Malayalam Cinema 101 | FC PopCorn | A Film Companion Original
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2023
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What makes Malayalam Cinema unique, in comparison to its South Indian counterparts? Vishal Menon & Suchin Mehrotra come together to break it down. They also shed light on the star power of the likes of Mammootty & Mohanlal, and anecdotes from the Malayalam Film Industry.
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When u talk of Malayalam cinema the Hindi audience needs to realise that some of their most celebrated movies were actually Malayalam original movies..priyadarsan came about and took the stories to a different level in a different language which was nice tbh..when I hear about the latest buzz on Hera pheri 3..i remember our own original Ramjirao speaking..which was an actual gem of a movie..
Not just hindi even in other lang too
Even those originals were inspired or copied from English movies..so nobody is a saint here..but the ability to adapt into local language is top notch..comic timings , dialogues and performance and even the aesthetics are top class.no other industry can match those aspects
Bollywood industry also has quality Realistic movies most of them are better than Malayalam Realistic movies after 2015. But it always remains underrated infront of Star kid movies or Stardom movies that run the industry. Superstardom movies or Celebration or Comedy movies are reason for sustaining every Industry including Malayalam. It should be happened in every 3 months of time otherwise it causes the industry in dim just like Malayalam movies fall in early 2000s .There are just 10% of people among movie lovers prefers Realistic Cinema others are watching because it has great appreciation from critics eventhough audience never understand or dislikes that movie they just go with flow. Actually Almost 90 % of movie lovers prefers Mass Comedy Celebration type movie or Villain Centred movie Realistic Cinema is for 10% audience loves to watch. Out of 100 Realistic movies in a year only 1 or 2 hits at box-office. Hit rate of these types of movies causes the whole industry turns into a big margin of loss. May be producers get Realistic movies money from ott but for movie lovers and Theatre owners it's just a burden
@@wildwolf7777 Bollywood great industry of india but mafia all dirt buisnes dont use the real talent of people know.Chup is an exellent movie became average on box office and less screen allowted...
@@vipinkumarvv7496 well u know if so they wld had bought remake rights from original English version.I even heard drisyam isnt original from many hindi public, there is a Japanese movie which is original but still Chinese producers bought remake right from malayalam makers not from Japan which proves its total diff movies.
I am a huge fan of Malyalam movies. It reflects the real stories, the way Bengali movies were in the 70s and 80s. Plus there are great performers and has a different kind of story telling
@bb please check Gautam Ghosh Kaushik Ganguly, Atanu Ghosh's movies as well. Bengali films are not only restricted to Satyajit, Mrinal and Rithik. Yes I agree to the fact that the quality of stories have degraded now. But I am hopeful.
@bb true that was a different era altogether
@@user-hc6pl7no8v missing comedy entertainer in Malayalam
@@user-hc6pl7no8v currently
Agreed and I wish to see more of amazing Bengali movies again. The challenge in modern bengal is “Bollywood” movies and likes of it eating up theaters making it tough for good content to come on screen. Malayalam movies had a bad phase too and I hope bengali golden times are back soon
I think also one of the reasons why we don’t associate Mass Commercial cinema so much with Malayalam movies is because the audience are very questioning in the sense that, if you stitch together a Mass movie with actions that defy our understanding of what is technically physically possible, without being able to convince the audience extremely well that in fact he/she has some super powers, we’ll easily cringe or laugh it off. I mean, I think the Malayali audience can accept Mass more when it is done in other industries by other actors, but when our own actors do that, we can be very sceptical. I think we are quite used to the format of cinema being as closer to real life as possible that when we see something that strays so further away from reality, it puts us off easily. I think it is also one of the reasons why our movies were not quite appealing to us in the early 2000s, when we moved away from the real life narrative formats and tried to follow what the other south industries were doing. Action or commercial or anything, but don’t question the audience’s intelligence!
@@kochikame363it is extremely believable in these movies
@@arshaq4200 it is called camp and lot of asian movies do that . there is nothing wrong with it
@@kochikame363because they can execute even impossible stunts in most realistic and entertaining way ....
@@poppoyi malayalam industry?more like one dimensional industry 😂😂keep lying to yourselves...
100% agreed
Strength of the malayalam cinema is its literature. Story writers getting equal importance here. Stories are so deep rooted to our culture. Writers like MT, Lohithadas, Padmarajan, their stories were the back bone of malayalam industry. And I think thats legacy is whats that makes malayalam cinema different from other industry.
Malayali audiences have no issues with mass movies, most of the biggest hits came from malayalam industry are mass movies.... We don't like over mass scenes which we feel funny like the villain fly over a long distance with a small touch from the hero, or a car flies when the hero kicks it... All movies are setting in it's own logical world... If a superhero does like this, then that movie is within it's logical world, if hero is a normal human being, it feels like a cringest scene... The movie needs a proper explanation and a make belief to the scene........ In KGF, all what is showing as mass scenes are feels like believable because of its making... That's called make belief in movies..... Thus KGF is highly appreciated by the malayali audiences, if it was in other so called mass masala illogical genre, then it won't get this welcoming in Kerala........ So if a mass movie like KGF is made from malayalam, then definately it will became a huge success here for sure...... We have no problem with mass movies, only we don't like some over action movies, that's all👍🏻
I feel it is because majority of the heroes - Jayan, Madhu, Mammooty, Mohanlal, Shobhana, Urvashi, Murali, Joju George many more - they came in with almost nothing, risking many things. They were true to their heart - and that reflected in screen. They liked acting so they came, not because of the money or power. Not just heroes, many other actors as well. This mindset along with luck and similarly passionate script writers and directors combined helped Malayalam movies become great. I think it was just a lucky time for all of us.
"My dear Kuttichathan" is the first pan indian movie and its from malayalam film industry
Watch again and again 80's,90's malaylam movie
content is the king. Malayalam movie is full of talents be it Director, Actor, Content creator etc. Rich of talents
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Hey Kiara, you can listen to the full episode for free 😇 click this link: link.chtbl.com/malayalamcinema
i completed it on spotify nice interview
1. MAMMOOTTY
2.MOHANLAL
3.DULQUER SALMAN
4.FAHADH FASIL
5.PRITHVIRAJ
6.TOVINO
7.NIVIN POULY
8.VINEETH SREENIVASAN
9.BASIL JOSEPH
10.SURAJ
Mohanlal then mammoty
@@illuminanti8161 Mammootty then mohanlal
@@vishnu3753 interms of seniority mamotty then lal
But interms of stardom mohanlal then ikka
'malayalam movie industry' has till date created an environment where actors could act naturally.
Nice one Suchin, agree a good film is a good film irrespective of the language
Dulqer Salmaan new defination malayalam mivie micro acting peak actor
Ningal sherikum lal fan anno
Fafa... Always rock.. 🔥
This talk was only about how Malayalam cinema can become more typical commercial. And honestly we need to talk more of why and how other film industries are not on the level of Malayalam cinema when it comes to actually good interesting cinema that are brilliantly written. That is what's commercial in malayalam. Not these kgfs and rrr that can be found in spades.
Tamil was actually good
No one wants to compete with one dimensional industry... Anyone can make movies like great indian kitchen, premam etc... But malayalam industry can't make RRR, vikram and KGF...
@@hyena5313 any one can make such kind of movies then why you are not making such kind of movies instead of nonsense super Action movies. The main fact is that most of the hit films of every industry is a remake of Malayalam cinema.
@@abingeorge6165 because our action movies overshadowed the other low budget movies.... We are not ONE DIMENSIONAL... Let that sink in...
No one would give a shit about hollywood if the produce only Forrest Gump, Shawshank redemption etc... Hwood is what it is only because of variety... Your industry is light years behind interms of variety...
@@hyena5313 who told you variety is less in the Malayalam film industry? Balayya doing some cringe doesn't make telugu industry diverse. Sorry if anything Telugu industry is the most one dimensional industry with only cringe masala movies maximum to its credit
For d literature loving Malayali movie buffs like myself, Bahubali is lion king played by actual humans n similar success which that movie has found can be replicated in Malayalam with only0.1 % coz a deserving script has nvr been unearthed yet. For us, it’s content over form, any day !!! Not a Prithviraj fan for d very same reasons. He has been trying to bring both very badly, however to no avail. There’s that fine line that has to be crossed or needs to be maintained for making such a movie in Malayalam.
Real problem now in malayalam is finance inspite of the immense talent.
Malayalam movies should not ape masala films of Telugu. Malayalam movies are good because they're realistic and rooted
Maybe they should if they want a golden globe or Oscar nomination because no one knows your industry even exists
@@VARMOT123 Come out of the dream brother, No Telugu film will be getting an award for best movie, actors or cinematography or any core movie awards.
They might get popular movie or music or something of that sorts.
Realistic movies മാത്രമേ ഒള്ളു.. Zombie , science fiction, space, എങ്ങനത്തെ മൂവീസ് എത്ര എണ്ണം ഉണ്ട് മലയാളത്തിൽ... Tamil flim industry എല്ലാ type moviesum ഉണ്ട്.. Content വേണോ, logic ഒള്ളത് വേണോ ഇല്ലാത്തതു വേണോ, എല്ലാ type moviesum അവിടെ ഉണ്ട്....
@@rasputin774atleast we have Oscar bro
Be happy with mediocre national awards
Telugu films are known world wide with applause from pop culture hubs like USA and Japan
What about mallu movies? Even tamizh dominates your movies in your own state
One thing that we need to understand is there is no need for a Malayalam movie to showcase the grandeur or the budget something similar to RRR or KGF or Baahubali. The producers will never put that much amount of money due to multiple reasons:
1. The theatre tickets in Kerala cost from Rs.40-Rs.150/- even in the metropolitan cities like Kochi.
2. They have screens around of radius of 2-3 kms. but the ticket costs are so less that it becomes difficult to project those numbers.
3. Malayalam movies hardly run for 1 week or max 2 weeks with limited shows (even movies of superstars) in other metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Bangalore etc.
4. Now if you compare with Kantara, I would say Kantara was a one off and it is difficult to project same numbers again unless the story is relatable.
The blessing in disguise for Malayalam movies is the small market it caters to. This takes them out of the race with the big budget commercial nauseating movies made everywhere else. Malayalam movies branched out from literature as most of the movie makers were writers. We lost few years in Mohanlals superhero image, but slowly reverted to its roots...
Superhero image mohanlal ??
I am a malayali but I loved the 2000s era of comedy and mass films rather than the realistic ones they are making in the past decade or so...there are guys like me who too prefer the same ...even with so much popularity gained in past few years malayalam films aren't doing great outside Kerala in theaters due to the realism in it..people would prefer watching those realistic ones in OTT rather than theatre coz they aren't grand or aren't eye pleasing...basically it is not an escapism...But majority of them as he said prefer watching tamil movies for mass films.. No wonder why vijay and suriya and allu arjun belong in the top 5 heroes in Kerala apart from the big Ms
Telugu stars are overwhelmingly popular in Hindi belt . That is due to channels like Sony Max spoon feeding telugu movies on a daily basis
The budget constrains of malayalam industry is the main reason, and as he said we do not need to make our own mass movies, as we consider Tamil movie as our own and it can be released and enjoyed across kerala in Tamil even without subtitles .. We may not have panindian malayali movies but definitely have pan indian technicians, original ideas. The latest being DOP of Pathan...Sachith Paulose.
Honestly, I get Malayalies wanting to a good mass movie I am getting bored of watching Telugu mass movies not because they are bad or don't have good production I want variety like big budget fantasy they tried radhe shyam and sita ramam as a big budget grand romance can we have a more big budget movie with more verity
There was a mass movie in malayalam With prthviraj Urmi!
Mollywood 🔥
Suchin stan ❤
Worrying that all discussions are pointed towards "mass" movies, as if that is the ultimate standard to strive for.
Firstly Malayalam cinema isn't popular but it deserves to be for it's writing n performances... One path breaking film should arrive like kgf from kannada Vikram from Tamilnadu bahubali from Telugu. I m sure even malyalam does arrive very very soon
KOK - Dulqar Salmaan's Pan Indian Mass Masala movie from Mollywood
@@ajmalps6836 😂bro I mean a path breaking film not a film which released in languages
Pathbreaking doesn't mean a film which earns in crores or getting acceptance from the Hindi audience. I'm sure all of the industries have better movies than the ones you mentioned.
@@sarathkumars7962 without revenue wouldn't flourish if there is good appreciation from theatres across India number will be done by itself... Watching in ott gives name to the film but Industry wouldn't florisun with name alone higher money we can attempt n make cinema with high quality
@@ajmalps6836 kok won't work much
True, I do love to see mass movies in Tamil, Telugu and kannada but hate our movies doing those types of shenanigans here
Malayalam is the realwood, originality wood, real acting etc
95% malayalam viewers looking for logical convenice, its hard to entertain malayalees without logics. At the sametime they are not logical priority for other industry movies and enjoys the movies 100%.
Malayalam has most no of legendary actors in india.
I am 100% sure malayalam is no 1 position in the creation of movies that passes decades over time and enthusiasting generations
All other industry is now ruling (both acting and boxoffice wise) new super stars But mollywood still rules Big Ms.
Original ? Lol. There is a reddit list of 100 movies copied from Hollywood and Korean
കോപ്പാണ് malayalam movies best🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣... Tamil movie industry is best in india...
@@VARMOT123 Nice Comedy 🤭
@@VARMOT123 reality hurts 😥
@@VARMOT123 if u don't see Malayalam movie u just leave without commenting because those who watches Malayalam movies hurt the most. I am from Delhi and l love Malayalam because those are fresh to our head
We can do mass appealing movies. By mass i didnt mean movies like KGF and bahubali but movies like Kantara, minnal murali, #2018 etc. These are the movies which rooted and at the same time big enough to pull the other lang audience.
I have some expectation on upcoming tovino movie ARM which is rroted to a local fictional period drama
Shouldn't the title be why is malayalam cinema the least popular.
Ya that's what I'm thinking 🤔
Need anupama mam
💥💥
Simple criteria mallu film maker follows here don't underestimate the audience, don't challenge mallu people's intelligence..
So true!! They don’t like to state the obvious within the movie. Instead they allow the audience to come up with their own theories and use context clues to piece together the story.
6:50
As a Malayali and an 80s kid, I have grown up watching several Malayalam films. A mass Malayalam film is a little odd because that charm of Malayalam films compared to other South Indian language films is the subtlety, natural and almost realistic stories. There is no larger than life drama, suspending disbelief, etc compared to say Tamil or Telugu.
However, I feel that a true Malayalam mass film should be made but we have quite a long way to go for that because our whole film making perception has to change to defy our core Malayali audience where say they just accept that we can also do it our own way but make it grandiose like say an RRR with strong memorable story lines. The problem is that attempts were made by Prithiviraj on 'Lucifer' and Basil Joseph's 'Minal Murali'... I am sorry to say that both films were below average. Total waste of a concept and plot.... these films could have been great but it just did not click. 'Minal Murali' was partly hyped more than its actual worth. 'Lucifer' seemed to give more importance to the starcast in it than the story and the plot was a mess of ideas.
Mass movies do not happen just because by default you are spending millions and throwing in a bunch of legends. I think the best approach to take is not to go with this notion that we are going to make a "mass movie" but more by being free and at the same time being true to our roots like how 'Kantara' did for Kannada (which almost reminded me of Malayalam films).
As a malayali we dont need any mass movies.. may be you want it.. but we malayalees don’t need it.. we all made these types of masala mass early… and now we more intelligent people cant watch mass but troll
@@lostworld5667 I think you should read my comments once again. That is not what I talked about. If this is what constitutes a Malayali's "Intelligence, " as you described, then I'd rather remain a fool. Keep on trolling... and as you do, 'RRR' is already sweeping all the international awards! Mad world, isn't it? ;-)
Well said 👌🏻 lucifer n Minnal Murali were overhyped ones.. Even i felt same about hridayam as well
@@sajna011nna pinne Ellam over hyped anu para...
Enni kgf matram Anu world-class nu para....
@@sajna011 namukk pinne Madura raja thurupgulan okke anallo perfect rated
Who is this man... He doesn't know anything about malayalam movies it's core... He doesn't to explain it's essence...
Lucifer was brilliant film
I think Sachin should just let the guest speak.
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Jaya jaya jaya jaya he
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Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
To the malayalies - can we throw way the “Wood” from Our Industry, please never refer to MALAYALAM FILM INDUSTRY with that TAIL , coz we ain’t a copy paste of another industry and we never tried to be like any other Industry not our actors not our contents and not our audience.
So please stop following the way Hindi, Tamil, Telugu industry want that tail in theirs, we don’t want that.
STOP WESTERNIZATION IN THE INDUSTRY AND CULTURE.
True just "Malayalam film industry".
What’s wrong to adapt things that are good from west? We have adapted the movie making from west itself.
@@divyaanto416what then we should address as mollywood.
Kerala people watch all languages movies Hindi Tamil kanada Telugu English and Korean movies.kersla audience so intellectual.
We do make shit movies as well. The latest one is "Monster" played by Mohanlal and "Christopher" done by Mammotty. And, guess what? They went to the trash bin after the first day and there are trillions of trolls on social media about these crap movies. The thing is that we do not like stories that don't make sense even if it is done by a megastar and even he will be trolled left and right. The biggest strength is the matured audience. We do like to watch mass mega action movies from tamil, telugu and hindi as well and treat them as entertainment only. But, when it comes to Malayalam, there is no compromise in the quality of the content and the script writers and directors know about it. That's why they make cult classics like ee.mai. yau, kumbalangi nights, ayyappanum koshiyum, kala, The great Indian kitchen and many other quality movies. A simple story line happens in a small village or a simple incident and the rest is in the hands of script writers, directors , DOP, music directors and of-course actors.
@ 2:41 @vishal is talking about @raunaqmangottil. Hey!! don't jump into criticize Raunaq here. He's a gem. Its just that he's little too much obsessed with Premam.
Unpopular opinion - Malayalam films are not actually popular🙃....
Ok bro , Even rajamouli said malayalam industry has the best script writing in India. Did he say that because it's not popular???
@@dorotan461 So if rajamouli says there is best stories and script then Malayalam cinema is popular....?
Actually Telugu stars and movies were popular in india not because of unique story telling or good scripts.. But because of Sony max and other tv channels from early 2000s made telugu films in Hindi dubbed and the telugu actors and movies were very popular...
After ott shift from audience slowly Malayalam cinemas are popular but not in a big way like Telugu 🤷
@@Santhoshreddy-B i didn't say they were more popular or make more money than Telugu films , I was replying to that guys statement in which he said malayalam films are not at all popular which is not true .
@@Santhoshreddy-B Malayalam cinema are mostly popular for their great writing and realistic films . Every industry has their own charm.
@@dorotan461dude rajamouli is one of the best film makers the country has ever produced so it's actually obvious of him to identify quality films and quality creator's that doesn't mean the wider public is aware of that
Udude malayalam movies and not at all popular its underrated
Malayali audience wants realistic movies.. the mass masala movie will never succeed here.. which cheats science.. there are a lot of trolls for this reason many have trolled telugu and kannada here 😂
But now TELUGU industry changed a lot from 2016 they are also doing realistic films thriller, horror science fiction, all genre films and where audience were accepting..
Mohanlal ❤️
Popular??? Since when??😂
In Malayalam only Mohanlal can do mass
Mommty
Mohanlal>>>>>rest of malayalam actors iykyk
Change this guy…
Dq
Who is this man talking about malayalam movies.. Not convey ing his talk properly.. Should invite someone else who can convey properly.. 😏
popular with whom ?. Most Indian cinema is irrelevant at the world stage . world knows one indian movie now that is RRR.
RRR is Joke😀 Thats the most shameful thing that can happen to indian movie
Well that's not other countries were thinking....
Sadly Indians are crying on RRR were foreigners are supporting it 🤷
Like current state of Hollywood, mollywood also become a woke film industry.....
Only woke feminism movies ....that too forced wokisam and forced political correctness.....it's more like watching a online class on political correctness....no story .....only few dir like LJP , dileesh , basil , ratish balkrishna potuval ect make some real movies.....rest all flow with the wind....more like extend version of shortfilm
iam also from Kerala....we need to relay on Tamil or Telugu for an entertainer or thriller or horrer ....that's why kgf and kantara collecting crors from Kerala....
I want thet 80s and 90s type Malayalam cinema.....the real Malayalam cinema
There was only one movie based on female character last year now that industry is woke uh... Well woke is a fancy word isn't it.
@@gokulraj355 woke isn't a fancy word but you can see political correctness being forced into movies...
@@midhunnair9504 🤡reality
What political correctness was being forced in Jaya Jaya Jaya hai. Is saying domestic violence shouldn't be tolerated political correctness? Most female oriented Malayalam movies of recent times only calls out the social evil in our society and nothing else but you seems to have a problem with the bare minimum.
Also there is nothing called real Malayalam movie. 80s and 90s are past and most of those stories don't work in the socio political situation of the current world. People's values and outlook on life changed drastically from the 80s and 90s.
Wow.. can u name 3 “woke” movies?
Who said Malayalam cinema is popular?? Any statistics? If you are talking about awards, then it is not public opinion. Still a Malayalam cinema can't have a pan Indian release not followed by people from other states.
Yes Sir, you are right in aspects like no Pan-Indian movies similar to RRR or KGF. But having said that, malayalam movies focus more on content and technical aspects like acting, since the native target audience is lesser in numbers and also since it is not a big industry in terms of business size.
However, in the last 5 to 6 years have gained popularity among non-native speakers as well, strictly going by the popular opinions of many stalwarts in their interviews from other industries. I am not aware about the movies' popularity vis-a-vis other industries, but more popular outside Kerala alone, which was the case few years back. This is mainly due to the variety it offers by making more films with realistic content.
However, art wise malayalam movies used to win awards in national level categories from the time they have been introduced, considering its small market size.
@@WriteChords good movies are flop in Kerala itself. Movies like Mahaveeryar and Nanpakal nerath mayakkam are flop in Kerala. So how movies are going to gain popularity in other states?
@@swamybro They are good movies for some people, but majority may be looking for something else. But that doesnt mean movies are not popular in other states. Being an avid movie lover, I think you are well-informed about movies which have done well outside Kerala. Since I am settled outside of Kerala , I know a lot of people, friends, colleagues and acquaintances across age groups who still await releases of new malayalam movies and I see lots of them in theatres as well, coming in groups. But yes - movies like Premam and Hridayam are few these days. A movie like Nna thaan case kodu may be a hit in Kerala, however may not be liked by non-keralites since it deals with state politics - so lots of factors, I guess. Anyways thanks for your observations and comments.
@@swamybro mharveeryar had flows in story brave attempt and nanpakal had tiring
@@papakimbetakim4718 flaws in story only for you guys.. you guys like movies with dialogues as thankan chettante Andy..
Kannada cinema has the best mix of all type movies recently. Most madsy KGF to most classy 777charlie becoming superhits same year
KGF? 🤢
777 charlie itself was made by a Malayali.
Its a talk about Malayalam cinema. They didn't say anything bad about Kannada cinema. So why this kind of attitude.
@@TheUniverse245 what attitude? I did not comment with any attitude.
@slayer yes. Sadly not much anymore. But hindi series are coming great
@@TheUniverse245 director is tuluva from kasargod. Knowing malayalam does not make him malayali.
Most Malayalam movies are c grade boring versions of western artsy stuff that is why they don't win any awards on the circuit or copies/heavily inspired from movies like Nightcrawler,searching and gazillion other English movies . There is an entire reddit list about it
Lol wow ok and why does most industries Tamil Hindi Telugu and Kannada come out in droves remaking them ?? Case in point movies like Drishyam and many more..
Comment from a Balayya fan😂😂
According to ur logic.... Balayya must be the best actor in the world
thelugans begging remake rights continously from Malayalam specially telugu superstars.
No other industries superstars living with remakes from other industrie,
Your industri it's the biggest industri begging rights from Malayalam😂😂😂
@@snak3eye547 thats people shouldn't consume weeds 🙂