MALAYALAM CINEMA 2009- oru thirinju nottam

[~SaaThaaN~]

Main Releases – 2009



Highest Grossing Films

PazhassiRaja
2 Harihar Nagar
Bhagyadevatha
PutiyaMukham
Bhramaram
Ivar Vivahitarayal
Passenger
Robinhood
Sagar Alias Jacky
Makante Achan
highest gross according to various sites and news


Films which do not make loss to the producers
Loud Speaker
Duplicate
Gulumaal
Neelathamara
Black and White Kudumbam

Critically Acclaimed
Pazhassi Raja
Kerala Cafe
Bhramaram
Loud Speaker
Rithu
Neelathamara

Disasters
Love in Singapore
Bhagavan
Angel John
Moz and Cat

Worst Films of 2009
Love in Singapore
Bhagavan
EE pattanatil bhootham
Angel John
Moss n cat
Kappal Muthalali
Chemistry
RahasyaPolice

Mammooty 2009

Acted in the Classic Thriller Pazhassi Raja
The highest collected film of 2009
Other Films like Palerimanikyam Loud Speaker are critically acclaimed and a good class of films
Daddycool avg grosser
ee pattanathil bhootham and Love in Singapore are the 2 main flops of Mammooty in year 2009

Achievements for Mamooka include

brand Ambassador of kerala Volleyball team
Chief Guest in Indian Panorama
in Dubai Film festival etc


Mohanlal 2009

Bhramaram - was a good viewing experience to the Public as well as Critics and it is one of his best perfomance in recent years
Much awaited sagar alias jacky does nt come upto d mark .. but managed to recover its production cost and its an avg grosser
Unnaipol Oruvan with Kamal hassan became a super hit in Tamil nadu but a flop in Kerala
Red Chillies - which had a good initial collection but doesnt maintain that collection ran for 68 days
Bhagavan and Angel John the disasters in his career


another achievements include

1) Lieutenant Colonel Designation by the Indian Territorial Army which is a citizen's segment of the Indian Army.
2) People of the Year Award with other 19 legends from different fields - Limca Book of Records
3) Honorary Doctorate or D.Litt by Sree Sankara Sanskrit University, Kalady
5) Sree Chithira Thirunal National Award
6) Annual Malayalam Movie Awards (Dubai) Best Actor - Bhramaram


Films which made Loss, of main stars

Love In Singapore
Colours
Red Chillies
Hailesa
Samasthakeralam P.O

Moss & Cat
Currency
Bhagavan
Calender
Nammal Thammil

Eee Pattanathil Bootam
Dalamarmarangal
Kaana kanmani
Duplicate
Robinhood
Angel John

Films which cannot perform according to the hype

Love In Singapore
Eee Pattanathil Bootam
Sagar Alias Jacky
Redchillies
Robinhood
Daddycool

Jayasurya The youth star of 2009
Ivar Vivahitharayal
Vairam
B/W Kudumbam
Utharaswayamvaram
Gulumal-The Escape

Ethavana Kerala state award nomination kittan sadyatha ullavar

1.Innocent: Patham Nilayile Theevandi
2.Mohanlal: Brahmaram
3.Mammootty: Kuttysranku

[Perumal]

Comedy Of the Year.. SAJ Managed to recover the Production Cost..

Bhramaram ahead of Passenger & ivar Vivahitharayal.. Kollam.. Good Report.. Ithu Sify yude report ayorikkum..

[Perumal]

Mammookka kku Kittiya D.Lit onnum nee koottiyille.. Kerala University yude orennam Pnne innu Calicut University yude verorennam koode..
Award : Ramu Karyattu Award 4 Best Actor

Definitely Mammookka is the Man Of the Year & Decade..

[BALRAM]

Thanks friend

[Neelakandan]

Originally Posted by Kuttanadan

Mammookka kku Kittiya D.Lit onnum nee koottiyille.. Kerala University yude orennam Pnne innu Calicut University yude verorennam koode..
Award : Ramu Karyattu Award 4 Best Actor

Definitely Mammookka is the Man Of the Year & Decade..

decade oo?? 2009 mammu-nte year thanne but othri hits illa, he got some good films that's all. decade-il othri nalla movies vannittu onde for both mohanlal and mammu.. athu konde decade ennu onnum parayanda even jayasuriya-kku thanne hits othri onde.. achievements nokumbol 2009 lal-nu nalla year ayarinnu
performance wise Bhramaram-PM-Kuttisrank aanu PR-il onnum thanne mammu-nu cheyan illa, u should admit that
dennis itta list-il mistakes onde but mostly accurate aanu

[Perumal]

Originally Posted by Neelakandan

decade oo?? 2009 mammu-nte year thanne but othri hits illa, he got some good films that's all. decade-il othri nalla movies vannittu onde for both mohanlal and mammu.. athu konde decade ennu onnum parayanda even jayasuriya-kku thanne hits othri onde.. achievements nokumbol 2009 lal-nu nalla year ayarinnu
performance wise Bhramaram-PM-Kuttisrank aanu PR-il onnum thanne mammu-nu cheyan illa, u should admit that
dennis itta list-il mistakes onde but mostly accurate aanu

Enthonnu Accuracy.. ithu etho Lalappan Foruthil vannathu athepole copy cheythu kondu ittirikkuvanu Allathe onnumilla..

[Neelakandan]

Originally Posted by Kuttanadan

Enthonnu Accuracy.. ithu etho Lalappan Foruthil vannathu athepole copy cheythu kondu ittirikkuvanu Allathe onnumilla..

lal forum engil bhramram hit list-il idamarinnu.. lalettante movies ellam hit list-il idamarinnu ille?? ithil 2 actors-ineyum equal ayittu judge cheyittu onde

[KantharI]

nice share da appi

[Raj Style Raj]

2009, A Fantastic Year for Malayalam Cinema

Here is a report about Malayalam cinema in 2009. Christmas releases and latest releases are not included.

Blockbuster
Pazhassi Raja

Superhits
To Harihar Nagar
Bhagyadevatha
Puthiya Mukham
Passenger
Paleri Manikyam – May turn out to be a super Hit because of strong mouth publicity

Hits
Makante Achan
Ivar Vivahitharaayal
Daddy Cool
Loud Speaker

Average Hits
Bhramaram
Robinhood
Kerala Cafe
Neelathamara
Pattanathil Bhootham

This is a fantastic record for Malayalam cinema for the past few years.
Lets see how our favourite actors performed in 2009

Mammootty
This must be one of the best years for Mammootty. He had only one flop in 2009 – Love in Singapore which was released in January. Then came Ee Pattanathil Bootham which was an Average Hit . Next was Daddy Cool directed by the debutant Ashiq Abu. The film was a hit and had a fresh look. Next came Jayaraj’s Loud Speaker which was very well appreciated by the audience as well as the critics.
The next movie, Pazhassi Raja broke all records and was declared a blockbuster even before completing 25 days. It got the highest hype ever in Malayalam film history. Pazhassiraja must be the biggest hit of Mammootty in his 30 year career.
Paleri Manikyam – Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha directed by Renjith is Mammootty’s second last release in 2009. The movie is getting rave reviews from all corners. And the big Christmas release of Mammootty is Chattambi Nadu directed by Shafi and scripted by Benny P Nayarambalam.
All in all a fantastic year for Mammootty.

Mohanlal
2009 has been a horrible year for Mohanlal. His first release was Red Chillies which was meant to be only for die hard Lal fans. But even they could not save the movie from becoming a flop. Then came the most hyped movie of Mohanlal in his career – Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded which was directed by Big B fame Amal Neerad. The film was a flop and is considered as one of the worst ever defeats for Mohanlal. Then came the experimental movie Bhagavan which was shot in 24 hours. The theaters which screened the movie were empty from day 2 onwards.
Bramaram directed by Blessy came next. It was an excellent movie with an exceptional performance by Lal. But it was only an average hit at the box office. May be because of the serious theme.
Angel John which came just after Pazhassiraja was a flop.
Christmas release of Mohanlal is James Albert scripted Roshan Andrews directed family movie Ividam Swargam Anu

Prithviraj
Prithviraj had 4 releases – Nammal Thammil, Calender, Puthiya Mukham, Robin Hood

Nammal Thammil bombed. Calender directed by actor Mahesh did not do well. Then came PuthiyaMukham directed by a debutant Deephan. The film was a super hit and is considered as a big step to Superstardom for Prithviraj. His last release was the big budgeted Robin Hood directed by veteran Joshy. The movie was only an average hit and did not recover its huge production costs.

Dileep
A bad year for Dileep. Colors and Moz n Cat were flops. But Passenger which also had Sreenivasan doing a more important role was a surprise super hit. Swa Le, which got mixed reviews did not do well at the box office.

Jayaram
Out of all releases of Jayaram, only Bhagyadevatha directed by Sathyan Anthikad became a super hit. Kanakanmani directed by Veruthe Oru Barya fame Akku Akbar and distributed by Playhouse didn’t do well at the box office. The movie was a remake of same director’s Hindi flop Gouri.

Suresh Gopi
Suresh Gopi didn’t get a good hit in 2009. IG was an average grosser at box office. All others were flops.

Jayasoorya had a hit in 2009 – Ivar Vivahitharaayal.

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To Harihar Nagar which was the sequel to In Harihar Nagar was a super hit. Director Lal has already started shooting for the 3rd part of the movie.

And Renjith’s experimental movie Kerala Cafe was an average hit.

Lal Jose’s Neelathamara which was the first official remake in Malayalam was only a semi hit.

Rithu, directed by Shyama Prasad was a good movie, but didn’t do well at the box office.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Oru Pennum Randanum got released in a few centers in Kerala. The movie gathered some good reviews.

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New Faces
Most notable among new actors and actresses debuted in 2009 are Archana (Neelathamara), Kailesh(Neelathamara), Rima (Rithu and Neelathamara) and Nishan(Rithu). Archana, who has already got lots of offers after Neelathamara, is going to make it big in Malayalam film industry.

Theater artists who debuted in Palerimanikyam and Asif Ali who debuted in Rithu are also promising.

And Mammootty has introduced 4 new faces through Mammootty, The Best Actor Award reality show. Lets hope his promise of casting them in his own Playhouse’s movies will be kept.

Debutant Directors
We have 2 new young promising directors
Ranjith Sankar who directed Passenger
Aashiq Abu who directed the super cool Daddy Cool

Comebacks
Music director Deepak Dev has made a grant comeback with Puthiya Mukham. 3 songs of Puthiya Mukham topped the charts.
Director Jayaraj got a good hit(Loudpspeaker) after 4 The People, which was released in 2004.
Hariharan got one of the best hits in his career through Pazhassiraja.
Kaniha returned to Malayalam after the flop Ennittum with two superhits – Bagyadevatha and Pazhassiraja.
Deepan who had earlier directed the flop Leader had made a strong comeback with the superhit Puthiya Mukham

Rare Stuff
Veteran writer MT Vasudevan Nair penned scripts for two movies in 2009 – Pazhassiraja and Neelathamara

Different Attempts

Kerala Cafe directed by 10 directors and Paleri Manikyam were different and bold attempts . And they worked also. Kudos to Renjith for that.

Major Events
Mohanlal honoured with Lieutenant Colonel rank in the Territorial Army
Resul Pookkutty won the Oscar Award for Sound Mixing
Malayalam Movie Technicians sweeps National Film Awards, 2007
Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Mammootty got honorary doctorates from Kerala University
Release of Pazhassiraja – മലയാള സിനിമയിലെ താരാരാധന എത്രത്തോളം എത്തിയെന്ന് പഴശ്ശിരാജയിലൂടെ നമ്മുക്ക് കാണാന്* സാധിച്ചു.
Sad Demises
Malayalam cinema lost these irreplaceable film personalities in 2009
Rajan P Dev
Murali
Lohithadas
Adoor Bavani


This year had too many hits. This is not a common thing considering the past few years.

എല്ലാം കൊണ്ടും ഒരു സംഭവബഹുലമായ വര്*ഷം ആയിരുന്നു രണ്ടായിരത്തി ഒമ്പത്. മലയാള സിനിമ ശക്തമായ ഒരു തിരിച്ചുവരവാണ് നടത്തിയിരിക്കുന്� � �ത്. കുറേ വര്*ഷങ്ങള്*ക്കു ശേഷം ആണ് മലയാളം സിനിമയ്ക്കു ഇത്രയധികം ഹിറ്റുകള്* ഒരു വര്*ഷം കിട്ടുന്നത്.

All in all 2009 was a fantastic year for Malayalam Cinema. Is this the beginning of the next Golden Era in Malayalam movie history?

References
My own research and reviews
Inputs from my friends
Sify Movies
Indiaglitz

Cinebuzz
Rediff Movies
Metromatinee
ZonKerala
IMDB and Wiki
And various movie sites and forums

[Perumal]

Pavam Lalappanu Oru Avg Hit Mathram

[KantharI]

...nice share

[BALRAM]

Thanks friend