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Nayattu is a tale of the hunters being hunted. We have 3 cops, a by-election and hit-and-run case, and the death of a Dalit, this makes for an interesting concoction for Martin Prakkat’s new film.
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Unlike last year when there was a lot of drama over the Kerala State Film Awards, this time around the awards have been announced well on time. Earlier today in Thiruvananthapuram the awards were announced by the minister for cinema Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan. Martin Prakatt’s Charlie turned out to be the major winner at the Kerala State Film Awards bestowed by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy.
The jury for the awards this time was headed by veteran filmmaker Mohan and the rest of the jury members included George Kithu, AL Vijay, Sulakshana, Sharath, B R Prasad, Venugopal, Premchand, Dr Soman, and CR Rajmohan.
Here’s the list of award winners:
Best Film: Ozhivu Divasathe Kali (Sanalkumar Sashidharan)
Best Second Story: Ameoba
Best Director: Martin Prakkat (Charlie)
Best Actor: Dulquer Salmaan (Charlie)
Best Actress: Parvathy (Ennu Ninte Moideen)
Best Character Actor: Prem Prakash (Nirnayakam)
Best Character Actress: Anjali PV (Ben)
Best Child Artiste (male): Gaurav G Menon (Ben)
Best Child Artiste (female): Janaki Menon (Malgudi Days)
Best Cinematogrpaher: Jomon T John (Charlie, Ennu Ninte Moideen, Nee-Na)
Best Scriptwriter: Unni R , Martin Prakkat (Charlie)
Best Script Adaptation: Velutha Rathrikal
Best Lyrics – Rafeeq Ahamed (Ennu Ninte Moideen)
Best Music Director: Ramesh Narayanan (Edavapathy, Ennu Ninte Moideen)
Best Background Score: BijiBal (Pathemari , Nee-Na)
Best Singer (Male): Jayachandran (Jilebi, Ennum Epozum, Ennu Ninte Moideen)
Best Singer (female): Madhusri Narayanan (Edavapathy)
Best Editor: Manoj (Ivide)
Best Art Director: Jayashree (Charlie)
Best Live Sound: Sundeep, Jijimon (Ozhivu Divasathe Kali)
Best Makeup Man: Rajesh Nermara (Nirnayakam)
Best Dubbing Artiste: Sarath (Edavapathy)
Best Dubbing Artiste (female): Angel Shijoy (Haram)
Best Debut Director: Sreebala K Menon (Love 24×7)
Best Chldren’s Movie: Malayattom (Homas Devasia)
Special Jury Award: Jayasurya, (Lukka Chuppi, Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam)
At the very outset while I do feel that 2015 wasn’t an exceptional year for Malayalam Cinema, there were some interesting films and certain interesting trends were noticed as well. The number of releases overall dipped a bit this year, with an overall number of 153 releases (140 straight and 13 dubbed releases) compared to 163 last year. There were disruptions to the movie business seen in the form of the exhibitors association shutting down the theatres in Kerala on 2 separate occasions. While in July we saw a strike (thankfully only for a day) due to protest over the piracy controversy surrounding Alphonse Putharen’s Premam, we saw the the Christmas releases being threatened thanks to the strike over the Government’s decision to introduce a Rs. 3 cess on tickets intended to be used for helping poor artists of the industry with a monthly pension. There were quite a few films which saw success at the box office, including 3 bonafide blockbusters, all of them bringing in a fresh aspect of filmmaking.Continue reading “The Best of Malayalam Cinema in 2015: A Perspective”
Imagine for a moment that you are on top of the World; you are doing well professionally and perhaps received the promotion or the dream job that you were aspiring for. Your personal life also seems to be going very well, with a relationship being totally in control and providing you with joy and satisfaction. Now what if someone/something were to come along the way and in the process bring about a shift in the scenario; what if this was to go on to create ripples in your life in a manner that you would have never envisioned? Wondering what’s wrong with me? Don’t worry as I am still reeling under the impact of Lal Jose’s latest Malayalam film, Nee-Na. After the lacklustre Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal (2013) he bounced back commercially with Vikramadithyan (2014), but there wasn’t anything novel about the film as such. Considering the success of the film though, I wondered if he would continue on the same track but was surprised when I heard of his new film Nee-Na, as it certainly didn’t sound like another Vikramadithyan like attempt.Continue reading “Nee-Na Movie Review: Two’s company, three’s a crowd”
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