This film has been titled ‘Nadan’ and will have Jayaram playing the lead role in it. Jayaram would play the role of a drama artiste in the film who is also the owner of a theatre group.

The film would be scripted by S Suresh Babu, and the shoot of the film is expected to start by July end.

Nowrunning says the theme is as old as ever: “It cannot be denied that the basic theme that ‘Bharya Athra Pora’ dwells on is outdated to the core, and that no amount of Facebook masking would make it any less tiring. As someone whispered after the film, “the wife isn’t that good, nor is the film!”

Rediff feels the film is strictly for Jayaram fans: “Families are considered to be Jayaram’s fan base and once in a while he comes up with a story that makes families flock to the theatres. His latest film Bharya Athra Pora is one such effort. To sum up, Bharya Athra Pora is loud and regressive.”

For Sify, its a lowbrow comedy: “Bharya Athra Pora may be fine in parts of those addicts of TV tearjerkers or the cheap comedy skits. For the rest of the viewers, this could be a sheer waste of time. Now decide on which side are you in!”

It was ‘Trivandrum Lodge’ that turned the cards in Dhwani’s favor, and ever since she has had no reason to turn back. She has completed ‘Hotel California’ with Anoop Menon and Jayasurya, as well as ‘Thank You’ with Jayasurya.

And what’s more, she would be the heroine in Kamal’s new Jayaram film that would start its shoot in September. Way to go, Dhwani!

‘Ginger’ is Shaji Kaias’ second film in succession with Jayaram after ‘Madirasi’, and is expected to be a comic caper.

Rajesh Jayaraman would script the film that will have Muktha George playing the female lead.

Nowrunning states it marks the brilliant debut of a director, but adds that the end product should have been much better: “‘Lucky Star’ starts off on the right note, but ends up real messed up after the initial hour wears off. Yet, Deepu Anthikkad does announce his arrival with elan, and provided with a better script that gets its acts together, could spring another surprise on us, without doubt.”

Rediff thinks it could have been better: “Jayaram gives a good performance as the excited and involved Ranjith. Rachna as Janaki displays a verve that we rarely see in leading ladies today. Mukesh is made to do a standard comedian’s role. One leaves the theatre feeling that Lucky Star could have been a much better film if a little more thought had been given to how the film should progress in the second half.”

Sify sounds least impressed and  a bit confused: “Lucky Star could have been easily rated as a fine entertainer, if it had come some two decades back. Now times have changed and the viewers are constantly watching fantastically narrated movies. On second thoughts, this film is not entirely bad and has its moments as well, but it could have been much better.”

The actress has stated that if she is offered good roles in new generation film, she would be glad to accept the offer. She also revealed that watching new gen films is great fun. Gopika added that it was when she saw ’22 F Kottaym’ that she realized that cinema has changed a lot over the last couple of years.

‘Bharya Athra Pora’ would be directed by Akku Akbar, and marks the coming together of the ‘Veruthe Alla Bharya’ team yet again.

Gopika would be making a comeback of sorts in Akku Akbar’s new film titled ‘Bharya Athra Pora’ which has already started its shoot. Jayaram plays the lead role in the film.

Gopika admits that her role in the film was too good, that she simply could not say ‘No’, when the offer came her way. She is married to Ajilesh, a doctor based in Ireland, and the couple has a four year old daughter.

Jayaram says that ‘Madirasi’ was a film that was profitable for the producers even before the dubbing of the film was completed. And this is exactly why the producer had decided to shoot another film ‘Ginger’ with the same team, adds Jayaram.

‘Madirasi’ that was directed by Shaji Kailas, however had managed to earn negative reviews all over, and had not made much of an impact on the audience either.

Nowrunning says that perhaps Kailas should not have reinvented himself: “I had always felt that Shaji Kailas needed to rediscover himself, especially after those recent action potboilers of his that had made us root for cable TV. But now, after ‘Madirasi’, I seriously have doubts and second thoughts about the reinvention idea.”

Rediff terms it as stale: “Rajesh Jayaraman’s script is weird; it does not give the actors any chance to do anything fresh. It has much in common with the M Padmakumar directed Thiruambady Thamban, with Jayaram in the lead, released just a few months ago.

Sify calls it below average: “Madirasi is perhaps not meant to be taken too seriously, even as a film. Go for a walk and it could be a more useful effort than going for this farcical exercise.”

]]> http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/madirasi-2012-malayalam-movie-review-aggregator/feed 0 http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/madirasi-2012-malayalam-movie-poster-gallery http://www.balconybeats.com/2012/malayalam-films/madirasi-2012-malayalam-movie-poster-gallery#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:19:46 +0000 balconybeats http://www.balconybeats.com/?p=13849 The posters of ‘Madirasi’, the upcoming Shaji Kailas film that has Jayaram, Tini Tom, Meghna Raj and Meera Nandan in the lead roles have been designed by ace poster designer Collins Leophil. The posters put forward the suggestion that the film is way different from the usual Shaji Kailas films. Take a look at the posters!