Bala offers nothing new

Goldmine Films' Bala is another movie in the rowdy genre where a ‘dada’ hero with a heart of gold falls in love with a nice girl against the backdrop of two warring gangsters. This recipe has been played to the hilt in half a dozen films released in the last six months. But Shaam as an action hero looks wooden (even his macho body could not help him) in most of the scenes. Read on...

No soul

Thilakam is a family entertainer without any soul and substance. The only saving grace in this otherwise boring film is the performance of Jagathy Sreekumar. Reghu (Koottikkal Jayachandran) and Ravi (Saji Soman) are best of friends. They are married to Maya (Uma Shankari) and Geetha (Joemol). Reghu meets with an accident and just before his death he pleads with Ravi to take care of Maya, as she is an orphan. Read on...

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