Top 5 Malayalam movies -2015

2015 was a relatively good year for Malayalamfilm industry where we had multiple money spinning movies which broke many box office record at one side and content driven classy movies at the other side.Here I would list my favorite five Malayalam films of 2015 and this list is purely based on the impact it made on me as a movie lover and not influenced by their box office performance.

Movies I missed in theater which could have entered the list:

Pathemari,C R No 89, Ottal,Ain

Movies which I loved but couldn’t make it to final 5:

Lukka Chuppi, Su Su Sudhi Vatmeekam, Nirnayakam,Chandrettan Evideya

5. Chirakodinja Kinavukal: This movie deserves  to be in this list as a token of appreciation to the director who dared to make a cinematic spoof which is perhaps seen first time in Malayalam cinema and did complete justice to the film showcasing various cliches followed in film industry today.It was entertaining as well as eye opening simultaneously and hopes to see more of such experiments in future.

4. Premam:Premam reiterated the fact strongly that cinema is a director’s medium and Alphonse Puthran proved that an intelligent and talented director can make trend setting blockbusters even with an average script with sheer technical brilliance and clever marketing strategies.He created a whole lot of lovable characters with special mention to Malar, Vimal Sir, P T Sir ,George, Koya etc who could make even the weakest scene endearing .

3. Charlie: This feel good film directed by Martin Prakkat and written by Unni R is a character driven film which is seen rarely in Malayalam films. Its about the life of free spirited person whole celebrates his freedom and enjoys life to the fullest changing lives of numerous people surrounding him. Each and every frame looks beautiful thanks to magical cinematography by Jomon T John and music by Gopi Sunder enhances the mood of the film. The stupendous screen presence and dialogue delivery of Dulquar and terrific performances  of other characters makes this one of the best visual experiences of the year.

2. Kumbasaram: Directed by Aneesh AnwarKumasaram is definitely one of the most brilliantly crafted film in Malayalam we had this year which was emotionally heart breaking and thrilling simultaneously ,socially relevant too. Jayasurya who played the role of a poor, helpless father of a sick child gave perhaps the finest performance of this year. Though a bit lagging at times Kumbasaram doesn’t deserve to be tanked at the box office and had to satisfy as a torrent hit, the usual fate of these type of movies.

1. Ennu ninte Moideen: And the best film of the year goes to Ennu Ninte Moideen  directed by R S Vimal which portrayed the iconic true love story between Moideen and Kanchanamala.The success of Ennu Ninte Moideen is very very  special as an intense and heavy  love story of this sort without much light moments could lure the audience to the theaters and made it the second highest grosser in the history of Malayalam film industry.This could be achieved because of the passion and sincerity of the writer-director  R S Vimal who dedicated about seven years to make this film. And the realization that something like this had happened in real made the film more appealing to the audience. Parvathy as Kanchanamala gave perhaps the most brilliant performance of the year. Though Prithviraj was a bit over the top in initial sequences but excelled in the intense sequences of the film. Tovino as Appu was a revelation and got his much needed break in cinema. And again it was the Jomon T John – Gopi Sunder combination which made it an heavenly experience .