Lokpal Malayalam Movie Review and Box Office Collection Report

         Lokpal is the first film of superstar Mohanlal that got released in 2013. Joshiy - Mohanlal duo is back after blockbuster Run Babby Run(2012). Also S N Swami is scripting for a Mohanlal - Joshiy film after quite a long gap of 22 years. This troi's last film was Naduvazhikal(1989) which was a blockbuster then. Lokpal is jointly produced by Ruby Vijayan and SL Vimal Kumar. The songs of the movies are written by Rafeeq Ahmed and are composed by Ratheesh vaga. The cinematography is done by cameraman Pradeep nair. The editing work is done by Syam Sasidharan. The movie is as well distributed by Aashirvad cinemas.

PLOT :
         Lokpal is a political action thriller led by Mohanlal as Nandagopal who runs a restaurant Nandoos Foodcourt. In cover he is also a social activist who fights corruption among social and political leaders and police officers.

REVIEW :
               Since this was a film that unites the trio Mohanlal, Joshiy and S N Swami after 22 years, expected a lot from the film. The film lets you down because of it's weak and pathetic script. S N Swami tries to deliver a thrilling script by producing Mohanlal in six different avatars but most of them doesn't thrill you at all. Mohanlal with utmost ease and conviction dons various avatars successfully.
             Veteran director Joshiy brings best out of Mohanlal to make Lokpal a watchable flick. The casting of the film is appreciable with good performances from each of them. Kavya Madhavan is pretty and delivers a fair performance. Meera Nandan hardly had few scenes to do and was disappointing. Manoj K Jayan, Sai kumar and Shami Thilakan has done justice to their respective roles.
            Pradeep Nair’s cinematography was commendable. Some of his frames, close-up shots, cutaways and camera works were watchable. Music by Ratheesh Vaga didn't create any waves as for Run Babby Run though the background score was extremely good. Editor Shyam Sasidharan's editing was suitable to the mood.

POSITIVES :                                            NEGATIVES :
-Mohanlal                                               -Story - Screenplay
-Cast Performance                                  -Dialogues
-Direction                                               -Meera Nandan
-Background Music                                -Climax

Rating : 2/5
Verdict : Average

BOXOFFICE :
             The film was released on 31st January 2013 in around 80 theatres all over kerala. The movie is receiving mixed negative word of mouth. The movie has already got thumbs down from the critics as well. As per trade reports, the satellite rights of the film was sold for 3.40 Crores.
             Last year if it was Casanovva, then it's Lokpal in 2013. The film which received an average opening has widely received negative word of mouth. But with powerful distributors like Max Labs the film is expected to be held in theatres for few more weeks.

First day collection of Lokpal is around 68 lakhs and there was a huge dip in collection in the subsequent days. With around 2,100 theatrical shows, Lokpal's 7 days collection is merely 1.80 Crores.

The movie ended up as a disaster and it's a great set back for Mohanlal, Joshiy and SN swamy. Mohanlal's next project is multi-starrer Red Wine and hopefully Red Wine will bring smile on Mohanlal and his fans.

Karmayodha Malayalam Movie Review and Box Office Collection Report

REVIEW :

                Directed by Major Ravi, Karmayodha starring Mohanlal is mainly meant for Mohanlal fans. This is the first time that director Major Ravi has got out of the military barracks to tell a story. Mohanlal has come up with yet another great performance with some good one-liners and fight sequences. Mohanlal as mad maddy successfully carries the burden of the whole movie. Mad maddy is brutal and uncompromising when it comes to dealing with criminals and perverted anti social elements, who treat women as commodities and objects of pleasure.  

               Casting seems to be imperfect whereas the villain was superb. Cinematography by Pradeep Nair is good. Music by MG Sreekumar didn't keep up the expectations. Background score by Jeffrey Jonathan is really appreciable.

              Karmayodha will not let you down like previous movies of Major Ravi. Theme of the movie seems good and realistic. Scripting could have been better with a better climax. The movie makes a promising start but towards the climax the film loses it's hold as things get predictable.Some sequences reminds us of the movie 'TAKEN (2008)'. 

             Overall Karmayodha is an average movie with many imperfections and primarily made for fans. Major Ravi should refine himself. 

POSTIVES :                                   NEGATIVES :

- Mohanlal                                     - Script - Predictable Climax

- BG score                                     - Presentation

- Dialogues                                     - Songs

- Theme                                                     

                                                     

                                                   

VERDICT : Average

RATING : leaving this stuff for you

BOX OFFICE :
      Karmayodha has released in highest note this Christmas i.e in 87 theaters. But the word of mouth doesn't seems encouraging. The satellite rights of Karmayodha was sold for whooping 3.8 Crores.

Karmayodha has collected 1.65 Crores from first 3 days.....Above Average Opening......Thanks to huge hype and the number of theater releases.
Karmayodha has collected 3.40 Crores in its 6 day run....In total 2,100 theater shows all over india....For the movie to be safe it has to collect around 7 Crores which seems to be impossible.
Karmayodha is estimated to have collected around 3.75 Crores in its opening weekend with a distributors share of 1.8 Crores.
Karmayodha is not expected to have a long run and the collections may fall more than 60% in its second week which will decide its fate.
The Christmas releases' race has shifted from Karmayodha and Bavuttyude Namathil to Bavuttyude Namathil and Da Thadiya.
Karmayodha has collected an approximate 4.30 Crores in its 13 days run. So far the theatrical show count has reached 4,250. Huge number of removals are expected in the third week. The current trend shows that Karmayodha won't reach 5 Crore mark.
Surprisingly, Karmayodha still holds up in 30+ theatres even after an average second week. The film got saved from a huge fall. With 5,200 shows, Karmayodha successfully grossed 4.60 crores in 20 days.
The huge hype and a good initial collection saved Karmayodha from a huge fall. The movie is expected to be an average grosser.



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