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Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Angamaly dairies opens with a energetic song visualizing the foods of the city Angamaly, from raw meat to a full cooked meal, arousing hunger. It’s better you watch it with a popcorn or any eateries. Every scene food  finds its place in the screen making it a inevitable property in the film. Also, the story revolves around money minting pork business as  Angamaly pork is famous in the surrounding places. Vincent Pepe ( played by Antony Varghese) is a proud Angamalian who inspired by Babuji, a riotous person, wants to form a team like his. The team is formed, first fight is done and they start pork business. Ravi (Sarath Kumar) and Rajan (Tito Wilson) are rogues in Angamaly, whose arrogant performance brings shiver in you. The film has a lot of characters and the director stands out in characterizing them so as to make an impact. Even a person who comes for a few minutes makes an everlasting impact. The great characterization coupled with brilliant acti

Cast:            Shri, Sundeep Krishan, Regina Cassandra, Muniskanth, Charlie Direction:     Lokesh Kanagaraj Music:         Javed Riaz Most of the films are based on a single plot. What if there are two or more stories interlinking themselves at the right time, giving surprises throughout the film? Maanagaram is such a film, which is well scripted by Lokesh Kanagaraj. A good story alone doesn’t make a film interesting, it needs strong characters and very intriguing screenplay. The stories of each character starts converging at the very beginning keeping the audience engaged throughout. Either it’s Shri’s or Sundeep’s or any person’s character in the film is well defined. The strong characterization makes film authentic. The movie is full of great performances by everyone. Muniskanth playing an innocent gangster makes everyone laugh with his natural performance ( which can never be termed as acting). The show stealer of  Maanagaram, his best after Mundasipatti. Charl

Cast:             Arun Vijay, Mahima Nambiyar, Abinaya, Thambi Ramaiah Direction:     Arivazhagan Music:           Vishal Chandrashekar Vetrimaran, Assistant commissioner of Police played by Arun Vijay takes charge of a missing girl case.  She later found dead and the hunt for the mystery starts. The story is based on the novel ’ Kuttram 23’ by Rajesh Kumar. The medical crime that is delineated  is a new attempt which is appreciable. The plot is very well written with a few unexpected knots. When the movie starts to create a impact on everyone, it gets diluted by a long family drama. Arun Vijay looks smart and fit for a cop role. His body language as a police is perfect and the stunt sequences are a treat to watch. Abinaya, who plays a crucial role has also performed well. But a police crime thriller without a antagonist make the interesting subject dull. This film too becomes dull once the mystery is revealed. Thambi Ramaiah, as a assistant to Arun Vijay, mak

Revisiting Baasha for the… oops lost the count of it! A film released in 1995 has been digital re-mastered and released after 22 years. Is it worth to spend time and money for a movie that has been telecasted numerous time on television? Before answering to that, I would like to put forward my perspective why people eulogize this film 22 years hence it’s release. A film with revenge story is very common in Indian films. Any action film will have a small portion of revenge in it. Even Baasha is not an exception, it’s revenge for the hero’s friend’s death. But what makes it unique is it’s narration. Rajni is portrayed as a tranquil auto driver (Manikam) who has a past life, which is revealed later. The interval sequence where Manikam loses his patience and fights back, which is now popularly known as transformation scene, is first of its kind back in 1995 and even now many scenes could not create the moment that this film created. As Sivaji Ganesan said in Devar magan, “S