Archive for: February 2009

With films like ‘Ekalavyan’, ‘Commissioner’ etc Shaji Kailas proved that he could manage to keep the viewer glued to the screen without resorting to technical gimmicks. With films like ‘Baba Kalyani’, ‘Chinthamani Kolacase’ and ‘The Tiger’, he proved that he could also make use of technical gimmicks and still deliver the same edge-of-the-seat kind of thrillers, which you’d love to watch. But now he seems to have developed some kind of an obsession for technical gimmicks, making him overlook other relevant aspects. That’s what his latest offering, ‘Red Chillies’ indicates.

‘Hailesa’ is the rhythmic chant that is meant to encourage workers when they are indulged in heavy tiresome work. Ironically in the theatre featuring the movie with the same title, it is the viewers who were regularly shouting this slogan, without having nerves of steel to bear this film. This latest movie from ‘Hailesa’ is definitely a waste of time, money and off course, the raw stock and fitting contribution to the year’s Mollywood industry which is creating with a vengeance, duds after duds, to keep away the last of the regular viewer from the halls.

No two ways about it, director Raj Babu’s Colours is an exercise in vain. Watching this ridiculous misadventure makes one wonder why such films are being made at all. Without a credible storyline or script, this film is a mish mash of some idiotic incidents, narrated in a drab manner.