TRUELY EXTREME..

Directorial debut of Roopesh peethambaran is truely ,an extreme experience as the name of the film suggests.Theevram is the third film,featuring Dulquer Salman in the lead role.This dark thriller about a young man who seeks revenge aganist people who brutally raped and killed his wife.The film is reportedly based on a true incident occurred in Bangalore.

Harshavardhan(Dulquer) leads a lonely life in an isolated house.He teaches music to a single child and detach himself from the rest of the society.Harsha also has an another face..that of a sadistic murderer.He kidnaps Raghavan ,an autodriver and womaniser and torture him to death.The motive behind this is revealed only in the second half of the film where we come across a young and happy Harshan who aspires to become a musician.

He lives along with his wife Maya who is a call centre employee.In a serious turn of events ,Maya is brutally killed and now Harshavardhan is after the men responsible for his wifes’ killing.

Although theme of the film is somewhat an old one,still theevram can be praised for the offbeat treatment given by the director to the subject.I think Roopesh intially casted Fahad fasil to play the lead.But Dulquer is more apt,i think.He had done his best,although there had been fallouts in some moments.But he truely had shown an improvement and maturity in his acting when compared to his previous films and thereby proved as heir to his fathers’throne in Mollywood.Shika nair portrays the role of  Maya,the lovable wife of Harshan.But she didnot have much to do in the film.

Sreenivasans’ lighthearted cop is far from his best.Vinay Fort had done justice to his role and we can expect more from this talent.

Background music is one of the best in the recent films.But songs are pacebreakers and film is quite dragging in the second half.Although film is presented in non-linear format,Editing is excellent and we no longer feels landed in No mans’land as in “Viswaroopam”

Overall,Theevram is a  very good thriller and worth a watch.

RATING:8/10

VERDICT:WORTH A WATCH

isis- review

                              How far would you go to bring back someone from dead?

I came across this marvellous book on a beautiful sunday afternoon.As I had nothing else to do,I googled the names of some horror writers and found the name of "Isis" in hits.I had read one of the Cleggs' works before-"The Attraction"-and was not impressed by it.Yet I bought it.To my surprise,this one was good.Damn good.
Recalling the dead had always been a favourite topic for writers.Clegg himself,had done this in his"Attraction".But what makes Isis different is that here author succeeded in creating the right tone and moreover a fairytale atmosphere adds to the overall mood of the story.
This 111-page novella is about a girl named Iris Catherine Villiers.Her world is her brothers-Harvey and Spence.Iris father is a soldier who works somewhere in India.Her mother is suffering from some sort of illness.The story proceeds with Iris' relationship with her brothers.Her relationship with Spence is strained while she maintains an intimate relationship with Harvey which is slightly incestous one.The kids decide to stage the story of Isis and Osiris.From this point the story changes its pace.Fairy tale moves into a macabre .Iris  also began to hate Spence,as Isis hate Zen in the mythology.It is actually the mythological background that keeps the story entertaining.
Iris became Isis.
On discovering the relationship between Spence and their servant Edyth,Iris tries to inform this to their parents.But in a tragic turn of events,Harvey is killed accidently leaving Iris in a state of shock.Iris ignoring advics tries ti bringback  her dead brother and what happens to her forms the rest of the story.
From 'Attraction' to 'Isis',we can see the maturity of Clegg as a writer.With Scalpel clarity,Clegg explores the  frailities of human mind and broughtout his best book to the date.characters like Old Marsh,the legend of Maid-Sorrow and pictorial illustrations gave the story somewhat a Gothic feel.
Main drawback is it is too short.It should have been 200 pages.But yet Isis is worth a read,especially for a spooky halloween night.

VERDICT:8/10

THE CHANGELING-REVIEW

what i have to tell about this movie...it z just awesome..actually itz not a movie ..itz an experience.Directed by peter medak changeling was born in the golden age of horror films..precisely in the midsummer of 1980.upon its release the film received poor attention and was only an average grosser in boxoffice,however over the years the film achieved a cult status and now widely regarded as a favourite among horror moviefanatics.This movie is reportedly based on the real life experiences of the playwright  russell hunter during his stay in henry treat rogers mansion in denver colorado.

A scene from changeling 

George C.Scott who played the lead role

Now to the plot.The film begins with a car accident in which the musician john russell(played by george scott)loses his wife and children.The film now shifts to the present day  in which we find this struggling musician still not able to forget the incident moves into a mansion.Later during his stay in the mansion , he began hearing weird sounds ,doors shutting automatically and so on..yes!the mansion is haunted!!
So now our investigator-turned writer tries to uncover the dark history of the mansion..he realises that 80 years back a crippled child was brutually murdered in the mansion and our lead finds itz linkage to a powerful local family of a us senator.
Now why i m blogging this! its just because this movie is one of the best i have ever seen...genuine horror i would say!the changeling is widely regarded as one of the scariest movies ever made ....mainly due to the treatment of the subject,camera angles,background score,acting etc...Another interesting fact is its similarity with 2000 indian-language Malayalam  film devadoothan(meaning:heavenly messenger)..apart from the thematic similarities,the climax scene has great similarity with devadoothan.

Henry treat rogers mansion as depicted in the film,the real house is shown in the black and white photograph

A scene from devadoothan

you cant catch scary moments like as in exorcist, Halloween and changeling is not that much gory as saw,hostel,wrongturn.....but it has moments of its own...altogether movie is worth a watch!!!
AJ RATING:9/10
STATUS:STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

Climax scene from changeling

EL CLASICO

EL CLASICO...needless to say....one of the most anticipated matches..barca and real madrid usually meet twice in laliga.historical rivalry between these teams are well known..so i dont wanna get into all that..the reason why i m writin diz blog z pepe..in a recent copa del rey match pepe stomped on messi's hand..bt why?whenever el clasico happens...trust me there will be poking..swearwords like F**k u....slapping.....but is it gud 4 football..absolutely not!itz hard timefor both teams to realize dat these type of GOALS r nt gud for football..

Now to the football!RECENT STATISTICS SHOW THAT BARCA Z AHEAD OF MADRID..blaugranas were impressive in all aspects..maintaining a ball possession of 70%...itz a living hell of 90 mts..for whites and other teams..mourinho regarded as one among the best coaches in the world were successful in all aspects..except defeating barca...last year at bernabeau it was a nightmare for real madrid..even hardcore madrid fans threw plastic bottles at mourinho..they praised messi and cursed ronaldo..
And now the question..can any team beat barca?i mean beat them and make them cry...all they have to do is simple.. destroy their passing game..actually passing game is their strength....

"xavi the saviour"

"How to bell rhe cat?"

ACTUALLY WHO Z BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF BARCA?most of us know the answer..yeah xavi..the cool assasin..if messi scored goals..,xavi paved the way for it.......................actually these twin headed dragons xavi and messi is behind the most of the success of barca if we exclude villa,puyol and recently reloaded fabregas..one the other hand cristiano z the man of real madrid..ronaldo the sharpshooter z one of the most feared footballers of all times..perhaps even more than messi....

cristiano"sharpshooter"ronaldo

Now the pblm wit real madrid is that if we tame ronaldo..they lose all their music..same z not intense in case that of barca......
so is el clasico itself is nt a bad match...their had been great matches...however the hostility z reaching unprecedented levels to an extent to ban el clasico..the medias ignited the fire....players fuelled it..what is the aftermath of el clasico..let pictures talk:-)

'fightfest'

"COMEON IF U DARE"

GOOD SHEPERD AND LITTLE LAMBS

guys this is my very FIRST post!!!!.So i would be glad if u point out how can i make my blog better!!!!!!!!!!

NOW TO THE TOPIC . SOME DUDES MAY THINK THAT THE TITLE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH JESUS OR CHRISTIANITY. WELL U R WRONGGGG!!!!!!!!!!. i am talkin about anna hasare who had become the latest sensation among indians.hasare literally became the next BIG thing...after gandhiji.i agree with hasare that corruption and black money is unacceptable.but by simply enacting any legislation i don't think that we can tame corruption.Moreover corruption is a problem of will rather than action.Many activities connected with the objective of putting an end to corruption fails at the implementation level.so any change that is required should come in the grassroot level.......in other words attitude of people should change. so i dunno what is the point of hasare's fast.i dont see any connection with fasting and corruption.it would only make our politicians more PROFFESIONAL in CORRUPTION.SO I THINK THAT DOING NOTHING IS BETTER THAN SOMETHING THAT MAY AGGREVATE THE SITUATION. IF THE SO CALLED FOLLOWERS the obedient little lambs REALLY WANTS TO END CORRUPTION THEY SHOULD STOP THEIR BASIC INDIAN ATTITUDE."POINT AT SOMEONE ELSE THAT GUY IS BAD OR CROOKED".