Tag Archives: Nivin Pauly

Malavaadi Arts Club: A Malayalam Take on the Boy Band

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My first Malayalam movie from my huge online shopping haul!  It was so-so.  I think I remember why it was recommended to me, because it was Nivin’s first movie, and the first movie Vineeth directed.  It was kind of cool to see how both of them started out, and the movie was also sort of interesting in its own right to look at how a plot I have seen in Hindi and Tamil films was done in Malayalam.  But I wouldn’t say it is exactly a “Great Film.”

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Ivide: What Makes Someone Indian, What Makes them American, and What Makes Them Both?

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This movie is about a lot of different things, but what leaps out at me is they way it handled the hero’s childhood adoption into an American family.  It managed the difficult task of avoiding any easy answers, acknowledging the challenges of the situation without blaming anyone for them.

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Jacobinte Swargarajyam: A True 2 Hero Film

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Jacobinte Swargarajyam is finally on einthusan.com, yay!!!!!  So, I could watch it, after missing it in theaters.  I loved Nivin Pauly in it, naturally (although I have reservations about his hair).  But I was surprised by how charismatic I found Renji Panicker, especially considering he just started acting a couple of years ago!

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1983: All About Sachin Tendulkar, and A Nice Film for the Day After Father’s Day

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I think this movie may not have been made for me.  Because I don’t “get” sports, and I’m also neither a father nor a son.  And yet, I enjoyed it!  Even without the deep level of understanding I would have if I could better relate to the character emotions, I still liked it!

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Premam Times 2: A Second Review!

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That’s allowed, right?  A second review of a movie I have already written about, just because I watched it a second time?  Although, how would you really stop me?  It is my blog, I am all powerful in this small little universe.

(if you want to read my first reaction, that review is here)

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Mili: Because I Couldn’t Watch Traffic

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I wanted to watch Traffic last night, because it is supposed to be really good and groundbreaking, and the director just died, and I have been watching a ton of rom-coms and I need to rinse out my system with a thriller.  But, no luck!  Couldn’t find Traffic anywhere.  However, Mili, by the same director, was readily available, so I watched that instead.

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Premam: I Liked This Movie! And it is Deeper than it Looks at First Glance!

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Another Nivin Pauly movie!  Premam!  Which I loved, but I should probably make it my last rom-com for a bit.  I’ve been spoiling myself with a string of recent rom-com hits, I need to check out a different genre/era.  I wanted to watch Traffic, but no luck, it’s not available anywhere online.  Which almost gives me an excuse to watch Mili instead, which is available (and also by Rajesh Pallai, so it would be a nice thing to do the week he died).  But it’s another Nivin Pauly movie, and I am dangerously close to a Nivin Pauly overload.  Or maybe not?  Mili does look really good!

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Another Malayalam Movie that I Really Really Liked: Thattathin marayathu (Yes, I am actually watching movies that you told me to in the comments, so keep the suggestions coming. Also, SPOILERS!)

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Raghil in comments said that if I liked Ohm Shanti Oshaana, I should watch Thattathin Marayathu.  So I did, and I did like it!  Not as much as Ohm Shanti Oshaana, but it is definitely in the same family.

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