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Malaikottai Vaaliban

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The life of a legendary man, with his struggles and triumphs, paves the way for next generations.
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Jimmy Cage Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube) Lijo Jose Pellissery has once again created something very unique. A stunningly beautiful, dreamy, meditatively chill-out action comic that kept me entertained until it unfortunately falls apart at the end and fizzles out with an unconvincing sequel tease Rated: 7/10 Sep 4, 2024 Full Review Anna M.M. Vetticad annavetticadgoes2themovies Malaikottai Vaaliban features some of the most sensational images and sound ever created for the Indian screen... It is also stretched to nearly three hours with a plot and character graphs undeserving of that length. Rated: 2/5 Feb 1, 2024 Full Review Latha Srinivasan Hindustan Times Undoubtedly, it is Malayalam star Mohanlal who is the backbone of this film. Jan 26, 2024 Full Review Arjun Menon Film Companion The action film starring Mohanlal is a new spin on the old West told through the quirky sensibilities of Lijo Jose Pellissery. Jan 26, 2024 Full Review Sruthi Raman Film Companion For his first collaboration with Mohanlal, Lijo Jose Pellissery makes a staggeringly beautiful-looking action film about an unconquerable warrior. It is in matters of writing said warrior that it loses its way. Jan 26, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Arjun For an art form to evovle, you need to break the existing boundaries and push forward experimenting with your creativity. Like all LJP films, this is exactly that and more. Wonderfully told, beautifully captured movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review Sal Waste of Time. Botch up move with music and content taken from western movies and what not. The Good, Bad and Ugly and this is the Ugly one. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/29/24 Full Review Akhil Raj Very good movie best work acton thriller mass scene super Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/31/24 Full Review Emil T GRANDIOSE, EPIC, AND MYTHICALLY MAGNIFICENT If you ask me which is the greatest film that Malayalam cinema has given in 2024 so far, I would say it is Malaikottai Vaaliban. Lijo, the most eccentric filmmaker of Mollywood has brought an epic never seen before, something fresh, stylistic and grandiose. The visuals, score and story, all together are a well-crafted blend of a multitude of cultural elements, specifically from world cinema, brought into a plot that sounds subtly the ethos and elements of Indian mythology. It contains a plot-line resembling Indian mythology and brings into it a Spaghetti Western-influenced score and setting, A Samurai-like character resembling Kurosawa's samurai films, and even elements of popular Indian cinema, like Sholay. Overall, it is a well-crafted blend. Mohanlal, one of the greatest of Malayalam and Indian cinema, truly asserted the mythical image and stuns with a magnificent performance. The only error that came into the writing is Vaaliban's lack of enough brawls. His magnificence and aura are built largely through praises from his companions, if a few more brawls were given, it would have been a perfect construction of his larger-than-life image, such an image, the film did create, but the lack mentioned here created a void, it was more rhetoric and less action. Overall, the film is a wild wild experiment. Something totally fresh, and never seen before. And that is probably why the film failed commercially. The experiment was too big for the audience to comprehend. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/18/24 Full Review Jishnu C If you can endure the intentionally slow paced first act , which was made with the reference of the old spaghetti western films, malaikottai valiban is a decent watch with scenic frames and an excellent mohanlal and a gripping last act. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/09/24 Full Review Sreeram T Disgusting. No clue how I survived this 150 minute torture. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The life of a legendary man, with his struggles and triumphs, paves the way for next generations.
Director
Lijo Jose Pellissery
Producer
Jacob K. Babu, Achu Baby John, Shibu Baby John, Kochumon, MC Philip
Screenwriter
P.S. Rafeeque
Distributor
Prime Media
Production Co
Saregama, Amen Movie Monastery, John & Mary Creative, Maxlab Cinemas & Entertainment, Century Films, Yoodlee Films
Genre
Action, Fantasy, History, Drama
Original Language
Malayalam
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 2024, Limited
Runtime
2h 32m
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