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Movie Review : Gentlewoman

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 Arvind ( Harikishan ) an insurance executive, is happily married to a homely girl from him native village,  Poorni (Lijomol Jose). One day she discovers that he is having an affair with a girl called Anna (Losliya). In a fit of rage she kills him with a knife and hides his corpse in the fridge. Soon Anna comes searching for Arvind and even gives a missing person complaint with the cops who come to investigate the matter at Arvind's home. What happens next?  The film  with an interesting story and engaging screenplay, keeps you rivetted to the screen.  Lijomol displays yet again ,what a consummate performer she is in every scene she appears  in. Harikrishna fits the role to a T while Losliya, gives a finely nuanced act.  Together, the actors carry the film through with conviction. There is inherant humor in the dialogues and situations like the one where the cops visit Poorni's home to investigate. Tension is built up all through and the suspense is gr...

Movie Review: Niram Maria Ulagil

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 When a young girl ( Lovelyn), angry with her mother ( viji chandrasekhar)  leaves home and gets on a train, she meets a TT ( Yogi Babu) who narrates four stories to her.  All of them have the love and relationships,  with a women, as mother or wife  at the centre of each. At the end of the train journey, the young girl realises something.  What was so moving about the stories? The film puts together a beautiful chain of anecdotes that are  moving and heartwarming and even heart wrenching at times.  The first story leads to a don Abdul Malik (Natty Natraj) in Mumbai and his love for his deceased mother ( Kaniha)which leads him to save the lives of young lovers.  Another story revolves around a young man ( RioRaj) who lives in a tiny hamlet. His whole life turns upside when he learns that his mother has a terminal disease and only six months to live. Determined to save her life he undertakes but with no money in hand,  he turns to crime. ...