KOLKATA NEWS and some thoughts---

HI All
This a real season for Malayalam movie buffs.Lots of Malayalam movies got released this month and all came in box with lot of expectations and of coz Kolkata News was among them.I was among those who was really waiting to a watch a Blessy Movie-Who never made me unhappy with his movies.Right from "Kaazcha" he had shown his talent and in Thanmaathra he shown us how can he handle and turn some of the toughest ideas in to Silver screen.But i was never the happiest watching "Palunk" and i thought he really wanted to make some sort of effort from his side to think differently and to come out of the shell,In Kolkata News he did it..Here Blessy was trying to portray some dark faces of a city ..A city who never sleeps,Dear Mumbaikars forgive me.:)
When i went to the cinemas i found all seats filled up and ofcoz was really happy to see families coming in,with lot of beautiful faces among them.This movie portrays life of an innocent gal,played by Meera Jasmin,her life and how she strugles with her life in city of joy and efforts of a Young Press reporter Ajith Thomas,Played by Dileep,a real good samaritan,how he strugles and changes her life.I always beleive dat Meera is a wonderful actor and she proved it again, and ofcoz a few times, i felt her, bit over acting but iam always ready to forgive her and she really is an asset to the Whole Malayalam show business.Dileep when compared to his last few movies has done well and,never tried to come out of that imaginary line drawn by the director.But the whole movie revolves around Meera's role and i felt after long time that Dileep shown bit of maturity in his acting.Camera work from
S Kumar has been a treat to watch as always, and after long time i heard some good "Malayaalithamulla" music but surprisingly from a Bong director Deb Jyothi,his tunes some time reminds you that of Salil Da...Songs are really sweet,Madhu and Chitra did the magic again.Chitra has been wondeful for years and may be set aside by some newcomers for a short span of time,but she is back with a bang and with a bong...You cant ignore real talents for a long time,they can always come out from their own shell.
Blessy through this movie tries to feature a social hazard which we frequently read in news papers,innocent gals getting married to guyz working abroad,parents not checking thir background and at the end poor gals gets cheated by their beloved husbands,and ofcoz their life after that...After "Vasthuhara" this movy will be the first to get in to the slums and galees of kolkota.Blessy and crew has been really suuccessful to showcase the rude face of kolkota,its sleeping beauty and a few times... you may hate the city of joy.If there are a few things which i hate in this movy ofcoz is the romance between MJ and Dileep,and some unwanted comedy sequences,may be to compromise a Dileep movie.I was not really happy the way which movie transitioned and reached the climax,
I loved Indrajiths role and in coming years,he will be the real guy to watch.I loved especially first half of the movie and in second half you will find lot of nosense scenes,some scenes related to black magic,Meera's sixth sense,situations which introduces Thampi Anthony etc.
When i came out of the cinemas i felt it as an OK movie,I dont think blessy justified his talent or on his selection of script,Some dialogues/sequences may make you in to tears,Dileep has miles to go as an actor but is promising and i would like to see Meera in some sort role in future where i will find her smiling:)
Movie gives us a message..?hmm..kind of yes..But very well shows the dark corners of kolkata,rude red streets and ofcoz Good always wins over evil..:).This Movie shows how Blessy and crew strugled to picturize the shots in the streets of kolkata and ...Hopefully Blessys next project will be an Action movie,and not Dileep but lalettan doing the lead role..:)

My rating ***