Thiruvambadi Thamban

Thiruvambadi Thamban (Malayalam: തിരുവമ്പാടി തമ്പാൻ) is a 2012 Malayalam film starring Jayaram and Haripriya in lead roles, directed by Padmakumar and written by S. Suresh Babu. It also marks the debut of Tamil actors Thambi Ramaiah and Kishore in Malayalam. It also has Kalabhavan Mani, Nedumudi Venu, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Jagathy Sreekumar in supporting roles. It is also a good budget film.

Release date: May 25, 2012

 (2012-05-25)

Budget : 12 crores

Story

Thiruvambadi Thamban (Jayaram) hails from a family that have been supplying elephants for temple processions for years. To add some romance to the story, Jayaram is given company by Haripriya who plays a Brahmin girl in the film. On the way back to Kerala from the Gajamela at Sonepur, Thiruvambadi Thamban (Jayaram) happens to confront Shaktivel (Kishore) in Tamil Nadu. Shaktivel is a cruel politician and landlord and the character of Jayaram fails to understand that he rules the place. Soon, in a fast tracked series of events, Shaktivel and his men go in search for Thamban and his people. Thiruvambadi Thamban follows a never ending travail of son trying to save his father from an extremely dangerous enemy.

Hit Songs

Not Yet

BoxOffice Result

The film, filled with emotions, actions, romance and comedy has nothing new to offer. In spite of great actors and a good budget, Thiruvambadi Thamban fails to create the impact that was expected, considering it has Jayaram in the lead. The script of Thiruvambadi Thamban is extremely shaky, and that is the biggest flaw in the film. Padmakumar takes us aimlessly around the narrative, especially in the first one hour. It ultimately leaves the audience wondering what the director is trying to convey! After the turbulent one hour, suddenly the narrative changes and you start expecting some big changes. However, the film cannot hold on its own.

India Glitz states that just watchable

Overal Rating: 2.5/5

Verdict: Average

Hero (2012 film)

Hero is a 2012 Malayalam Action thriller film directed by Diphan of Puthiya Mukham fame. It stars Prithviraj, Srikanth and Bollywood star Yami Gautam in lead roles.. The film is produced by Vijayakumar. The soundtrack is scored by Gopi Sunder along with lyrics by Anil Panachooran.
Release date(s) May 25, 2012.

Story

Devarajan master (Thalaivasal Vijay) is a famous stunt master who worked in many films and have alot of students. He was out from the field for a long time. Devarajan master needs some money for his daughters marrriage. So he visits one of his old student Aadhityan(Anoop Menon), who is one of the famous and top rated Directors in the film industry. Aadhityan gives chance to master. Master seeks help from his several students to assist him for the job, but no one helps him. He visits Tarzan Antony(Prithviraj) who was his favorite student who left him because of some issues. Tarzan agrees and joins the set. There he meets the hero of the film Premanand (Srikanth),who is the son of Home minister and Heroine Gowri Menon(Yami Gautam),who is one of the top actresses in the industry. Premanand is like a sinking ship and deserves a hit, so he joins his friend Aadhityan for the movie. Meanwhile Premanand likes Gowri and wants to marry her. He tries to impress her in several ways but she didnt mind him. Tarzan's dedication to his works and amazing stunts impress Gowri. The movie gets released and it becomes a grand hit. Audience who dont know the actual hero behind the screen appreciates Premanand for the action seqences while Gowri,Aadhityan and the whole crew appreciates Tarzan for his work. Gowri and Tarzan fall in love with each other. Premanand decides to destroy Tarzan who is a hindrence between him and Gowri. At that time Aadhityan announces his next project with same cast and crew. Premanand wants to remove Tarzan from the project.

Hit Songs

Not Yet

BoxOffice Results

The film was released on may 25 with negative reviews from both the critics and viewers calling it a logicless action film.

Overal Rating: 2/5

Verdict: Average

Mallu Singh

Mallu Singh (Malayalam: മല്ലൂസിംഗ്) is a 2012 Malayalam  film directed by Vyshakh, starring Unni Mukundan, Samvrutha Sunil and Kunchacko Boban. Release on May 4, 2012.
 Budget 6 crore (US$1.2 million) .

Story

Hari has been missing for more than seven years and Ani wanted to find him. Hari was Ani's friend from childhood; besides Ani's little sister Ashwathi's wedding was almost finalized with Hari, her cousin. So Ani sets forth to Punjab with great expectations of finding Hari. He was not sure why Hari had to disappear especially when you know the depth of his love to Ashwathi. He found his mother in tears most of the time and watching her, he decided that he must reach Hari somehow.
In Punjab, he arrives in Mallu Street and to his wonder, he locates Hari. But Hari's name is Harinder Singh, he courts a beard and turban and his attire is purely Punjabi. Even in his behavior, Harinder Singh alias Mallu Singh looks a typical Punjabi. Ani wanted to make sure about Hari's identity and so decides to stay put for a longer period. While contemplating the hurdles he has to overcome in a strange land to learn the truth, help arrives in the form of Karthi and Pappan. Together, the three go in search of proof to make sure that Mallu Singh is Hari. Somewhere along the line, Suseelan joins the threesome making the situation worse. Suseelan came to Punjab to start a hair cutting saloon but on finding that no one in Punjab cuts his hair, took up cycle repair as his occupation for survival. Their probes and inquiries lead them through many adventures and they are featured very humorously in Mallu Singh.

Hit Songs

• Cham Cham

• Kakkamalayile

BoxOffice Results


The film opened to mixed reviews with the critic.

• "Malayalam Net":- gave a rating of 2.25/5 and said that "Mallu Singh" is an average entertainer with very good direction which makes it watchable once..

• Times of India giving it a two stars out of five.

• Sify.com gave it an average rating and stated it had a weak script, with a failed attempt from Kunchacko Boban in protray his role and scriptwriter in his unrealistic story.

• Rediff.com gave a rating of 2/5, and stated that there was nothing original about Mallu Singh.

• Nowrunning.com gave a rating of 1.5/5, 'Mallu Singh' disappoints you on multiple levels; regarding the story, the script and above everything else in its failure to proffer its talented lead actor a challenging role that could have made a whole lot of a difference.

Overall Rating : 2.5/5


Verdict: Above Average

Diamond Necklace (film)

Diamond Necklace is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by Lal Jose, starring Fahad Fazil, Samvrutha Sunil, Gauthami Nair and Anusree in the lead roles. Released on May 4, the film received positive reviews from critics.

Story


It tells the story of a young high flying oncologist working in the Middle East. where we saw the low life of the working class in Dubai and here we see the razzle-dazzle of the rich that can starry-eyed youngsters.
Dr. Arun (Fahadh Faasil) lives off plastic money (he is shown carrying around a wallet full of credit cards), drives swanky cars and enjoys life to the hilt without worrying about the future. The risk of such a lifestyle comes into focus when we see his car being towed by the creditors. Next we get to see that his upmarket lifestyle is like a house of cards, as he is banned from leaving the country by his creditors, even to see his sick mother.
The focus is on his relationship with the people around him. There is Savithri Akka (Rohini), his boss in the hospital who, in a sense, spoils him with sisterly affection.
Lakshmi [Gautami Nair], a newly recruited Tamil nurse in his department may be the first girl Arun is seriously smitten by. Rajasree is played by débutante,Anusree with whom he is tricked into marriage.

Hit Songs

"Nilamalare"

BoxOffice Result

Diamond Necklace was released on 4 May to positive reviews by critics. The movie was profitable from day one. Close to 2 crore was recovered from Satelite, video, and overseas rights. Joy Alukkas group and Max Supermarket gave 80 Lakhs to market their name with this movie. The movie was Released in 24 theaters. 10 more theaters were added for the second week. Now successfully running in 34 theaters in Kerala.

• "Malayalam Net":- gave a good rating of 3/5 and said that "Diamond Necklace" is a Brilliant Movie.

• Rediff rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and concluded that "One can just end by saying that Lal Jose puts his might behind the change sweeping Malayalam Cinema of late and has come out with a Diamond Necklace that is not to be missed."

• Times of India gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and commented "it is a beautifully shot movie put together with some stirring moments and hearty one-liners by script writer Dr Iqbal Kuttipuram."

• A critic from oneindia.com gave the film a positive review by saying it is definitly worth watch and praised acting of Fahad Fazil by commenting "Fahad Fazil is outstanding as usual."

• Veeyen of Nowrunning.com rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and said "Diamond Necklace is a tender and hypnotically moving film, the serenity of which is quite deceptive. Underlying its silent sparkle is a fascinating tale, and the discerning viewer who can read between the lines, could unearth layers of meaning beneath its glint!".

• Metromatinee.com also given a positive review by commenting "Diamond Necklace Glitters", and praised the performance of Fahad Fazil and Samvrutha Sunil.

       Overall rating: 3/5


Verdict: Hit

Grandmaster (film)

Grandmaster is a 2012 Indian neo-noir thriller film directed by B. Unnikrishnan, starring Mohanlal, Narain, Anoop Menon, Priyamani, Jagathy Sreekumar, and Babu Antony in the lead roles. The film is produced by UTV Motion Pictures. The film was released on 3rd May, 2012 and garnered  mixed response from the critics and the audience upon its release.
Budget  5.9 crore

Story

Mohanlal takes up the role of a divorcee in the film,Grandmaster. He lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even when unlawful incidents take place around him, he withdraws himself from all responsibilities and is happy to live quietly. But he is forced to change and take up his duties and responsibilities. Like a grandmaster who anticipates his opponents moves well in advance, he proceeds forward. But once, just once, he makes a fatal mistake.

Hit songs

  Not yet


Box Office Result


The film was released on 3rd May and received mixed reviews.
Rediff rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and praised the acting of Mohanlal, but it didn't comes to the expectation.
 Sify rated the movie as "Above Average" and said that the filim will be a good entertainment to the fans only.
Metromatinee slated Grandmaster is a nice watchable movie and said without Mohanlal the movie will be a flop, the filim is little bit only of Mohanlal.

Overall Rating: 2.5/5


Verdict : Entertainment

22 Female Kottayam

22 Female Kottayam is a 2012 Malayalam revenge film directed by Aashiq Abu, starring Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil. The film draws inspiration (credited as ‘filmography’) from Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, Sriram Raghavan’s Ek Hasina Thi and N. Sankaran Nair’s Cabaret Dancer.
Released on April 13, 2012, the film received positive reviews from critics. It was also well received at the box-office due to positive word of mouth.
Budget  2.5 crores

Story

Tessa (Rima Kallingal) is a nursing student in Bangalore with plans of traveling to Canada for a career. She meets Cyril (Fahad Fazil) from a travel consultancy while working with the agency for setting up her Visa. They soon fall in love and start living together. One day they go to a pub where a few people misbehave with Tessa and Cyril beats them up. Later that day they came to know that the guys who were beaten up were people with political connections and they were planning to chop off Cyril's arms. Cyril goes underground for two days and with the help of his boss Hegde (Prathap Pothen), tries to calm the situation down. But while Hedge is at Cyril's home informing Tessa about this situation, he rapes her brutally.
When Cyril comes to know about it, he wants to take revenge, but Tessa calms him down saying that she does not want to commit suicide. Once Tessa recovers from her injuries, Hegde visits her again while Cyril is not around and rapes her again. Tessa decides not to travel abroad and plans to take revenge on Hegde. But soon as part of their carefully implemented plot, police seizes drugs from Tessa's handbag and imprisons her, and there she realises that Cyril is behind all these incidents.
Tessa moves throgh the bitter surroundings of prison and asks to share the cell with a pregnant lady who is notorious among those prisoners. With the help of that lady, Tessa takes revenge against Cyril and Hegde.

Hit Songs

• "Chillane"
• "Thotte Thott"

Box Office Result

The film received positive reviews upon release. Times of india rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, concluding that "The film has a theme as old as the Kannaki myth but comes nowhere near in terms of inspiration." Rediff.com also rated the film 3 out of 5 star praising the direction of Aashiq Abu by saying "Ashique Abu adds a distinct style to his direction with 22 Female Kottayam" Sify.com rated the film as good and also said that "22 Female Kottayam may be far from perfect, but it is a movie in the right direction. Such efforts should be well appreciated, as it is a step that leads to better cinema.". Nowrunning.com rated the film 3/5 and said "Big hugs, Mr. Abu for gifting us with this fighter female, 22 years old, from Kottayam. And an extra big hug for not parading her as a virgin." Metro Matinee rated film as "Excellent" and said 'Aashique abu's 22FK is refreshing theme with superb execution.

Overall Rating: 3/5

Verdict : Hit

Cobra

Cobra is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by Lal, starring Mammootty and Lal in the lead roles. The film is a comedy-action-thriller. The movie was composed by Alex Paul, and background score by Deepak Dev. It got a tremendous opening in vishu season.

This is first time Lal has directed a super-star film alone. And this was the first film directed by Lal with Mammootty as the hero.Lal has produced some other Mammootty films like Hitler, Black and Thommanum Makkalum which was becomes a huge hit. Actor Lalu Alex had sang 4 lines of the song "Ente Nenjinullile".

Release date(s) 12 April 2012
Budget  4.5 crore

Hit Songs

• "Ente Nenjinullil"

Box Office Result

The movie got a tremendous opening for the vishu season getting in a share of 2.78 crore in first five days.^[10] .It has garnered a gross collection of 5.10 crores by the end of the two weeks, and could safely be called a winning proposition for the producers.

The film was released on 12 April 2012 and got mixed reviews mostly on the positive side from audience.

• "Theater Balcony":- gave a rating of ,explaining that "Cobra" is a fine mix of some good comedy, good direction, simple story, romance, fine action and some good emotional scene. Also they sum up,Cobra will end up as a good entertaining movie to celebrate the festival.

• "MetroMatinee":- rated the film as a good entertainer,But little more expected.

• "Malayalam Net":- gave a good rating of 2.5/5 and said that "Cobra" is a genuine entertainer for this vacation season

Overall Rating: 2.5/5


Verdict : Entertainment

Mayamohini

Mayamohini (Malayalam: മായാമോഹിനി) is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by Jose Thomas and written by Udayakrishna-Siby K. Thomas, starring Dileep, Lakshmi Rai, Biju Menon and Mythili in the lead roles.
Release date(s) April 7, 2012
Budget :- 4.5 crore

Story

The film starts with a plane accident in which a small child narrowly escapes. He is then looked after by his maternal uncle, vijayaraghavan and all the family's wealth will be inherited to him. But in the future he should marry a girl whose star is Chothi nashatra (superstitious beliefs) only then will he prosper in life. The boy grows up to be a young man Balakrishnan (Biju Menon), who is unsuccessful in anything he does.
He falls in love with Maya (Lakshmi Rai), the daughter of a wealthy businessman named Patella, who is settled in Mumbai. He then takes her with him and marries her. In the meantime Lakshmi, a friend of Balakrishnan tries to convince and Balakrishnan's uncle about the marriage and the uncle agrees to visit the couple. But then,on the second day of the marriage Maya leaves him.
Balakrishnan did not want his uncle to know that his wife left him, so he hires a girl Mayamohini (Dileep) to act as his wife. The story continues with many twists and in the later it is revealed that Mayamohini is actually a man named Mohan, Dileep who the Kerala Police had been searching for so long. He had been put into a trap by Patella and his men, who killed Mohan's father to get hold of their property. Balakrishnan agrees to help him in his quest, meanwhile Mohan falls in love with the daughter of a police officer. Later Patella is killed by Mohan.

 Hit Songs

•  "Aavanipaadam"

• "Ullil Kothidivarum" 

 Box Office Results

• Metro Matinee rated the film as Entertaining and said "Mayamohini certainly follows the same old formula, but even then it is a fairly enjoyable ride.
• Sify rated the film as a Comedy Caper and said "With a briskly paced first half and a more serious second half, Mayamohini still turn out to be a nice option, for the summer holidays.
• TheaterBalcony rated the film as 3/5 and also said that "A movie only to laugh, without thinking much about story and other stuffs, and definitely this will end up as one of the good comedy movie in the recent times.

Overall Rating: 2.5/5

Verdict: Above average hit