Puthiya Mugham

Cast: Prithviraj, Bala, Meera Nandhan, Priyamani

Direction: Deepan

Production: Anil Mathew, Murugan

Music: Deepak Dev

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The movie's story is not much a refreshing stuff, once again the regular in the good triumphs over evil mould. Prithviraj is Krishana Kumar alias Kichan, a Brahmin boy bred in typical traditional modest backgrounds at Kalppathy. He, with an extra ordinary potential in music and in playing mridangam is living a quiet life teaching music to children and enjoying his love life with Sreedevi (Meera Nandhan), the daughter of their family friend for which they have the blessing of the elders.

Kichan joins a college in the city for pursuing his engineering degree. From the very first day he becomes the soul mate of his fellow students due to his mastery in playing music, which also makes him in the hit list of the baddies in the college headed by Sudhi (Bala), the youngest of the real estate mafia brothers in the city. Moreover Sudhi's fiancee Anjana (Priyamani) also develops an interest in his friendship, which many misunderstands as love. This leads to much suffering for Kichan from the hands of Sudhi and his gang whose continuous torture leaves him a wreck. Forced to step out of the college due to the intense thrashes, Kichan is taken for psychiatric treatments, but decides to take on the villains on his comeback trail.

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Puthiya Mukham - is an engrossing fare

For all those from the young generation who are lamenting about the lack of well made mass masala entertainers in Mollywood movies, this is the answer. A movie about campus violence and family ties, with breathtaking visuals and foreign shot songs, a killer sound track, stunning action sequences and ofcourse, the most appealing hero from the younger lot Prithviraj.

Pattanathil Bhootham

Cast: Mammootty, Kavya Madhavan

Direction: Johnny Antony

Music: Shan Rahman

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As expected the movie has a good hearted genie, who is trapped by a wicked magician (Pitamagan Mahadevan) who uses him to make money through criminal ways. Accidentally rescued by a group of estranged kids trapped and held hostage in a circus troupe, the genie takes the form of their Jimmy Uncle (Mammootty). And to appease them, he adds a ''gottie'' on his chin, dress himself in branded shoes and attires and takes a childish voice. Meanwhile, Jimmy, his prototype, a multi-talented daring circus artist, is in jail for a murder of the troupe owner Philippose, the incident with which he hardly have any connection.

The daughter of Philppose, Ancy (Kavya Madhavan ), who comes back to inherit her paternal property hates Jimmy and the children who are supporting him. The “Bhootham” with alien powers are Jimmy, and his shildren's final chance to escape from the troubles they are presently in. How the friendly ''Kutty Chatthan'' manages to clear off himself and the children from their enemies and menaces, are the threads for the unlimited fun that follows.

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Funny, but predictable

Johny Antony's effects adventure ‘Ee Pattanathil Bhootham’ starts off 'sweetly' enough with some awesome shot and graded shots; But once you realise that this is much more a kids' film that isn't even trying to be anything else, the unspectacular first half is the only thing that works for seniors.

Vellathooval

Cast: Ranjith Menon, Nithya, Lalu Alex, Jagathy, Ganeesh, Revathy, Seema, Swetha Menon

Direction: IV Sasi

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An immature gal, painstakingly childish in her mannerisms, flee from her house unable to combat her home bred problems, with one of her classmate living in the house next door. Within hours, their voyage turns a nightmare, with the couple ending up as murderers. - This is the plot of ‘Vellathooval’ -which may seem inspiring for most. But unlike the neighbouring Kollywood filmmakers, even our veteran seems to be handicapped while handling potential subjects. With inconsistent scripts, and dialogues by John Paul and shoddy unimaginative direction from I V Sasi, the movie turns off- track from the word ''go'' and ends up as mayhem.

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Vellathooval hardly flies

I wonder what veteran director I V Sasi was thinking when he made his latest movie – ‘Vellathooval’- a teenage drama. Was it made as a spoof to his earlier hundred odd remarkable films like ‘Ina’ and Kaanamarayathu? Only he knows the answer.

Doctor Patient

Cast: Jayasuriya, Radha Varma, Mukesh, Jagathy, Bijukuttan, Anoopchandran, Suraj Venjaramoodu

Direction: Viswananathan

Music: Bennet-Vithraag

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The story of ‘Dr Patient’, as the title itself suggests, is set against a mental hospital to which young and savvy Ruben Isaac (Jayasuriya) comes to work as a doctor. A doctor who had been successful with his patients at his Ooty sanatorium, he employs humanitarian considerations to emerge the favourite of “his patients”, whom he calls as his “clients”.

Rakhi Devadas(Radha Varma) with a hospital management degree from U.S is the Managing director of this hospital. Her strict ways in dealing with patients often creates clashes with the new doctor. Ruben Isaac, meanwhile is brimming with new thoughts and unconventional ideas, which he implements in the hospital. He shows love and care and offers more freedom to the inmates which itself invites much criticism from the M.D. The movie turns more than funny with the arrival of another person (Mukesh), claiming that he is the original doctor.

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An obnoxious watch

It's scary to think that a director who make an appreciably good endeavour in his debut movie ‘Out Of Syllabus’ can make a comeback with such a scary silly one, in his second coming. Though you may not expect a great film, you will expect at least a warm, nicely made one. But here, director Viswananathan is back with this silly made movie, Dr. Patient, all about madness.