To make a successful Mohanlal movie he should be cast as a supersmart upper cast Hindu. Surround him with some token Muslim and low caste black hindus like Mani or Bijukuttan to appease the ezhava/SC/ST audience. Lals fans are mostly Nairs who hate to see him as a Muslim (Eg: Ali Bhai, Moonam Murra (would have been superhit if he had played a Hindu commando), Kilichundan Mambazham, Parridesi etc) or other caste
Re: Directors pls note
by pradeep joy on Jan 07, 2010 11:44 AM
Dude you have some valid points here but other guys in this forum are gonna rip you for being so open
Re: Re: Directors pls note
by mangoe on Jan 08, 2010 06:18 PM
It is the came case with mamootty also.. The lead charecter's name in 'oru CBI dairy kurippu' was Imran khan...mammotty wanted it to be changed to sethuramayar.. This shows the mentality of our actors and directors. 99% of lead characters in malayalam movies are played by the so-called upper caste people. Once in a while they do muslim or christian characters...remeber the movie twenty20 and saleem kumar character..the makers should be sued for tarnishing the image of a community by mocking at reservation.. and the recent pridviraj movies like puthiya mukham and robinhood show us that the trend is going to go on and on...:) It's pathetic..
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by Sameer Bhagwat on Jan 09, 2010 09:38 PM
Yes u have got a point there. I myself belong to the so called upper caste, but often I feel bad when I see only charecters with nair surnames in screen played by lal or mammoty. I believe this casteism is well ingrained in the film industry. But as somebody said earlier, I do not think films like Ali Bhai bombed because mohan lal played a muslim charecter, but because the movie was plain bad. I believe viewers are much tolerant, but the film makers are casteist.
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by Sameer Bhagwat on Jan 09, 2010 09:38 PM
Yes u have got a point there. I myself belong to the so called upper caste, but often I feel bad when I see only charecters with nair surnames in screen played by lal or mammoty. I believe this casteism is well ingrained in the film industry. But as somebody said earlier, I do not think films like Ali Bhai bombed because mohan lal played a muslim charecter, but because the movie was plain bad. I believe viewers are much tolerant, but the film makers are casteist.
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by Pullikattil Lolan on Jan 10, 2010 05:04 PM
Good point but give me your take on this: The movie His Highness Abdullah had Lal playing ostensibly a Muslim who is disguised as a Bhramin for almost the entire movie. Would it have been a hit if he had stuck to the Muslim character and the Songs replaced by Ghazals? Don't think so.:}
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by Sameer Bhagwat on Jan 10, 2010 10:35 PM
If lal played a charecter of a muslim the whole time in Abdullah then the story of the movie could have gone for a tail spin.
Re: Directors pls note
by Manoj on Jan 17, 2010 06:02 PM
Most of the art , culture in Kerala has evolved around Hindu relegion. So influvence of hinduism will be there, it doen't mean that other relegions has no place..i think malayala cinema is fair in giving due represetation to other relegious views
Those who are writing good things about this moive have not seen it. Its boring and Lal or as someone here called him Lalappan really looks tired. All main actors are in their fifties! Not good. Casanova should be the next good movie of Lalappan.(luv that name). He should do some masala stuff with Shaji Kailas to keep fans happy. Learn from Mamooty: He makes one class movie called Ambedkar which no one has ever seen or has ever been released. Lalappan chumma releases all crap like Paradesi, Aksaha Gopuram and stuff. Just give publicity and don't release.
Holdover in most stations. Boring movie. We need Lalappan to do meesha pirikkal and double meaning dialogues (Ippam long alla, venamangill long akkam type), not these boring village stories with ayyo pavam acting
we are talking about the film evidam swargamanu that is directed by probably the director of the best movie of last decade in all sense(UDAYANANU THARAM), this is one step down by roshan..., nothing is there in this movie to remember, only lalu & jagathy in last 20 minutes escapes you from a disaster, after watching this movie, now i realised why lal made a statement infront of the media... yes at the end of the day he only will loose the money.......
Mallu oldies should learn from Amitab Bachan the greatest Superstar India has ever seen!!!How to age gracefully rather than wear a ridiculous wig or having a great black dye on hair to desperately look like young!!!!
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by anto on Jan 01, 2010 05:59 PM
40 aged farmer wearing a jet black wig...Pazhiraja also having a ridiculous black wig...and the reality!! as a neutral film viewer why can't these guys always have black hair even if they are potraying a middle aged character!! that's itself shows the kind of pathetic state of oldiewood!!
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by sajan moh on Jan 01, 2010 06:13 PM
He...He...He..I like the term "oldiewood" you use for mallu film industry...No where in the world oldies are releasing films every month!!!!
Re: Learn
by raja kiran on Jan 01, 2010 06:50 PM
wat to learn mr young anto mallu stars hve proven teir mettle wich bollywood masala hasnt done .. amitabh is doin crap tese days /? wat he done in recent films nothin at all
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by sajan moh on Jan 01, 2010 07:01 PM
Mr.Raja Kiran for your kind inforamtion no mallu actor has won any international award in history unlike Hindi & Tamil Actors!!(Eg.Amitab,ompuri,Shivaji Ganeshan etc..)The above list just an example..I can list much more if you insist!!!
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by ravi shankar on Jan 01, 2010 11:03 PM
Mr Moh, ddnt get wat u meant by international award. did they won any major awards like academy, goldon globe or bafta awards. they mit hav taken som award in foreign soils, but all given by Indian people in the name of IIFK or watever. Since theres more awards than the movies, who cares about these trifle sits??? ters over hundred award functions happenin arnd the country in the name of all magazines and tv channels that most people dont give a fluck
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by sajan moh on Jan 01, 2010 11:08 PM
Mr.ravi shankar update your knowledge...Amitab & Shivaji Ganeshan won the highest civilian honour from French government!!!!
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by sajan moh on Jan 01, 2010 11:13 PM
Mallu Actors haven't won any international awards so far..as far as technicians are concerned Rasul Pookutty has only shared the award with two foreigners!!(May be due to the foreigners work.
All the Actors seems to be over acting. Lalu Alex's mannerism and comedy itched villainism not suited to this movie. Scenes of Kodanad village residents anxiety over the Township projects were so bad. There are so many scenes where a Serial Director would have done better with the available actors.
Talented actors skills simply wasted.
The last scenes were logic less. That Registration Scenes in a hotel so badly directed without logic.
Either you should have to give a film seriously by carefully directing to show it as a Real scene or should go to other way like Udayananu Tharam, where a serious subject handled fully with Comedy.
Poor selection of films from Great Actor Mohanlal - Angel John & now this film.
