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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Jamal
Malik, a penniless eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, is
one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s
“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But when the show breaks for the night,
suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. After all, how could
an uneducated street kid possibly know so much? Determined to get to the
bottom of Jamal’s story, the jaded Police Inspector spends the night
probing Jamal’s incredible past, from his riveting tales of the slums
where he and his brother Salim survived by their wits to his
hair-raising encounters with local gangs to his heartbreak over Latika,
the unforgettable girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of Jamal’s
increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the
show’s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery:
what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing
on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the
final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to
find out…
Danny Boyle, director of Slum
Dog Millionaire, kept the song Jai ho at the end of the
movie. This is where we find brilliance in the director. The song
composed by our one and only AR Rahman is so melodious and had it
been inserted in any part of the movie other than where it is now,
the movie would have lost its charm and tempo. The song and the
superbly choreographed dance being at the end, when the light is
back on, there is something for everyone to take home, Jai ho.
Slum Dog Millionaire has qualities that you don’t find in movies too
often these days: a heart, charm and grace.
Mathew Varghese karinjappallil
Karinjappallil
for www.mvkpictures.com
VOICE DUBBING IN
MALAYALAM MOVIES
Voice is the key ingredient
of any artistic performances, except may be in
"Kadhakali" and similar forms of art.
You
can't give full credit to an actor whose voice has been dubbed by
another for his/her performance. Their job is probably just 40% and 60% of
the effort is put in by the dubbing artiste who scream, shout, cry,
laugh, smile and talk in front of the microphone.
According to
Padmapriya,
'Voice is an important aspect for an actress and I am now learning
Malayalam. As soon as possible, I will dub for my own films. As an
actress I feel incomplete when someone else dubs for me,' the actress
said. Padmapriya a
rising star in South Indian films.
The kind of
Voice dubbing Malayalam movie makers are doing must be put to an end by law. Isn't
it irritating to listen to the same dubbing artistes' voice over and
over again? Whether it be a low budget or high budget movie the
voice is same. Manju Varrier is considered to be a super actress, a
high percentage of the reason for this can definitely be attributed to her voice
too. Can we imagine anyone else dubbing for her?
The next
horrible thing is the dialogue delivered by child artists by
having adults dub their parts. The dubbing artist simply mimics a
childlike voice making the scene very unpleasant to watch.
Every Malayalam movie sounds the same irrespective of who the artist is.
With your back turned to the screen, you cannot visualize the face of
the actress with the sound that comes out of her mouth. This trend
has to change.
Movie
directors are to be blamed for this annoying situation. They can come up
with umpteen excuses in favour of what of what they are doing. But
we are suffering.
MVK
Kerala State Film
Awards 2007
Congratulations to our Government and
its jury members for a just and fair judgement in deciding the awardees.
Each and everyone selected from the film and music field deserved this
recognition.
Best Actor:
Mohan Lal (Film: Paradesi)
Best Actress: Meera Jasmine
(Film: Ore Kadal)
Best Film:
Adayaalangal
Best Director: M G Sasi (Film:
Adayaalangal)
Second Best Film:
Ore Kadal
Second Best Director: Shyamaprasad (Film: Ore Kadal)
Popular Choice Award:
Katha Parayumpol
Art Direction: Rajasekharan
(Film: Naalu Pennungal)
Editor: Vinod Sukumaran (Film:
Ore Kadal)
Music Director: M Jayachandran (Film: Nivedyam)
Background Score: Ouseppachan
(Film: Ore Kadal)
Best Singer (Male): Vijay Yesudas (Film: Nivedyam)
Best Singer (Female): Swetha
(Film: Nivedyam)
Sound: T R Krishanunni (Film:
Ottakkaiyyan)
Make-up: Pattanam Rasheed (Film:
Paradesi)
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