Introducing Bhool Bhulaiya
First of all let me make it clear, Bhool Bhulaiyaa is NOT an out-n-out comedy movie as its trailers suggest. It’s a thriller narrated in a very entertaining way.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa is the remake of a 14 year old Malayalam movie, Manichitrathazhu. The movie was also remade in Kannada and Tamil. It a script that has always worked! So is Bhool Bhulaiyaa in the same league?
Bhool Bhulaiyaa Story
Badrinarayan Chaturvedi (Manoj Josi) is the head of the Brahmin family living in a small town were the people are very conventional and superstitious. His elder brother’s son Siddharth (Shiney Ahuja) and his wife Avni (Vidya Balan) return to their ancestral village after living in US for many years. Siddharth insists in staying in his ancestral palace which for long has been uninhabited as it’s considered to be haunted. Despite opposition the newly wed couple shifts to their ancestral mansion. Avni an adventurous girl breaks the ground rules to explore the room considered to be the devil’s home. What follows is a series of life threatening incidents. Siddharth instinctively invites his vibrant Doctor friend Aditya (Akshay Kumar) to solve the mystery behind the mansion and the mysterious events.
Who is behind all the baffling activities? Is it really ghastly or just a human trick? Watch Bhool Bhulaiyaa to uncover the mystery, for the movie ventures into one of the most confusing yet interesting study of human psychology.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa Movie Review
Priyadarshan has handled the complicated script extremely well. A few changes have been made to the original, to make it funnier and more convincing. The first half is a light comic thriller and completely revolves around the supporting characters. The lead character (Akshay Kumar) enters 45 mins into the movie and takes it to a completely different level. The second half is more of a psychological thriller.
Bhool Bhulaiya has just the right ingredients of a successful movie - adequate amount of comedy, suspense and thrill to keep you at the edge of your seats throughout. Music is never really great in Priyadarshan movies but Bhool Bhulaiyaa is an exception. Two songs titled ‘Allah Hafiz’ and ‘Hare Krishna Hare Ram’ standout. The background score is outstanding.
The performances are top-notch. The second half belongs to Vidya Balan. She has done complete justice to a role that demanded great onscreen histrionics. Watch out as she sets the screen ablaze with a mind blowing performance in the last 20 mins. Undoubtedly her best performance to date! Akshay Kumar is surprisingly good in emotional scenes and as always brilliant with his comic timing.
Shiney Ahuja is good. Amisha Patel should stop acting, the sooner the better. Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani are great in providing comic relief.
Indicine.com Bhool Bhulaiyaa Verdict
Overall, Bhool Bhulaiyaa is a great movie. History should repeat itself for a script that has always created history in every single language that it was made in. You would have never watched something like this before in a Bollywood movie. At the box-office, the advance booking is huge. With positive word of mouth, Bhool Bhulaiyaa could well be the 3rd blockbuster of the year!
Rating: 
4 stars (Dont miss it)
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October 19th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Its a movie that you should watch.
Vidya Balan have done a good job in her Role.
Priyadarshan have made a good attempt in remakng its orginal Malayalam version.
Far better than Tamil version.
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October 20th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Manichitrathazhu is a 1993 Malayalam Film directed by Fazil (Several other prominent directors such as Siddique,Lal,Priyadarshan & Sibi Malayail directed the second-unit production of the movie)
? Why 5 major directors directed 1 film.
because this film they want to release in a festival.
After 11 years,
It was remade in languages Kannada (Aaptamitra) 2004.
In Tamil (Chandramukhi) 1995. released
In Hindi 2007(Bhool Bhulaiya)
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Now a days a lot of films going to other states, because in malayam there is goods script writers.
for eg. (Muthu (Rajanikath), Kireedom, friends, veerapu etc.)
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October 22nd, 2007 at 7:24 pm
This movie is outstanding . but the perfomance by vidy balan is good ,but not up to shobhana..
there is no match 4 her.
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October 23rd, 2007 at 10:08 am
The movie is good… as far as acting is concerned Akshay has done a fantastic job.
Vidya not up to the mark if compared to Kannada & Malayalum versions.
Paresh is OK so is Rajpal & Asrani.
Amisha is looking very beautiful, grl whom u can introduce to ur mom without a second thought…i never cared abt her acting in the movie….
Direction is Ok though I feel music outscores…
I wud rate 7/10 and 5 of them belongs to Akshay….
Those who havent watched any of the previous versions of the movies shud watch rest of them I wud say
a wel made movie cud have been outstanding if some more thrill had been added, or may be a actress who cud have matched Shobana….
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October 23rd, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Dear Ligin, Amit S.
Hey people…dont fight on who is the best north or south. :angry: Dont forget we are Indians. :x… Every part of India is having their own features… Bhul Bhuleya is great movie. Vidya Balan act very well. I did not seen Manichitrathazhu. But I felt that Indian Movie Have Culture… so cheers for Manichitrathazhu, Bhul Buleya and Indian Film Industry :bow:
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October 23rd, 2007 at 8:55 pm
hi this is amit i saw bb this is a great movie by priyadarshan all indians should see this,i like akkie movies he is currently super star of bollywood.if srk is badshah then akkie is ikka of bollywood beating all three khans from past two yrs on ticket windows in domestic as well as internationally there is no comparison for this star performer great job akkie.keep rocking buddy.
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October 24th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
may i no who is trulyindian.really sorry Amit for a dedate ..i go with this guy for being all r indians
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October 24th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
u cannnot compare with malayalam movie, its no where near, in thamil it was difficult to watch her acting .but the hindi version is really good. akshay can only handle the role. vidya balan not that great.
any movie was good.direction is good when compared to usual hindi horror filim.overall good and good story
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October 25th, 2007 at 7:34 am
This movie was soooooooooo good I loved it and everything did very well Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan are great they did such a good !!!!!!! :) :d think that everyone should watch this movie…
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October 25th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
hey guys good reviews, but i dont agree with most of them like saying it was superb,
its not true i watched it.
i waited for it to get better every minute but it was damn boring then akki came some life came to the film but then again it was dead.
its a disastor im glad i didnt go to the theatre otherwise i would walk out of it.
akki is always good but this film was ugggghhhh…. (no offence to fans)
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October 26th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Nadz,
I feel you saw the movie wit huge amount of expectations n i feel u might hav heard most of the storykine from ur frnds hence cudn’t njoy it…i dont say that it was a epic movie but it also wasn’t worth saying “ugggggghhhhhhhh”
nywayz opinions differ SRK though is king of bollywood i feel he overacts in most of the movies…
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October 26th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
:bow: superb! I watched it on the 15th oct, my birthday, and i njoyed every bit of the show! went to cinema alone, sat at the front alone, and i did feel the thrill of it during certain scenes.. Manjula ** no spoiler** is jus superbbbb! i love it, and i advise all of u to gooo n watchhhh it! laughed a lot :)) wich Paresh Rawal and Akshay’s comedy is jus amazin! Man, he’s done really gud job in this movie! Ahuja is ok coz he dint hav much 2 do in this movie… the way PriyaDarshan has intertwined comedy and thriller made it appear 2 nice, and i was hooked to the screen all alone..der iznt a moment wen i felt: i shud chek my mob n time…lol
Now am gona watch JAB WE MET, i feel that Kareena and Shahid has done some really gud job in this movie, guess itz gona b their last..
olrite, tc, byebye!! njoy moviessss!!! :yeh:
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October 27th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Excellent Movie!!! :)
Brilliant performance by akshay kumar and specially Vidya Balan in the last reels… I have not seen any actress perform like this in Hindi movies before.
Kudos to both of them.
All others acted well as well
A MUST WATCH MOVIE. TRUST ME. :)
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October 27th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Hi!!
I appreciate CHAITRA for giving the right comment. All others have just told bhool bhulaiya is good. But I dont agree to it.
It is the worst film when compared to Chandramukhi.
Chandramukhi is different and Bhool Bhuaiya is different.
After few days, Chandramukhi in Hindi dubbed version is going to release…..Watch that and post ur comments….. I hope u will be very very happy when u see that film…
But i am very much upset that there is nothing in the film bhool bhuaiya…… :bow: :bow:
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October 27th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
DONT WATCH BHOOL BHULAIYA !!!!!!!
WATCH CHANDRAMUKHI IN HINDI DUBBED VERSION AFTER A FEW DAYS……. :bow:
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October 27th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
bhoolbhliya very nice lyrixcs with songggggggggggggggggggg
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October 28th, 2007 at 2:02 am
:)) =)) I am pretty sure this Archana does’nt even know the meaning of the word bhool bhulaiya…
Chandramukhi was a case of a well made script stolen,then tampered it horribly,making it purely illogical,so that it suits Rajani’s superstardom…
Hey u guys know,Rajani makes an appearance in the early part of the film and is well acquainted with all the members of the family.
Then he makes second appearance and enacts the “auto scene”,where he does all the nonsense stuff to the family members…
You know,how the sorcerer identifies Rajani was a world known psychiatrist?????
:)) He saw Rajani’s eyes…..It was sooooo powerful that he got to know he was a great psychiatrist…
In original script,character played by Shobhana,Jyothika,Soundarya and Vidya are supposed to have the illusion that the old cruel king was their own husbands….
But here,Jyothika has illusion that Rajani was the old king….Just illogical….He came to treat Jyothika….for godsake…
The scene were Rajani literally flies(hanuman) =)) to snatch the coffee glass from Prabhu to save him from poisoning was one of the most comic scenes I had ever seen…
Jyothika’s dancing was as pathetic as it gets….
In all I agree BhoolBhulaiya is not such a great movie…But is far far superior than Chandramukhi…technically and scriptwise…..
Bhoolbhulaiya climax song was very much disappointing,which was the major drawback compared to other versions…
Bhoolbhulaiya is certainly worth watching…..:) :) :)
I would like to know which producer is stupid enough to dub Chandramukhi to Hindi…. :p :p
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October 28th, 2007 at 9:08 am
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November 4th, 2007 at 11:47 am
I can give it in writing that Vidya is going to get the Best Actress award for this movie. Awesome…She’s a wonderful dancer and Akshay Kumar is one of the most charming men ever!!! Shiney Ahuja didn’t have much to show his talent. Rajpal Yadav was just for a few scenes.. but hilarious. And the scenes in which everyone got scared for no reason… Like Paresh Rawal lol and the lady was scared so bad by Akshay Kumar hahahahaha….Amisha Patel hardly had anything to do! Awesome movie… And scary as well… Loved it!! I’m gon watch it a few mo times!!!
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November 4th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
hey hello people, stop being racist here…. Chandramuki’s climax was the best of all… it SHOWED what the dancer, Chandramuki really went trough, rather than some old junks explaining it ….. we need to SEE and FEEL what she has gone trough…. i bet those hypocrites like Arun Kumar up there who said Malalayalees did justice to Manichitratazhu [Fazil, Priyadarshan ] enjoyed Chandramukhi 100%…. if u ask me….Chandramukhi scored 100% in sense of background music, the climax song, the climax direction, the creative ” lakakakaka” saying of the Raja… it gives u the creep when u see it during the starting of the film, where Rajini will be doin some research on the palace… while the credits r rolling….and yes… Chandramukhi/Apthamitra had an excellent dubbing voice for the dancer…. very creepy, Manichitratazhu never had all these… Bhool Bhulaiya too used the same dubbing artist…. Priyadharshan… biggest “mallu” HYPOCRITE!!!
u think malayalees r made out of gold?? its bad enough they r using a ’spoiled version of tamizh’ as their language, yet acting like they r God’s descents…..
ask Priyadharsan to shop pretending, his climax too was ripp of from Chandramukhi. he ripped the part they dance infront of the Raja and the Raja killed the guy dancer right on the spot. it wasnt there in Manichitratazhu…. !!
stop being hypocrites guys…. check out the dead song of Manichitratazhu & Bhool Bhulaiya… it lacks the power of Raa Raa of Chandramukhi… and backgroundmusic of bhool bhulaiya is the biggest laugh out of the lot…. atrocious sounds…. it doesnt gives the creep…. mostly ripp of from various english film OSTs….. losers!!!
Chandramuki scores among all…. stop saying class & all… if its so class, how come NO ONE other than the Mallusssss knew bout the movie…. it got the recognition due to Chandramukhi…u gotta accept that!!!
CHANDRAMUKHI…. Kills Nagavali malli, Manjulika bika mika …..
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November 5th, 2007 at 9:11 am
hi!
chandramukhi
if u think that tamil films are good why don’t they make their own films rather than copying malayalam films
chandramukhi was a straight copy of two malayalam movies aram thamburan & Manichitratazhu.
At end i wanted to say only one thing we all r indians,so respect our country our languages & our films.
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November 12th, 2007 at 6:13 am
This movie is grrrrrrrrrrrrr88888888888888. Unbelievably realistic movie coming from Bollywood. The technical details of parapsychology are nicely dealt with. Two thumbs way up for this movie. And good job Akki, way to go!!! :)
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November 12th, 2007 at 6:15 am
Great movie!!!
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November 18th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Fazil & Priyan Directed this film in 1993 -
and priyan tried to make this film in hindi 1994.
other films remadein kannada and tamil after 11 years.
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November 20th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Chaitra , aptha mitra( kannda ) is a good film compared to that of tamil . But I must say BB is a good film.
Akshay had done great job , even vidya also. I CANNOT COMPARE THE MALAYALUM VIRSION WITH WITH OTHER(kannada,tamil hindi).
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November 23rd, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Outstanding movie . Akshay kumar is superb.I should watch this movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa again.
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November 23rd, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Outstanding movie. Akshay Kumar is superb. I should watch this movie Bhool Bulaiyaa again.
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November 26th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Bhool Bhulaiyaa is a good movie, if we compaire with OSO. OSO is only a show game.But Bhool Bhulaiyaa is a pupose fully made( even its a remake) movie like jurasic Park.this movie have life like shole, Dilvale dulhaniya…
OSO is just a shoe game of SRK. now a days he is just over acting
regards,
Sona
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December 5th, 2007 at 12:22 am
i have watched bhul bhulaya. i have also seen manichitra thazhu, which is a masterpiece. acting of shobhana in manichitrathazhu, cannot be compared to any one else. she is a gifted dancer and actor. all u guys from various parts of the country watch malayalam movie with sub titles. we all are indians, whether a malyali does it better or a punjabi does it better, doest it make sense. let any one from india do it. we shall all be proud of it. the malayalam movie is 100% best is of no doubt. lets all give salutations and applause to it, and the actor shobhana the credit. it was because of the story and her performance which compelled so many directors to remake it ….hai na.
afer watching the movie i feel that vidhya has tried her level best to do justice. but her dance cant be compared that of shobhana’s dance, my god shobhana was perfect in her dance sequel…..oru murai vandu paraaya…..
the movie is very good. worth watching. its nowhere boring. a complete entertainer
after all its a movie why to disect so much….
go for it it is a paisa wasool………..guys
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December 5th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
The movie’s worth wathing if you have nothing better to do.But Vidya’s acting’s amazing.
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December 7th, 2007 at 8:53 am
I wout full bhool buliyaa moive
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December 16th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Hello All
Compliments of the Season !
The Movie was Really Good .
I can sense the Tempertures soaring up in the Discussion board Despite the cold Winter Clime !
Anyway , here is my Point .
As far as I have come to understand :
Is Vidya Balan performing Barathanatyam ? If not what classical Dance form is it ? Because Vineet (The Grandson of the Great Barathanatyam Exponent Padmini) is an accomplished Barathanatyam Dancer , yet the Dance seems so different from the Barathanatyam in REAL LIFE (I mean in Natya Sabhas , Arangetrams , etc. )
According to the Tamil Movie (Chandramukhi) Script the Role played by the Actress Jyothika (Ganga) HAS NOT UNDERGONE FORMAL TRAINING in Barathanatyam . Hence she had to be Portrayed more as an insane dancer with POOR MAKE-UP skills and awful Dance Postures . On the Other hand The role of her lover (Wonderfully enacted by Vineet) is by himself a Barathanatyam Professor in the Script . Naturally he exhibited Sharper moves and exectued a more Graceful performance . And Please Barathanatyam is not that easy to be mastered at the Drop of a hat ! She had only three days time and what she had managed was more than expected . Why compare her with A talented Actress whose ancestry is replete with Barathanatyam Exponents and who has herself established a Dance School ? Shobana is Par Excellence , I accept ! The Script was different ! OK ?
Yes this Script Glorified Rajini and that was its only purpose ! I do not Object . Well what is wrong ? Jo did her best ! She was talked of in the masses ! She used up the most of her Tiny Mouse Hole !
And does it always mean that the Best of the Actors are Always Honoured ? Jo and Soundarya are comparitively (Note!) YOUNGER than SHobana in the FIlm Industry !
That is it then !
Thanks a Million for Patient Reading !
Luv,
Antony
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December 22nd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
This movie can’t be compared with its original malyalam film. The biggest attaraction of the film is Vidya Balan’s amazing performance with comedy of Rajpal yadav & paresh rawal. somehow the movie is entertaining.
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December 27th, 2007 at 6:51 am
i just wanna know is it a real story if some body have any idea about this plzz mail me as soon as possible ill be very thank ful….
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January 7th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
the movie is fantastic man……….. damn good yaar can’t say n e thing
but…………..” Never b Blindbelief” as Bdrinarayan[manoj joshi] was……
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January 28th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
yes it is a brilliant movie . and there is great comedy and all the songs are very rocking specially the song that i like is labon ko labon se sazzzado. superb idea and a great comedy played by rajpal yadav an akshay kumaer. love this movie
. congrats and love
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February 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
hey what Manichitra…blah blah blah and chandramukhi.it’s a hindi movie forum not tamil telugu or malaylam.even i can speak one of them.see….AADU PINNO POREY GEDER DEY CHUMMA AADAR GILLEY(did anyone understood it???)if yes then tell me too ok….hahaha well about the movie ……vidya balan’s dance and facial exxpression with her body language was awesome………………………..AAMI JE TUMHAAR was simplyy WOW…i had never ever seen such a good and unique movie in my life……i wish i could have made that movie…..welll…about akshay…he is simply dumb and SO MIDDLE CLASS,MONISHA BETA…LIKE ROSHESH…..i wasnt fan of vidya balan…i used to think that she is only fit for the roles of sati sabitri type……but now i have changed my mind.AND YOU SOUTH INDIANS PEOPLE GO TO YOUR OWN KOLLYWOOD,TOLLYWOOD,LOLLYWOOD FORUM……MIND IT
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February 23rd, 2008 at 3:40 am
One of best of 2007 movies
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April 22nd, 2008 at 10:52 am
ok um MR/MS chandramukhi.. who eva u r.. DO NOT say dat bout malayalm movies.. MANICHITHRATHAZHU was one of the best movies ever made… that movie was completly realistic… there was nothing fake about it.. but chandhramukhi..Majority of the movie was FAKE… nd it was so not necessary… especially.. “lakalakalakalakalakala” i dunno which stupid person thought of that itz weird… it was so not necessary..
Mohanlal made manichithrathazhu HOT .. Rajani jus annoyed me…
Bhool bhulaya is 80%%%%%%% BETTER than chandhrammukhi… beacause it is more believable..
“u think malayalees r made out of gold?? its bad enough they r using a ’spoiled version of tamizh’ as their language, yet acting like they r God’s descents…..” ????????
wat is wrong with u looser……. u dummy…. psycho!!!!! ahhhh u jus disgust me…….. wat r u? tamil? u looser
how can u say dat bout ur fellow INDIANS? how sick r uuuuu
Priyadharshan is one of the best directors ever lived… don’t tlk bout him lik dat..
y would anyone make dat chandhramukhi in hindi.. ther is a better one in hindi bhool bhulaya no need for chandramukhi in hindi… the songs from manichithrathazhu was 100 times better….
always the first movie is better wen they remake it most of the time the movoie gets stupid.. especially if da actor is rajani.. the script gotta be changed completly cause he is a TYPE actor.. only look good doing actions.. ONLY… OH nd FAKE, non realistic acting… hahah
wat is so big bout raa raa “oru murai” was better .from malayalam… HA!
You said n the beginning not to be racist but u r racist now looser
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April 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 am
nd rajani sir if u r reading this i did not mean to say anything bad bout u I jus got mad wen one dude wrote something bad bout malayalies….. :)
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August 24th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Movie was okay.
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October 14th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
even though in sum up movie is worthfull to watch but script is not that great especially first half. it took long for director to establish charaters. thats why first half is slow. climax is very good. thanks
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October 28th, 2008 at 11:46 am
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