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( ) true :)
even audience were confused whether this is a good movie or a bad one..ppl were telling "onnum parayaanilla ithineckurichu".

.may be the movie is bad that there is no need to discuss or the movie is brilliant that it talks for itself..

Vinod ( ) also i will tell you why the movie was named "palunku"..its because monichans heart(manassu) is like a palunku it seems.

.not my words but blessy's..

.but he could have told that it is true only for some time in the movie..

Also i was puzzled on why monichan is crying after having an affair with a lady..he had the very chance to opt out rt.

.nobody was forcing him..

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Vinod ( ) "..

.I also suspect that the crackers were probably lighted by a member of the Mohanlal Fans Association, and not that of Mammootty's" :-) funny indeed ( ) Good to read a review of Palunku, was wondering how it would turn out. Appreciate your effort.

Blessy is grossly overrated and to compare him with Padmarajan whose brilliant short stories he is making a mess of, is pure sacrilege.

I didn't understand the hoopla about Kaazcha, it was an ok film at a time when Malayalam movie world was being mishandled by people with serious dearth of talent.It had a lot of cliched dialogs("kudichittund ille?

" - that's one dialog I remember when Mammootty's character is obviously drunk) and another gripe I've against Blessy is the way he directs child actors - both in Kaazcha and Thanmathra, they end up looking artificial and plastic, like a processed packaged product, far from real. Now that I've started the tirade against Blessy let me not forget the one last detail - the guy is overly emotional in a Hallmark card kinda way. Had he been Padmarajan reincarnate think about how he could've botched up a cinematic gem like Moonnaampakkam.

( ) Fully agree with you.

I had liked Kazhcha when I watched it in theater first time - probably because, as you told, it was a time when movies like Salperu Ramankutty and Kalyana Raman were the only other options. When I watched it again in TV recently, it looked just like a major patchwork of a film; Even the performance of Master Yash, and those people surrounding him in the village - all look artificial.

I think Blessy is not really an artist like Padmarajan or Bharathan (with whom he is being compared with). He is just an intelligent craftsman who tries to produce "film packages" with the right set of ingredients targeted towards a subset of film viewers who used to enjoy the films of Padmarajan, Bharathan, Mohan et al. during old days.

Btw, in Palunku too the children end up looking like plastic dolls with that "i am innocent and always with smiles" look. ( ) I agree with you when you say that Blessy is confused about the core theme of the movie. This confusion of Blessy is seen from his previous movie (Thanmathra) onwards.

In Thanmathra, he made long, boring lecture sessions by Mohan Lal about good parenting. When a movie tell things like a book does, it loses its 'cinematic' charm. The samething happened with Palunku as well.

The pre-release notes said the movie is about farmers' suicide and I had high expectations, but the movie has nothing on that side except the news of Monichan's neighbor's death. While watching the movie, I thought its about an innocent villager's migration problems and of being polluted by the city (it seemed so to the 3/4th of the movie). Then in the last half, we see its about child rape.

And when we see the climax sentences, we wonder "so, is this what Blessy wanted to say?"

Mamootty has done an excellent job, there is no question about that. But I wonder why did the director made him cry and cry in the climax scene.

Also the climax scene where Mammootty is in the street weeping was totally unnecessary. Looks like the director told him "cry your way to the awards". But I am sure he will win one for just one scene when he finds the body of his daughter in the telephone booth.

He is, ofcourse, one of the finest actors in the country.

Palunku is a watchable movie considering the craps we are being fed with these days.

Blessy has to understand that he doesn't have to handle a 100 themes in just one movie and make the viewers wonder what it was all about.

Another thing I noticed is that all the child actors in his movies give us brilliant performances, Palunku is no exception. I think the only other director who has this magic to take out the best performance from child actors is Maniratnam.

Jo.

http://jocalling.blogspot.com ( ) Mammootty deserves the award for best actor this year, for his performances in Karutha Pakshikal and Palunku.

He might actually get the Kerala state award, but I am doubtful regarding the National award - they may give it to John Abraham for Garam Masala. ( ) they may give it to John Abraham for Garam Masala.
Hehe, I liked this statement :-))))

-suneesh ( ) Hey Mr.

Idiot,

Are you nuts???

??

If you can't understand a good film ,better stop writing nonsenses about films and name it REVIEW.

What the heck you know about PAlUNKU man?

Wait for the state film awards, Blessy will get the best director award.

Oru keyboardum 10 viralum undennu karuthi enthu mandatharavum ezhuthi vekkamennu vicharikkaruthu mone, poi nalla cinema enthanennu padikku.

Allel nee majestic bustandine kurichu ezhutheda viddiie, allathe ariyathe karyathe kurchu ezhuthi nanam kedalle

Regards,
Arun

( ) Hi Arun,

I feel Ratheesh has all the rights to express his views thru his blog about any subject he is interested.I would have apperciated if you had expressed your concern on the difference of opinion on this particular topic, which,you seem to have, in a pragmatic way.However, its something remarkable that, there are many who find his "mandatharangal" worth reading and appreciating.

:)

No offence meant:))

Regards
Rajesh ( ) Hi Arun,
You may be a hardcore Mammooty fan or Mohanlal fan. But that doesn't mean that you need to support all their movies. Why the heck people give more importance to actors while viewing movies.

Definitely blessy was confused. You ask 100 people about the theme of the movie and just list down how may of them will tell the message which was displayed at the last without viewing it. Anyway after having said that palunku has lot of plus points, it's just an average movie meant only to take advantage of the sentimental feelings in the same way as TV serails.

Mathew
( ) Hehe...

true!

Then our Malayalam newspapers will celebrate "A Malayalee wins the national award for best actor". :-))

Jo.

( ) I liked Kazhcha only because it touched upon pedophilia. Apart from that, I felt that it ws just about ok; it didn't evoke any strong emotion in me. ANd Tanmatra, as you said is a mediocre movie.

The irritating actor who plays Mohan Lal's son hogs most of the screentime. It's mostly the script which has disappointed in both the movies. ( ) In kazcha, the kids sequences were inspired by pather panchali.

i guess.