Alex Pandian

Direction   :  Suraj
Writer       :  Suraj
Starring     :  Karthi, Anushka Shetty, Santhanam

Alex Pandian is definitely the much hyped movie in Karthi's carrier. The movie is written and directed by Suraj whose previous films were Maruthamalai, Padikathavan, and Mappilai.

Alex Pandian (Karthi) kidnaps CM's daughter (Anushka) for money. Meanwhile they falls in love with each other. Alex Pandian takes the responsibility to save her from a group of people who are against her father and the state.

Alex Pandian is made for Karthi fans. The director utilized Karthi fully to satisfy his fans and succeeded in making a masala entertainer to a certain extent. Karthi is the soul of the movie. Santhanam was superb as usual. His comedies were outstanding and he had a great chemistry with Karthi. Anushka Shetty also did her part well. Although movie had all the essential elements for a masala entertainer, the audience were not satisfied with it. Alex Pandian is just a repetition of director Suraj's old flicks; only masala and no logic. If he had taken a little care in the script, the movie could have been made better.

In short Alex Pandian is an all in all masala entertainer made especially for karthi fans with no logic at all.

Rating   :  1.5/5
Verdict  : Below Average

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Entry

Direction    :  Rajesh Amanakara'
Starring      :  Babu Raj, Renjini Haridas, Bhagath Manuel

ACP Shreta (Renjini) and ACP Rishikesh had been married for long. But due to ego clashes they are on the brink of a divorce. During this time Bhagath Manuel and a mystery girl enters the scene and the story develops like this.

Renjini's acting was too boring and the audience felt like watching another episode of Idea Star Singer. It's better for her to continue with anchoring. The scripting and direction was very bad. The scenes in the movie has no connection at all. As the name of the movie suggests, it just paved the way for the "Entry" of Renjini Haridas.

In short Entry is such a waste movie that you should definitely avoid watching. Save your precious time and money.

Rating    :  1/5
Verdict  :  Utter Flop

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Lisammayude Veedu

Direction   :  Babu Janardhanan
Writer       :  Babu Janardhanan
Starring     :  Salim Kumar, Meera Jasmine, Rahul Madhav

Meera Jasmine is back to Malayalam after a long gap. This movie is directed by script writer Babu Janardhanan whose first directional venture was Mammootty starring Bombay March 12.

The movie tells the story of a serial rape victim Lisamma (Meera Jasmine). After a long struggle she is now leading a normal life. She has a small mobile recharge shop in the town. Trade union leader Sivan (Rahul Madhav) falls in love with Lisamma and they plan to get married. After their marriage some unexpected things happens in their life and everything turns upside down. The movie develops like this.

Meera Jasmine and Salim Kumar are the soul of the movie. Their performance is mind blowing and really appreciable. Rahul Madhav also did his part well. Babu Ganardhanan succeed in saying a story which has a lot of social values. But his direction was not upto the mark. The first half of the movie is good. But when it moved to the second half the movie became very slow and predictable.

Lisammayude Veedu is a movie with a good social message. If the direction and screenplay in the second half were impressive, the movie could have been much better.

Rating     : 2.75/5
Verdict    :  Above Average

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Hai Ramcharan

Direction   :  Bhaskar
Writer       :  Bhaskar
Starring     :  Ram Charan, Genelia


Love is forever is an absurd thought, believes Ram (Ram Charan), a graffiti artist in Sydney. So he keeps falling with girls and parts ways with them. Quite contrast to his ideology, Jaanu (Genelia) believes in the idea of love and is on the quest for 'right guy' to live for life. Ram meets Jaanu, keeps persuading her to fall in love with him. She falls for his charms but when she learns that he can't love her forever, she gets jolt. Does love fade with the time or it is eternal? They argue on this for rest of the story.

Ramcharan did a descent job and he looks stylish in trendy costumes. Genelia looks too old and her excessive 'make-up' and over the board performance actually makes us no connection with her character. Direction of the movie is not bad. The script and scenes are written by the director is so silly that all the characters in the movie behave as if they don't do anything in life but bickering constantly. The Malayalam dubbing of the movie has some problems. 

Youth audiences may like certain scenes and music but the movie on the whole doesn't appeal. Content wise, it is big let down. 

Rating    :  2.5/5

Verdict   :  Average

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Nee Ko Njaa Cha

Direction    :  Gireesh
Writer        :  Gireesh
Starring      :  Sunny Wayne, Poojitha Menon, Rohini, Parvathy Nair, Sija Rose

The title of the movie is an acronym of "Ninnem Kollum Njanum Chavum". A friend of Sunny Wane is cheated by his girlfriend. To forget the sorrows they plans a trip to Goa. After reaching Goa they were shocked to see that the girl who cheated Sunny Wane's friend is there with her new boyfriend. As the story develops two more girls gets in to the scene and some unexpected things happen.

The movie is a complete entertainer. Sunny Wane's performance is awesome. The most surprising element of the movie is definitely the climax; a  really unexpected  twist and surprising climax!! Even though  this movie is the first attempt by director Gireesh, he did a great job. And his story and screenplay is also very impressive. There are some lagging in few parts of the movie but it can be neglected.

Nee Ko Njaa Cha is highly entertaining as well as surprising. Go for it without anny hesitations. You will definitely enjoy it. 

Rating    :  3.25/5

Verdict   :  Super Entertainer with a never expected climax.

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Annayum Rasoolum

Direction   : Rajeev Ravi
Writer       : Santhosh Echikkanam
Starring    :  Fahadh Fasil, Andrea Jeremiah, Sunny Wayne

Aannayum Rasoolum is Fahad Fazil's first release of 2013. Another specialty of the movie is that five Malayalam film directors; Ranjith, P. Balachandran, Ashiq Abu, Joy Mathew and M.G. Sasi, are acting in the film.

As the name suggests the movie tells the love story of Anna and Rasool.  As the movie develops, it deals with problems they face as they are from different religions. A simple love story and nothing else.

Fahad and Andrea did a great job and everyone enjoyed their chemistry well. The rest of the cast also did a descent job. The direction was good. The first half of the movie was entertaining. But when it moved to the second half, the grip of the story was lost and it was very lagging. Writer Santhosh could have taken more care in preparing the screenplay. Another drawback of the film was it's length. The duration of the film was about 3 hours.

In short Annayum Rasoolum is just an average movie and it disappoints a lot.

Rating     :  2.5
Verdict    :  Average

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Table No: 21

Direction   :  Aditya Datt
Writer       :  Aditya Datt
Starring    :  Paresh Rawal, Tena Desae, Rajeev Khandelwal


Vivaan (Rajeev Khandelwal) and Siya ( Tena Desae) are in Fiji to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Vivaan has been jobless for a while so this free trip comes us a blessing in disguise but mr khan (Paresh Rawal) awaits them there.

He lures them to play a game called table no 21. The game is simple. Answer eight questions. Each question is followed by a task. complete the tasks and win 21 crores. The one big rule is "if you lie you die". For people who enjoy reality t.v. this film is good fun since follows a similar template. The structure is fairly simple on the surface but there is larger picture running beyond it and every question and task leads the couple towards it.

Tena Desae brings in a freshness in the film. She looks delicious in a bikini and also carries off a bald look too. Rajeev Khandelwal is in the same zone as his first film. Someone new in his place would have been better. Same with Paresh Rawal. We have seen him do these kind of roles before so there is no novelty left to engage with him as an audience. Hanif Hilaal makes a silent debut and looks good enough to be cast as a villain in future films. How good is he? We will know only when we hear him speak. This is the 4th film by director Aditya Datt. After 3 mistakes he finally makes a good impression.

Rating      :  3/5

Verdict     :  Good

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