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Malayalam Cinema Round Table 2021
Posted on December 13, 2021
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H. Prasanna
December 13, 2021
Oh my God, where is Vishal Menon?
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brangan
December 14, 2021
The video is up.
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snehnathneendoor
December 14, 2021
Fantastic Round Table BR. I agree with Don that the Malayalam industry makes a lot of bad low effort movies that outsiders don’t see. I also agree about the fact that hyper localization of the script (for eg. Kanhangad in Thinkalaycha Nishchayam) has its own charm. One other fact which I think also makes Malayalam movies interesting is the collaboration between authors and filmmakers. For eg. S. Hareesh and Binyamin (JCB Prize winners) have their books adapted to movies. And a Jnanpith Award winner like M.T Vasudevan Nair set the standard by scripting and directing movies.
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vandana lakshmi
December 15, 2021
BR, please do an interview with Senna Hegde
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krishikari
December 16, 2021
I’m not sure why Don Palathara was going on about the amount of low quality films made in Malayalam unless it was to point out that audiences in Kerala are not that discerning and will watch any crap just like anywhere else. But anyway i’m watching his film Santhoshathinte onnam rahasyam on neestream today. I’ll try not to pause, fast forward or get up to make tea.
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hari
December 17, 2021
I’m the audience who watch a movie over a week. At any given point I’m watching 3-4 movies, just like I’m reading 3-4 books at a time, depending on the mood :).
All this will change once I get back to office.
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