Ayalum Njanum Thammil

Director   : Lal Jose
Starring   : Prithviraj, Narain, Rima Kallingal, Samvritha Sunil

Ayalum Njanum Thammil is a romantic thriller directed by Lal Jose starring Prithviraj, Narain, Rima Kallingal and Samvritha Sunil. The movie is written by Bobby-Sanjay and music by Ousepachan.

The movie tells the story of a irresponsible junior doctor and a highly committed senior doctor and their relationship. Prithviraj operates a child and the child dies during the operation. He did the operation without the consent of the child's parents. Due to the wide protest he tries to escape and during his escape he meets with an accident. He goes missing after the accident and the story develops like this.

In this movie you will surely witness the best performance of Prithviraj in his entire carrier. The script written by Bobby-Sanjay is outstanding and it's one of their best script. The entire movie has a nostalgic feel. Lal Jose has proved once gain that he is one among the best directors in Malayalam. The cinematography by Jomon T John is pure magic. The script is definitely the backbone of the movie. All the artist's performed their roles well.

Prithviraj, Script, Direction, and songs are the positive factors of the movie. The only negative factor is that the movie a bit slow but it can be neglected.

Ayalum Njanum Thammil is one of the best Malayalam movies of 2012 and it's a must watch one. You will definitely enjoy the film.

Rating   : 4/5
Verdict : Brilliant Movie (Hit)

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Jawan Of Vellimala

Director  : Anoop Kannan
Starring  : Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Mamta Mohandas, Asif Ali


Jawan Of Vellimala is one of the much hyped and most awaited malayalam movie of 2012. The movie is directed by debutant Anoop Kannan.  Mammootty is playing the lead role in the movie as Gopi Krishnan. The movie also include Sreenivasan, Mamta Mohandas, and Asif Ali in the lead roles. This movie is produced by Mammooty and is distributed by Mammootty's own production company "Playhouse".

The movie tells the story of Gopi Krishnan (Mammooty), who was a military officer. He took voluntary retirement from military service and reaches Vellimala as a dam operator. No one in the village is willing to accept Gopi Krishnan as a courageous Military officer because he is afraid of ghosts. At night he usually used to see images of ghosts. Varghesse (Sreenivasan) is the executive engineer and Anitha (Mamtha) is the  project officer of Vellimala Dam. Koshi Oommen (Asif Ali) is the son of Oommen Koshi , the dam contractor. In a particular situation Varghesse goes missing and  Gopi Krishnan join hands with Koshi Oommen to find Vargheese. During their search for Vargheese some mysteries relating to the dam are revealed.

The first half of the movie was superb and enjoyable with good locations and comedy situations. "Elengadi" song was good. 1st half moves along with Mammooty's character Gopi Krishnan and his mystical mind. When the movie moves to second half the pace in the first half was missing. James Albert could have taken more care of the screenplay in second half. When the movie approaches climax, the entire content of the movie was lost and the climax was boring. The poor screenplay in the second half ruined the movie.

Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Anoop Kannan's direction, good locations and the cinematography of Sateesh Kurup were the positive factors.

Asif Ali, Poor screenplay in the second half, and climax were the negative factors.

Rating    : 2.5
Verdict  : Watchable once without any expectations but disappoints a bit due to the huge hype surrounding it.

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Maattran

Director  : K.V. Anand
Starring  : Surya, Kajal Agarwal

Maattran is a much hyped and much awaited movie of 2012. The movie stars Surya, portraying conjoined twins along with Kajal Agarwal in lead roles. Movie opens with eratta kadhire song showing the growth of conjointed twins thorugh different stages. Their father, Sachin Khedekar, a lacto company owner is the numero uno is his field. He is been chased by competitors for the successful trade secrets but in vain. Meanwhile, akhilan and vimalan meets anjali (kajal) and falls for her. Both are not interested in their father's business and at some point knows about the unethical dirty tricks played by sachin khedekhar to boom his business. An
incident results in surgical seperation of the twins and how they track down the truth behind the success formula of their company forms the rest of story.


Its a Surya show form the word go and the chemistry between the twins is remarkable. The effort he put in to play the conjoined twins in evident. 1st half is enjoyable with their mischievous activities and their association with kajal. Second half focuses on Surya's hunt for the truth and is more picturised in Russia  Cinematography is excellent and Harris didn't dissapoint with bgm and songs. Nani koni song is visually stunning. KV Anand scored in direction but should have taken more care in screenplay and the second half is long and dragging at times. Fight scene in the theme park having both Surya is clinical but a bit lengthy.

Surya, kajal Agarwal, cinematography, Nani Koni song locations, conjoined twin scenes, first half, songs, and editing are the positives of the movie. Long running time, Sachin Khedekar, screenplay, climax and scenes in Russia are the negatives.

Maattran is visually and technically superior with a nice plot. Average screenplay in the second half spoiled the effort.

Rating  : 2.75/5
Verdict : One time watchable but disappoints a bit against it's huge hype surrounding it.

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