cinema @ trivandrum: List of cinema theatres in Trivandrum city and sub...

cinema @ trivandrum: List of cinema theatres in Trivandrum city and sub...: Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) city holds the maximum number of  theaters  in Kerala. There are 19 A-Class theaters ...

forthcoming malayalam films-2016

Oppam

Genre: Crime thriller

Cast: Mohanlal ,Samuthirakani ,Anusree ,Vimala Raman ,Nedumudi Venu ,Arjun Nandhakumar

Director  : Priyadarshan

Story By : Govind Vijayan  , Screenplay by:Priyadarshan

Music Composer : 4 Musics -Ron Ethan Yohaan 

Cinematography:N. K. Ekambaram

Edited by:M. S. Ayyappan Nair

Produced by: Antony Perumbavoor Aashirvad Cinemas

Distributor : Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments

Release Date : September  2016

Story & Plot  :

Jayaraman (Mohanlal) is born as a blind man but with a heightened senses of smell, sound and touch. He works as an elevator operator in an apartment where many reputed people live. One day he happens to witness a murder in a flat. The killer escapes and Jayaraman is charged with the crime based on the circumstantial evidences. Now Jayaraman is forced to find the real killer to prove his innocence to the law.

The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film, Magic Lantern Productions, 

the publisher of the film or the graphic artist, Old Monks.

IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim.

Genre: Action,Comedy

Cast: Jayasurya ,Shivada, , Saiju Kurup ,Joju George ,Sunil Sukhada.

Director  : Sajid Yahiya  (debut directorial )

Story By : Sajid Yahiya, Arouz Irfan

Music Composer : Rahul Raj

Cinematography:Sujith Sarang

Edited by:Shameer Muhammed

Produced by: Dr.Ajaz Ibrahim, Arun - Magic Lantern Productions

Distributor : Eros International

Release Date : 12 August 2016

Story & Plot  :

IDI (short for Inspector Dawood Ibrahim) is the story of a man from a wealthy family,  who had dreamt of being police officer all his life and eventually worked hard to become one. He gets posted on duty for the first time as Sub-Inspector and begins to realize that the job is a lot of struggle than he had expected. How he endures and faces the pressures and exhausting duties of a police officer for the first time in his life forms the crux of the story. The story is presented through humour and action.

               

Pretham 

Genre: Horror ,Comedy

Cast: Jayasurya,Aju Varghese ,Govind Padmasoorya ,Pearle Maaney ,Sharafudheen ,Sruthi Ramachandran

Director  : Ranjith Sankar

Story By : Ranjith Sankar

Music Composer :Anand Madhusoodanan

Cinematography: Jithu Damodar (DOP)

Edited by: Sajan Vasudev

Produced by: Ranjith Sankar ,Jayasurya  for Dreams N Beyond

Distributor : Central Pictures

Release Date : 12 August 2016

Story & Plot  : The story revolves around three classmates who plan a reunion.  Jayasurya plays the role of a mentalist named John Don Bosco who reads people's minds with the help of hypnosis and telepathy.

It is the third collaboration of Ranjith Sankar and Jayasurya after theirfilms Punyalan Agarbattis (2013 )and Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam (2015) .

jayasurya has 2 major releases the same day -on 12.august 2016.(pretham and IDI)

forthcoming hindi movies (bollywood) 2016

Mohenjo Daro 

Genre: action,adventure,romance,historical

Cast: Hrithik Roshan ,Pooja Hegde,Kabir Bedi,Arunoday Singh

Director  : Ashutosh Gowariker

Story& screen play  By : Ashutosh Gowariker   Dialogues  By: Preeti Mamgain

Music Composer : A. R. Rahman  lyrics by :Javed Akhtar

Cinematography: C. K. Muraleedharan

Produced by: Siddharth Roy Kapur ,Sunita Gowariker for UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd. (AGPPL)

Distributor : Disney India

Release Date : 12 August 2016

Running time :150 minutes

Story & Plot  :

The much awaited Hrithik Roshan film,directed by Ashutosh Gowariker (of Lagaan,Jodha Akbar)is set in 2016 BC in the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro (meaning: Mound of the Dead Men) in the era of the Indus Valley civilisation.

An indigo farmer from Amri named Sarman (Hrithik Roshan) travels upriver to the largest city, Mohenjo-daro, where during a street mishap he saves the life of a beautiful maiden Chaani (Pooja Hegde) who is in service to 'Sindhu Ma', the goddess of the river (the indus river) which is the centre of their culture. But Sarman soon has to encounter the evil politician Maham (Kabir Bedi) and his son Moonja (Arunoday Singh) who are seizing power of Mohenjo Daro. To win Chaani, Sarman must defeat Maham and rouse the people to save their city.

^{the film's tag line is -}

^{Fight for love,...Fight for honour,...Fight for Mohenjo Daro !}

Set at a Budget of rupees 100 crore  ,Mohenjo Daro has been honoured by selection as the Closing Film of the 69th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. 

A Flying Jatt

Genre: superhero action film

Cast: Tiger Shroff  ,Jacqueline Fernandez , Nathan Jones (as Raka the Super Villain), Kay Kay 

Menon ,Amrita Singh ,Shraddha Kapoor (in a Cameo appearance) ,Amrita Puri (Special appearance in an item song)

Director  : Remo D'Souza (also choreographed by)

Story By : Remo D'Souza 

Dialogue: Aakash Kaushik ,Madhur Sharma 

Screenplay by:Tushar Hiranandani ,Remo D'Souza

Music Composer : Sachin-Jigar

Cinematography: Vijay Kumar Arora

Produced by: Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor (for balaji motion pictures)

Distributor :    ALT Entertaiment

Release Date : 25 August 2016

Story & Plot  : Tiger Shroff is playing the role of a superhero and Jacqueline Fernandez ,his love interest in the film. Professional wrestler Nathan Jones (who starred  in Mad max- Fury road) dons the role of ‘Raka’ the Super Villain .

The title track of 'A Flying Jatt' ,which is up in you tube is peppy and funny. Will shorff pull out this one after heropanti and bhaagi ?..we will have to wait. But seeing the promo song ,promises one thing-the film will be an out and out entertainer. 

film reviews-kabali (tamil)

A rendezvous’ with Kabali at 12.00 night-Kabali- a review and more…….

A rendezvous’ with Kabali at 12.00 night-Kabali a review and more…….

It has been 3 days since the much awaited Rajnikanth film-Kabali has been released, and there are mixed reviews all around . Some mouths spread that the movie is a disaster and is beginning of the fall of the super star…while some says,… see it again! What to believe in?...

As an ardent viewer of cinema in four languages (English,Malayalm,Tamil and Hindi) for over 30 years and this being my first attempt to write a review  this is what I feel…

 First,… a standing ovation to the legend….Rajnikanth, who carried all the film in his own shoulders.It is indeed the screen presence and charisma of the man that makes you view the film with awe !

This is not a typical Rajni film- with little logic  and more fun you can go and view in a festive mood. But, there are ample elements to satisfy the rajni fans.You can see him laugh-‘his signature laugh’

 (“bhayama?…! Ha ! ha! Ha!”),cry,fight ,deliver crispy dialogues but,…not as the old Rajni- who dances to the peppy tunes and bashes up someone who ends up in an sparkling live electric line high above.

Kabali is about gang wars and family reunions , with the super star playing out his exact age in his tailor made role. The film without Rajni would have been just an ordinary gangster movie apart from the technical brilliance.

Pa. Renjith , in his third movie (the earlier being ‘Attakathi’-in 2012 and ‘Madras’ in 2014) has experimented with the sub plots of indentured labour migration of the tamil people to Malasia in the early 1900’s ,their woes and worries, and Kabaleeshwaran aka kabali (Rajnikath) turning out as their messiah .The movie could have shown the plight of the laborers a bit more effectively.The movie with a Running time of 152 minutes has some intense moments ....

Radhika Apte… wow! Her performance is a stunner! And also are commendable ,the performances by john vijay ,Kishore, ‘Attakathi’ Dinesh and Dhansika. Another high light is Nasser in a cameo role.



Though the movie does not have a parallel comedy track as in old Rajni movies, ‘attakathi’ Dinesh  as the jittery body guard of kabali,lightens your mind at times.But kalaiyarsan’s role is wasted…the charm he delivered in his earlier Pa.Ranjith film ‘Madras’ is purely unseen here. the Taiwanese actor Winston Chao as tony lee essays the role with gusto. 

The movie is Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu - a producer who knows how to market -the right way.never before has any indian film seen such a pre-release fever ,Cinematography is by G. Murali -excellent ,Editing by Praveen K.L which is crisp , and the perfect back ground score and Music by Santhosh Narayanan . the ‘vaanam paarthein’ song is fantastic and moody which almost  takes you back to maestro Ilayaraja’s era.

Critical reception and ratings (from wiki)

IndiaGlitz.com rated the film 3 out of 5 and called it "A very different Rajinikanth Experience".

Behindwoods rated the film 2.75 out of 5 and stated that ''Rajinikanth in a different dimension,but Kabali might not work for everyone''.

 The Indian express rated the movie 3.5 out of 5 and said that,''Rajinikanth's film lacks pace and mass''

Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian’s culture reporter, filed a story, “Latest film from superstar actor Rajinikanth sends India into a frenzy”. 

The Washington Post carried a story: “India’s biggest action-movie star isn’t just an actor. ‘He is god.’” It followed it up with a report, “Premiere of Rajinikanth film creates holiday mood in India.” 

The news about Kabali was one of the biggest entertainment news in most of the South-East Asian countries and in Anglophone countries in Africa.

A rendezvous’ with Kabali at 12.00 night

Watching kabala in aries plex SL cinemas,Trivandrum was indeed and experience. (being the largest screen in south india) .we could get the tickets at an odd  show time,which was 12.00 night.

But,even in those wee hours,the crowd was with family and children-cheering the star and posing to take a selfie with Rajni cut-outs displayed in the theatre!Waiting to see it once more……

posted by sujan k. babu for trivandrum cinema .com

hollywood films -forth coming-new releases 2016

Suicide Squad 

Genre: superhero film based on the DC Comics antihero team 

Cast: Will Smith  ,Jared Leto  ,Margot Robbie  ,Joel Kinnaman  ,Viola Davis  ,Jai Courtney  ,Jay Hernandez  ,Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje  ,Cara Delevingne

Director  : David Ayer

Story By : David Ayer

Music Composer :

Produced by:

Distributor : Warner Bros. Pictures.

Release Date : August 5, 2016

Margot Robbie 

Story & Plot  :

The film features the antihero team  of  DC Comics - Deadshot, Captain Boomerang,the joker ,Slipknot, Enchantress, Katana, Rick Flag, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, and El Diablo.

A secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency and saving the world from an unknown but powerful threat .

Sing

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Musical

Cast: Matthew McConaughey,Reese Witherspoon,Seth MacFarlane,Tori Kelly,John C. Reilly,Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson

Director  :Garth Jennings

Story By : Garth Jennings

Music Composer : Joby Talbot

Produced by:Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy

Distributor : Universal Pictures

Release Date : 21 December 2016

Story & Plot  : Buster is a koala who is the owner of a theatre .Buster hires Eddie his friend - a black sheep to help him run his theatre .Both plan a brilliant plot , distribute pamphlets ,advertise, and do all gimmicks to get the attention of the city folks , to get the perform an audition in Buster’s theatre. And,this is where the fun starts…..

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Genre: science fiction , Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Cast: Felicity Jones ,Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen , Jiang Wen ,Forest Whitaker Mads Mikkelsen ,Alan Tudyk, Jonathan Aris

Director  : Gareth Edwards

Story By : John Knoll, Gary Whitta

Music Composer : Alexandra Desplat

Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy

Distributor : Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures

Release Date : December 16, 2016

Darth Vader.



Story & Plot  : This is the story of a rogue band who are resistance fighters who unite to steal the Death Star Plans thereby bringing new hope to the galaxy. It is the story of events which happened quite early before “Star Wars: A New Hope” . Another high light of the movie is Darth Vader.

Inferno

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Cast: Tom Hanks,Felicity Jones,Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan,Ben Foster, Sidse Babett Knudsen

Director  : Ron Howard

Story By : Dan Brown

Music Composer : Hans Zimmer

Produced by: Brian Grazer,Michael De Luca,Andrea Giannetti

Distributor : Columbia Pictures

Release Date : 28 October 2016

Felicity Jones

Tom Hanks with Irrfan Khan 

Irrfan Khan as Harry Sims -The provost.

Story & Plot  : Inferno is the sequel to Angels & Demons (2009) and The Da Vinci Code (2006),based on Dan Brown’s popular novels.

Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks),who is a Harvard University professor of symbology awakens in a hospital in Florence, Italy,with a terrifying realization that he has no memory of the events which took place in the last few days and that he is again a target of a major manhunt. He meets Dr. Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), who help him to escape .

Another high light of the film is the bollywood actor Irrfan Khan in the role of Harry Sims, an aid to Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) - a trans humanist scientist intending  on solving the world’s overpopulation problem. 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Cast: Eddie Redmayne ,Katherine Waterston ,Alison Sudol ,Dan Fogler ,Colin Farrell ,Samantha Morton ,Ezra Miller ,Carmen Ejogo ,Faith Wood-Blagrove ,Jon Voight ,Ron Perlman

Director  : David Yates

Story By : J.K Rowling

Music Composer : James Newton Howard

Produced by: David Heyman ,J.K Rowling ,Steves Kloves ,Lionel Wigram

Distributor : Warner Bros. Pictures

Release Date : 18th November, 2016

Story & Plot  : J.K. Rowling, popular writer of Harry Potter series is once again ready to entertain fans with her wizardry in the upcoming Movie - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.A  prequel to her Harry Potter film series ,the story narrates the same set of magical universe as that of the Harry Potter series the only exception is it occurs in early periods of 1920s and at different place (New York City).It revolves around the young magizoologists and his magical case of beasts which goes missing thereby occurring devastating incidences in the crowded city .The creatures in the case escape from the case which creates hazardous and horrifying situations which finally results into violence ,fear and tension between the magizoologists and common people.