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Like giving food to the needy, or money to the poor or helping a charity?

Can we share what we did for someone this Onam as a gift?

Especially with two older people meeting- the director will painfully show how sad one of the main leads’ life was and how beautiful it would be, only to show one of them waking up dead either the next morning or pretty soon in the future.

What’s even the bloody point of the whole story then.

In one of the most recent Tamil Malayalam avial movie that I watched, the director seemed to be a sadist lunatic who took a 2.5 hours movie with so much sentiments filled with hope and love promised for the future only to kill one of the leads in the end.

Kandodiruna nammal aarayii 🙄

I actually love mature love stories now but not these stupid tragic ones that serve no purpose at all tbh.

Be fair to the characters for Gods sake

Let all thrillers, dramas, suspense, horrors, drama, police investigation, mass masala movie frenzy end and let the beautiful romance era begin

Like the Yash Chopra Mani Ratnam era!!

I think all the generally hard genres except feel good and romance genres have become too easy for these intellgient directors so now we need more lighthearted movies.

Let all thrillers, dramas, suspense, horrors, drama, police investigation, mass masala movie frenzy end and let the beautiful romance era begin

Like the Yash Chopra Mani Ratnam era!!

I think all the generally hard genres except feel good and romance genres have become too easy for these intellgient directors so now we need more lighthearted movies.

There is one Home and one Premalu. but we need more.

This is ofc my opinion so Im not sure if others see it this way.

I wouldn't say this movie is about a beautiful love bond between a mother and a son. It is actually a trauma bond between a mother and a son. Bad things have happened in their past and the mother and the son (with or without choice) is trying to escape their past to look for the key to life. She is hardworking but each time she finds a place to stay, fate takes a harsh turn and she has to keep running with him.

Each animal in the thakkol song says that they dont have that key to their life.

She doesn't want to have ties with anyone in this world because she is probably too scared of anyone around her and most people take either the Guardian role or the Attacker/ Betrayer role in her life.

The reason she doesnt go the NGO with her son is because she is trying to escape her past and hide hers and the kids real identity.

Their identity needs to be hidden because their past needs to be hidden.

I dont think she is super selfish because she enrolls her son in school and was going to start a life with Ammachi.

Ammachi was the only real person who understood her and let her be. Ammachi neither takes the guardian or attacker role fully and gives the choice to the mother.

The child doesnt have any choice from birth and is brainwashed or trained to be her confidante and partner through all this.

As the mother fears, when the son is separated from her- police finds him, seeks his identity and the son eventually goes into becoming the slave of Tovino which she doesnt want for him.

So the son really has no life even outside being with his mother. I think they will keep running but they will also be able to live their small lives as they jump from one lilypad to the other.

And then go on to make mediocre movies with bigger stars?

I want to see them opposite Prithviraj, Nivin, Tovino and Fafa.

ROM com movies or dramas or whatever.

I think it will be fire.

For example- King of Kotha or Patriot or odum Kuthira chaadum Kuthira

What would you change in these movies that it would click better?

Please give more movie examples that might become successful with some tweaks

Every monsoon, there are frequent orange and red alerts, and many roads across Kerala become flooded. Despite this, people adapt remarkably well- commuting, running businesses, and carrying on with daily life once the rain eases.
I’m curious why more permanent flood-control measures haven’t been implemented, especially on roads that flood year after year.

From what I’ve read, some of the reasons appear to be:
Kerala receives some of the highest rainfall in India, sometimes within a few hours.
The state’s geography, with steep slopes, short rivers, and low-lying coastal areas, causes water to accumulate quickly.
Rapid urbanisation has replaced natural drainage areas with concrete.
Wetlands, paddy fields, and floodplains that once absorbed excess rainwater have been reduced.
Stormwater drainage in many towns was designed decades ago for much lower rainfall.
Poor maintenance, clogged drains, and waste blocking waterways make heavy rain even more disruptive.

If these are the main causes, what would a long-term solution actually look like?
Some possibilities that come to mind are:
Widening and modernising stormwater drainage systems based on today’s rainfall patterns rather than historical averages.
Regular desilting and maintenance of drains before every monsoon.
Restoring wetlands, ponds, canals, and paddy fields that naturally store floodwater.
Strict enforcement against building on floodplains and blocking natural drainage channels.
Using more permeable surfaces, rain gardens, and green infrastructure so rainwater can soak into the ground instead of immediately flowing onto roads.
Constructing retention ponds and underground storage tanks in flood-prone urban areas to temporarily hold excess runoff.
Raising or redesigning roads that are known to flood repeatedly where engineering studies show it’s feasible.
Better coordination between local bodies, the Irrigation Department, PWD, and urban planners so flooding is addressed at the catchment level rather than fixing one road at a time.

I understand that no city or state can completely prevent flooding during extreme rainfall. But for roads that flood almost every monsoon, are there engineering or policy reasons why permanent solutions haven’t been implemented? Is it mainly a funding issue, land acquisition, maintenance, governance, or are Kerala’s rainfall patterns simply too extreme for conventional flood-control infrastructure?

Would love to hear insights from engineers, planners, or anyone familiar with how flood management works in Kerala.

Suraj Venjaramoodu, Saikumar, Manoj K Jayan, Biju Menon, Vijayaraghavan, and even Asif Ali and though with only huge performance- Basil Joseph too.

It will be hard for them to win beyond the performance of big Ms for the state award, and all the political bias in National Awards- but for sure they will always be nominated if they are given meaty roles.

What Genre? Who would be the writer, hero, heroine, director? Who would be in the supportng cast?

Extreme brutality should be censored. But so should a simple scene like a husband slapping a wife.

Use your words against the defenseless. Not physical power.

I’m sure we have seen plenty of movies where the village girl is submissive, traditional and considered to be nice and homely where as the city girl dressed in modern clothes, speaks a bit of English and talks back is considered to be the arrogant girl who needs to be taught a lesson.

This age old mentality is misogynistic and unfortunately there are a lot of Malayal/ Indian men who are intimidated, insecure and therefore defensive towards the city girls. City girls can be bullied or even targeted due to this trope.
It’s like the village girls are pavam and submissive but the city girls deserve to be punished and tamed.

Oru Mazhayethum Munpe, Megham and there are many more examples.

Maybe such movies have been reduced overtime but has the mentality changed fully?

Padmarjan has been a huge influence to almost all cinephiles and directors and yet none of his movies are remade or retold.

I would love to see Njan Gandharvan 2.0 with CGI graphics if possible.

The movie is a classic and yet it could be made into a fantasy thriller easily if the last bits are reworked and theres an alternate ending to it (that’s open to others).

I know there’s a curse behind this movie and a classic should be left as it is but it would be nice to see it in theaters again.

Music, actors, storytelling all were top notch.

I think UM is doing some Gandharvan movie but I don’t think it’s the same as a remake of this one.

Why did the writer kill off Meera’s mother and her sister Bhavana in the movie towards the end, giving her and the male lead no choice but to find each other?

Why did bold and confident Soundarya become so lonely in Yathrakarude Shredekku that she even thought of committing suicide before the male lead comes to rescue her?

Why did Mamitha experience loneliness before she chose Naslen in Premalu though she had rejected him before very logically?

There are many more characters like this where the writer very sadistically twists the destiny of
the character and make them lose everyone around them that they have no choice but to get with the main lead.

Can you name others?

Why do women usually get strangled and raped or abused in violent movies and the other gender never sexually abused but beaten up or shot dead?

Is it that gangsters or villains or men with power with no moral code are only interested in women and not men?

Why are men never raped or sexually harassed in movies?

Serious replies only.

We have normalized raping women, raping pregnant women, raping young teen girls, women of all ages in movies and yet why is this normal question so off putting 🙄

Fafa had to lose weight to fit into young thin Joji’s character which completely ruined Fafa’s charm that he had during his early movies.

Also I can’t help but think that Fafa and Nazriya got into heavy dru*s usage during the shooting of Trance. Fafa for his movie performance and Nazriya, probably influenced by her husband.

Fafa does not fit into normal charming young man hero roles esp due to those drastic physical changes.

Can insiders confirm?

No female objectification, amazing screenplay, some male lead cameos to excite the audience and just our female leads doing mass action scenes?

Also, been waiting for Mollywood to retaliate for the infamous South Indian stereotyping for a long time now. So let’s show em how it’s really done

Like

In Harihar Nagar

Summer in Bethlehem

Swapnakoodu

Mannar Mathai Speaking

Hopefully with young actors like Anaswara, Naslen, Mamitha, Baby Jean, Sandeep

Update- apologies, it seems like fake news.

The Premalu and Lokah star has been officially invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a member for 2026, making him the youngest Indian actor ever to receive this honor. At just 26 years old, Naslen joins an elite global community of filmmakers, actors, and industry professionals who vote on the Oscars 🏆✨

This is a massive moment not just for Naslen, but for Malayalam cinema as a whole. From his breakout performances in Premalu and Lokah to now being recognized by the Academy - his journey has been nothing short of incredible. The fact that he's the youngest Indian actor to ever get this invite speaks volumes about the impact he's made in such a short time 🎬👏

The Academy's 2026 member class includes artists from around the world, and Naslen's inclusion is a testament to how Malayalam cinema is being noticed on a global scale. His natural charm, impeccable comic timing, and ability to carry a film with such ease have clearly caught the attention of the industry's highest body 🌍❤️

From a young boy with dreams to an Academy member- Naslen, you're an inspiration to every aspiring artist out there. The entire Mollywood family is proud of you! 🥹🙌

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