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thattathin marayathu
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19
Feb
12
it’s “thattathin marayathu”
13
Jul
11
chappa kurish on july 15
chappa kurish is confirmed to release on july 15.
the censor just got over a few mins back and the reports are good!!
malayalam film industry is on its changing phase and i am hoping Chappa could make some positive contribution..
48 hours remaining now to hear people’s verdict!!
if everything goes well on july 15th, i could celebrate one year of Malarvaadi with a heartily smile on july 16th..
prayers… prayers… prayers..
vineeth…
july is about to come.
the same month when malarvaadi got released last year,its Chappa Kurish this year.
here is the official trailer guys..
PLS USE UR HEADPHONES!!!
vineeth..
02
May
11
Chappa Kurish – curious!!!!!!
This is one film I am extremely curious to see how audience would react. The director, the cinematographer and so many other people working in this film are debutants. For the first time in a film set, I am seeing so many people who are less than 30 years of age. All of them know that they are dealing with a very different yet risky subject. But the director, Sameer C Thahir [cinematographer of BigB, Daddy Cool] and his team are ready to take up the challenge and work towards something which I think is totally new.
If this movie works the way it is intended to, an era of independent cinema is not very far.
“Chappa Kurish” is in the making. Keep us in ur prayers guys
Chappa Kurish
chappa kurish 2
vineeth
22
Mar
11
the warrior!!
What would u do when u r 89 year old?
Hide out in ur ancestral village?
Yearn for life in a hospital bed?
May be resting in peace?
But look at this man!! At this age, he is still ready to battle with his head high, standing by his beliefs with conviction like a true soldier.
Forget the controversies, forget communism, forget everything else.. just look at the spirit!!
V.S. – the warrior….. RESPECT!!!!
23
Feb
11
there is a new dream!!
it’s a love story. the two lead characters have been tormenting my head and heart for the past three months. i want to write them now. i want to put them in paper and give them life. actually it’s not me.. they ve been wanting to get out of my system and be in front of this world. once i finish all my commitments; in march i want to start writing them.. pray for me guys.. i am nervous.. they shouldn’t look bad coz of my poor writing abilities.. they are beautiful in my head.. hopefully in my A4 sheets too..
dumbstruck…. vineeth..
08
Jan
11
‘Traffic’ lights are green!!
i just came back after watching the second show of Traffic in trivandrum. really happy guys..
people in the film fraternity generally accuse malayali audience of several things – that they ll shout and howl for emotional scenes, they ve reluctance towards change, complex screen writing would never be accepted.. blah blah blah..
well, the notions are all wrong. audience are much more intelligent than the people who assess them. when i was watching the film, for certain emotional scenes when there was perfect silence, i feared some distractions to happen. there were none. people were enjoying it without being whatever they ve been accused of..
if u make a good film, the lights are always green. this is what the entire film fraternity should learn from the reactions of new age audience.
‘Traffic’ lights are green. i couldn’t be happier..
vineeth.
Another dream.. ready to kick start..
Past few days, myself along with the rest of the band members had only one thing to do.Practice. Every song was approached differently and every one had their creative inputs to deliver. Personally it was so much of satisfaction. After a long time, I had such long hours of practice. There was a surprise with every song. All of them were re interpreted and it was absolutely crazy!!
By god’s grace, on 24th dec evening, when Malarvaadi Orkestra goes on stage for the first time at Al Nasr leisureland – Dubai, if we could do everything the way we did on our practice sessions – my heart says it sure would make a difference.
I hope that this small step would transform itself into a big leap.
vineeth….
some teaser posters :-
29
Aug
10
A big fat relief!!!
Priceless is the word I should use!! Last 50 days ve left me with priceless innumerable moments about which I can proudly go nostalgic for a lifetime. If there is a life after death as in “karan arjun” or “om shanti om”, well.. then too!!!! Malarvaadi has gained everything that we wanted it to. Money for the producer, respect and recognition for the actors and technicians, confidence for the theatre owners who are now ready to go on board with new gen. films, pride for parents …………….and for me, a big fat relief!! If all this hadn’t happened, u guys would ve found me absconding from planet earth; coz for a first time director, for somebody whose father has made it really big in the industry, if the cards are not played right, the aftereffects can be the worst. That’s y I said, a big fat relief.
Generally everytime I write, I keep the dark shades away and peek only into the positives. To an extent, that’s part of my attitude. But once in a while it’s important to unveil the dark or else all that we do might just look like a fairy tale for people. Well, it’s not.
My worst nightmare was the period when I was writing the film. There had been times when I was soaked in depression that I couldn’t write a single line. Every dialogue in every scene would seem so amateur that I felt like burning all those papers. Financially, I was doing nothing for almost six months. U guys can imagine how hard it could ve been for a guy like me. Actually I didn’t ve the heart to do anything else. That’s what writing can do to u. That’s what cinema can do to u. Like an obsessive girl friend, it would demand all ur time and attention, devastate u if things are not right and make u go nuts and nuts for god knows how long!! Those days, after finishing every draft, I would go to my father praying that he should like it. Prayers would all go vapourized once he starts commenting about it. I would go back to chennai, void of ideas, wondering what I should do next.
After my 3rd or 4th draft, while I was going back to chennai, as usual, broken down completely with 60% percent of my script to be re worked, I met somebody at the airport security hold area. It was a middle aged man with a charismatic face who walked up to me and said : “All the best for ur film Vineeth. You ve got ur father’s blood. You should make a great film.” It was immensely inspiring!! I came back to Chennai and made an amazing decision which turned things upside down… I stopped working on my script 
That’s right. I didn’t write a single line or re work on a single scene. Instead I started reading, I started watching new films. For almost a month I did nothing else. Then one night, I finished reading a short novel by M Mukundan called Russia and had an adrenalin rush which made me add two dialogues in kumarettan’s tea shop scene which comes in the first reel of Malarvaadi : “Viplavathinte kaalamokke kazhinju shankaraa. Ippo verum akramam maathram. Nammaleppole kurachu vayassanmaarude manassinakathe ullo, viplavam.” I wrote this, sat back, read it and smiled. I knew I was back in the game. I wrote two other scenes on the same night. The next draft was what made my father smile for the first time. Back then, it was a big fat relief!!
There is a reason y I am saying all this now. I met an aspiring writer a few days back. Very young, full of life, made an instant impression. He started talking about films and then I could notice something. Infact, this is one characteristic that I ve been finding common in almost all young aspiring film buffs I meet. Too critical about existing films. He was going on and on about how he didn’t like all the recent films and how stupid all the existing directors are. He had a few interesting criticism on Malarvaadi too. Then we went into his narration and I had the shock of my life. Not just that the narration was absolute blunder, there was not even a single scene that was impressive. Dialogues were extremely flat and most of it was like a mockery made on the society and just looked like a bunch of skits. Once he finished, I gave my honest feedback on the script and he started taking it offensively. Slowly, I withdrew. I felt he was beyond help.
This is not for the first time that I came across someone who wants to believe that he’s too intelligent for anyone to even make an opinion. There are so many people who watch 100s of world classic films, think that they are as intelligent as those directors who made them and starts weighing other films in a so called critical point of view. Their friends tell them that they are too good, these guys float in heaven and then on they start their creative escapades. Well, pseudo intellectuals can’t go a long away. If its about creativity, it needs absolute submission, zero ego and a pure heart.
Talking about pure heart, I recently met someone whom I felt has a heart of gold. That’s director Samudrakkani [director of Nadodigal, actor in Subramaniyapuram]. He came to attend a special screening of Malarvaadi Arts Club in Four Frames theatre, Chennai. Before the show started I was speaking to him about how beautifully he had picturised certain portions of Nadodigal and to my surprise, his response was extremely humble. It was as if he hadn’t done anything at all. He never gave even the slightest airs of being a star maker!!
What surprised me the most was the way he was watching the film. He was nodding his head everytime he liked a dialogue, was laughing his heart out on kuttu’s jokes, even clapped his hands softly for a few scenes. I was sitting right next to him and what I saw was not a film maker.. I saw a film lover.. I saw a passionate human being.
This is what I think aspiring writers and writer/directors should be. To make films, u got to love them. Even in the worst films, u should search for one good quality which could inspire the film maker in you. I feel only then you can graduate from critics to creators.
Like I said earlier in this post; if its about creativity, it needs absolute submission, zero ego and a pure heart. Only a pure heart can hold good thoughts and deliver them onto paper. I really wish to see such pure hearts emerging!!! Now that would be a big fat relief!!!!!!
Less diplomatic vineeth [for a change]
Its gonna be a month since malarvaadi has released. I ve had glorious moments to remember for the rest of my life. Sometimes things were even better than we all had ever dreamt. I ll write more about all that in a few days once I settle down. Right now, Shaan, myself and a few friends are planning on forming our own band. Discussions are going on and we might ve a great news pretty soon. Meanwhile, u guys listen to our various background music bits. A promise is a promise and here they are!!! Click here to download
vineeth..
