From: s910700@yallara.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Mareena Joseph)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Latest Malayalam movies (other than previously posted.)
Keywords: puthiya, malayalam, padangal
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:55:12 GMT


  Hi, I've got a list of latest Malayalam movies. Hope you all will
appreciate this.

1.  NJAN GANDHARVAN - Nithish Bharadvaj ('Krishna' of Mahabharat series),
                      Suparna (Vaisali), Ganesh, Soman, Sulakshana, Philomina,et
    		   - Best movie, directed by late sri. Padmarajan (his last
		     film); story about an affair between a gandharvan and a 
		     human girl; an entirely different theme.
2.  ENTE SURYAPUTHRIKKU - Srividya, Amala, SureshGopi, Soman, etc.
		- Very good; story about a mother and daughter, where the 
		  daughter is being brought up without her knowing anything
		  about her parents, as under the condition.
3.  POOKKAALAM VARAVAYI - Jayaram, Sunitha, Baby Shyamli (Baby Shalini's sister)
		          Murali, Geetha, Innocent, Rekha, etc.
		- Good; story about a child being affected by the separation
		  of her parents (i.e.psychologically).
4.  THALAYANAMANTHRAM - Jayaram, Parvathi, Srinivasan, Urvasi, KPAC Lalitha,etc.
		- v.good; directed by Sathyan Anthikad; family story about the
		  misunderstanding between two brothers and in-laws; comedy.
5. NAYAM VEKTHAMAKUNNU - Mammootty, ShanthiKrishna, etc.
		- Heard to be best.
6.  INSPECTOR BALRAM - Mammootty, Urvasi, Geetha, Jagatheesh, Kalpana, etc.
		- good; story of an inspector who has to face a lot of enemity
		  while doing his duty; drama.
7.  THUDARKATHA - Saikumar, Mathu, Srinivasan, Devan, Sukumari, Rajan.P.dev,etc.
		- quite good; story of a princess, who is the last member of a
		  royal family, and everyone trying to get her wealth, so on...
8.  VISHNULOKAM - Mohanlal, ShanthiKrishna, Urvasi, Murali, Jagatheesh, etc.
		- good; story of a circus guy who loves a "dukhaputhri"
		  thamburatti, and his trials to save her.
9.  RANDAM VARAVU - Jayaram, Rekha, Pankaj Dheer ('Karnan' of the Mahabharat
		    series), Devan, Charuhasan, Soman, etc.
		- O.K.; story of a customs officer who has to face a lot of
		  problems, and by his wife's family friend (his wellwisher).
10. KADATHANADAN AMBADI - late PremNazir, Mohanlal, Radhu, Swapna, etc.
		- story of 'Ambadi', Othenan's son; directed by Priyadarshan. 
11. PERUNTHACHAN - Thilakan, Monisha, Nedumudi Venu, Sanjay (Thyagarajan's son),
		 - Best film; won many national awards; story of Perunthachan,
		   one among the "parayi petta pandhirukulam"; v.good setting.
12. VARTHAMANAKALAM - Balachandra Menon, Urvasi, Jayaram, Lalu Alex, etc.
		- really a good theme, though is a tragedy.
13. SASNEHAM - Balachandra Menon, Shobhana, Meena, Sukumari, etc.
		- family story; directed by Sathyan Anthikad; v.good; story base
    		  d on an intercaste marriage between a christian and a brahmin.
14. VADAKKUNOKKIYANTHRAM - Srinivasan, Parvathi, Lizy, Jagatheesh, Biju, etc.
		- good; won the best film state award; story about a person with
		  too much inferiority complex.
15. SAMRAJYAM - Mammootty, Srividya, Madhu, Sonia (Hindi actress), etc.
		- drama; O.K.
16. DR.PASUPATHI -Innocent, Parvathi, Risabava, Jagatheesh, Kalpana, etc.
		- comedy; O.K.
17. APPU -Mohanlal, Sunitha, KR Vijaya, Murali, Vijayaraghavan, etc. - good.
18. KAALAALPADA - Jayaram, Rahman, Ranjini, Sukumari, etc. - drama; O.K.
19. MAZHAVILKKAVADI - Jayaram, Sithara, Urvasi, Innocent, Sreeja, Meena, etc.
		- comedy; good; very good songs; won the best actress state
		  award (Urvasi), and best female singer (Chitra).
20. OLIYAMBUKAL - Mammootty, Rekha, Saikumar, Aiswarya (Lakshmi's daughter),
		  Thilakan, Sukumaran, Pappu, etc. - political theme; O.K.
21. KAWTHUKAVARTHAKAL - Mukesh, Ranjini, SureshGopi, Urvasi, etc. - comedy; good
22. SAWHRIDHAM - Saikumar, Parvathi, Mukesh, Urvasi, etc. - comedy; good.
23. RADHAMADHAVAM - Jayaram, Geetha, Parvathi, etc. - v.good.
24. ARHATHA - Mohanlal, and misc.
25. KANKETTU - Srinivasan, Soumya, Philomina, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, etc. - O.K.
26. ORUKKAM - SureshGopi, and misc.
27. KALI KAARYAMAYI - comedy.
28. LALSALAM - Mohanlal, Urvasi, Murali, Geetha, Rekha, Jagathy, etc.
		- Based on the history of the communist revolution in Kerala.
29. DHANAM - Mohanlal, Murali, etc. - O.K.
30. THOOVALSPARSAM - Saikumar, Mukesh, SureshGopi, Urvasi, etc. - O.K.
31. PARAMPARA - Mammootty (double), Sumaletha, SureshGopi, etc. - O.K.
32. CHANAKYAN - Kamalahasan, Urmila (Hindi), Thilakan, Jayaram, Sithara,etc.
		- quite O.K.
33. MOOKKILLARAJYATHU - Thilakan, Siddhique, etc. - comedy; O.K.
34. VARNAM - SureshGopi, Ranjini, Jayaram, Parvathi, etc. - good.
35. NEWS - SureshGopi, Ranjini, Mahesh, Biju, Lizy, etc. - thriller; good.
36. NEWYEAR - SureshGopi, Urvasi, Jayaram, Babu Antony, Silk Smitha, etc. -O.K.
37. KSHANAKATHU - Niyas, Athira, Thilakan, Lakshmi, Ummer, etc. - teenage love
		  story; O.K.
38. MALOOTTY - Jayaram, Urvasi, Baby Shyamli, KPAC Lalitha, etc. - O.K.
39. ULTSAVAPPITTANNU - Mohanlal, Parvathi, Sukumaran, Sumithra, etc. - good.
40. ANANDHAVRITHANTHAM - Innocent, Saikumar, Ranjini, etc. - Hmm...comedy.

      That's all for now. I've got the list of the movies of '89-'90 too. If 
you're interested, I'll post that too.

regards, 
MJN, RMIT,
Melbourne, Australia.
  
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