurya) is a young enterprenuer from Thissur who wishes to be rich. He starts an insence stick factory & markets incense sticks named ‘Punyalan Agarbathis’  which is in fact made from elephant dung.He keeps himself afloat with the money his wife Anu(Nyla Usha) makes from her job where she has to work hard.Joy has a companion Greenu Sharma (Aju Vargheese) who considers Joy as his role model. Joy agreed to take elephant dung from the devaswom & later they disagree to give him what he needs since he is a Christian. He fights it out in the court with the help of his advocate Sai(Rachana Narayananankutty) while he tries to get elephant dung from other sources. He finally succeeds in the case . But all these were just a beginning . Things are yet to come.  

The film is suitable for all types of audience especially for the family audience. The Thrissur slang in the dialogues work out well in entertaining the people & the elements of sattire towards the present day society too works out well.The film do contain lot of things about social commitment & of course lot of funny moments to entertain us.

‘Punyalan Agarbathis’ is a perfect watch if you are not in a mood to dig out the very minute flaws which can be neglected.

Performance

Jayasurya is coming up with good roles & best performance. He is the winner of the show. It is his performance & dialogue which makes the film more lively. He renders able support to the script especially in handling the Thrissur Slang language & by rendering  beautiful performance.Nyla Usha was good as Anu.Sreejith Ravi ‘s performance was good & also T G Ravi’s. All the other cast did their roles in a very good manner which makes ‘Punyalan Agarbathis’ a colourful entertainer.

Music

Music from Bijibal renders ample support. The song  ‘Aashichavan..’ sung by Jayasurya has become a hit already. The background score entertains the audience further as it gives proper support to the mood of the film.The songs do arrive at the right places.

Technological Aspects

Sujith Vasudev’s cinematography & Lijo Paul’s editing was excellent. Sujith Vasudev captured the life of Thrissur in his camera.

Direction & Screenplay

The screen play was good which makes ‘Punyalan Agarbathis’ a neat watch. Ranjith Sankar in his 4^th films proves again with superb direction. Good Work Team ‘Punyalan Agarbathis’

Verdict: Nice Work.Good Entertainer,good humour & sattire.  Go watch it. You won’t be disappointed.

Rating :  3.5/5