Its not a horror movie. May be the best psychological thriller movie in 90s Indian film industry. 3 great National Award winning artists; Shobhana- Mohanlal- Suresh gopi in one frame ❤
Proud to be a malayali, and don't know how many times I watched this movie, Shobhana did this character unremarkable and won the national award for best actress.
Eventhough she is a great dancer, in the movie she as original character does the steps of the dance imperfectly, like the character if the film. But her imagination persona is seen to be doing them perfectly. That is Shobhana's acting prowess
This is one of the first movies in Indian Cinema, which treated the split personality as a medical condition rather a ghost attack and communicated it well to the viewers, which helped in breaking many taboos about the disease and people started thinking differently on such conditions, that a psychiatrist is the option in such cases.
Shobhana's dance movements as an obsessed person and as in her imagination is fantastic. What was crazily challenging was to dance on that floor as it was polished with oil!!!
Have you come and visit me atleast once, they pain behind these words still haunting me and fill my eyes with tears. An unmatched performance by the Great actress Sobhana.
This song is one of my favourites from Malayalam movies. Shobhana did such a great job. I agree that the mixed-genre might confuse non-indian viewers but we are used to it and hence that was not an issue in Kerala. I love these song reaction series you are doing and keep them coming. :)
Shobhana is one of the enormously talented actress in india. ❤ and a wonder ful dancer . And the movie manichithrathazhu is a cult classic. Good reaction.
10:47 It's not just her makeup.. if you watch closely, her dance moves in real life are awkward and clunky, because she's not a trained dancer, but in her fantasy, she moves much more gracefully.
The song was mostly in Tamil , except the male vocal towards the end which is in Malayalam. You just saw the best part of the movie again. I won't recommend another go at the full movie given its done once :)
The film is one of the best movie from malayalam industry. Performances are amazing by every artists and the director Fasil is the real craft man. We r very proud of each crews behind the make..
thanks for reacting to what is possibly one of the greatest songs in the history of malayalam cinema! You guys have a knack for understanding the core of the story despite the obvious regional artistic choices and differences!
The movie came out at a specific time when the mental sciences were only just getting known, and not quite mainstream, so the idea of split personalities/DID, etc was introduced as a concept with this movie. The terms may be dated, as the 'gold medal from America' kind of stuff - but that was what was impressive to Keralaites at the time, as in India, every year we have common entrance exams for a bunch of academic fields, and the ranks are published openly - so it's possible to get a gold medal/1st rank! Not to mention that specific academic fields for mental health were not quite known lol. The fact that the movie played on subjects that were previously always surrounded by mystery/superstitions kind of made it relatable - I have visited the village my family is from. There was an old, huge house, a temple nearby, a pond no-one went to coz of weird stories, random small old-timey mysteries and stories.... there are just so many elements, even in the comedic routines, that echo cultural things - there are certain rituals you can do in certain temples that might ask you to do stuff/not to do stuff - so that concept of Innocent not speaking for a certain time until he finishes a task, is actually relatable and understood when the more ridiculous aspects of it are underlined. Not to mention the movie was not advertised as horror, just as a thriller. The whole idea was that regular village life, with people having annoying neighbours who got their stuff dropped down a well and asks you to help, petty quarrels between relatives, enjoying poetry competitions on the riverbank, rolling your eyes at thse ridiculous people who comes in from overseas with their strange ideas, etc, get disrupted because an unspoken village more got broken. So it's not that the movie is a strict genre of one or the other, it's like a slice of village life. Because life can't be divided into one genre - the fact that you get scared because of unexplained happenings in your home doesn't mean the neighbours won't annoy you, or that you won't laugh when ridiculous situations happen. My two cents, as a malayalee.
whenever we think of serious classical indian dance form, no other one comes to mind first than Bharatnatyam, then others like Kathak, but all classical dance form has their roots in ancient performing arts text Natya Shastra by Bharat Muni. Sanskrit literature is very rich not just the popularly known vedic-upanishad literature, the 2 epics and puranas. But also fables, epic and lyric poetry, dramas, prose novels during 1 cen ad to 12 cen ad, like Panchatantra, Kumarasambhava, Mehgadoot, Shakuntala by Kalidas, Mrcchakatika, Kadambari, Kathasaritsagar based on long lost Brihtkatha, Sukasaptati
Malayalam films are known for their strong commitment to portraying real-life situations, making them relatable to the experiences and events we encounter. Translating these movies or adding subtitles may diminish their true essence, and as a result, individuals who are not Malayalam speakers or those born and raised abroad might not fully appreciate the films in the same way that native Malayalam speakers do.
Hai friends so happy to see your video of Indian ever legend film. I am from India and pursuing my Doctoral research in USA. I appreciate your enthusiasm and pronunciation in Malayalam.Keep going 👍
*Hai Dears... Its Sonu Antony. From Kerala. First of all I thanking you to Chose this Wonderful Song to Reaction..... 🥰💐.....the Director name is not Faize..... Its Fazil sir... And this Movie is a simbel of all we 80's kids fear...... And in fact there is no any movie came out yet to make us enough sacred (lots of movie released )it was not a film it was a phenomenon ❤...*
The mansion is in the capital of southern Kerala princely state travancore, where the successors of king Marthanda varma resided and ruled. The state never fully surrendered to British, partially kept it's self governance by giving annual tributes to the British.
@@sudharmmacp8216 a few scenes shot 🥃 n hill palace.. but major location was padnabhapuram kottaram... Near Thiruvananthapuram, but presently in Tamilnadu state
@@consiglieretomhagen9350Most scenes were shot at hill palace. Few scenes shot at padmanabapuram. Few scenes were shot at cherupushpam studio, udayamperoor near tripunithura
To understand how Malayalees view this movie you need to understand a bit about Malayalam culture and the environment in which this movie was made. It is a place where people have very strong religious beliefs and you will find many stories, myths, etc. about bad spirits (e.g. kuttichathan, yakshi, etc.) and ghosts in the cultural lore. Over the last 100 years or so with the advent of science and spread of education these ideas or stories are not talked about so much. I remember during my grandmother's time and the stories she used to tell us - I found it a bit scary when I was a child. There are also a lot of religious rituals, prayers, etc. which have been specifically designed/created to scare off these spirits and ward off any harm from them. Even today you will find priests in Kerala who can/will perform such rituals. So, for people who lived in such an environment such a movie will be quite scary - at least it was in 1993. Today, we live in the age of information overload and things have changed a lot - such dark themes and ideas dont have so much hold over people.
What I like about this film is the amalgamation of the rich indian culture, traditions, belief systems with the academic/scientific explanations. It leaves room for the dualism of the two spheres. Ganga's character experienced abandonment issues and loneliness that turned her into a dysfunctional adult. Her parents and husband failed to meet her emotional needs. She buried herself in books and poetry as a means of escapism. She fell in love with the poet Chandu as she found him relatable and someone who could understand her at the level she craved for. The scientific side shows ganga using her alter ego to get what she wants (freedom from her husband and a lover in chandu) and the supernatural side shows the story of a reincarnation or posession of a human to act based on the supernatural. I also love all the details and continuity in the movie - there is a reason for every small thing or dialogue. For example- How Dr Sunny insists on taking Allie's bicycle for the long ride to uncover Ganga 's past or the reason Ganga loses it when she's told she can't go to get Allie's wedding jewelry
Important part is that Sobhana is professional dancer she has a dance school. She had to dance both as a professional in yellow dress and an absolute novice in white dress.. It was difficult she said in an interview
The thing about subtitles is, the character shobana plays sings in tamil (as Nagavally is Tamil) while the hero sings in Malayalam, as the languages are little bit similar they sync together well. Takeaway : only the tamil is subtitled.
No Offense, but movies like that, nobody else in the world can really understand all the nuances of the movie except Malayalees. So, what you are saying is totally understandable. The movie had a theatrical run for 365 days.
You both have watched her in thalapathy. She was the one who rajnikath was in love with but her dad rejects him. She is a classically trained dancer. I have been to her show and met her in person through a mutual friend. She is an introvert but when she appears on the screen she lights it up.
This is classic movie released in 1994./1995. Many directors remade this in many other Indian language, but unfortunately all are not up to the mark. Do watch full movie.. And enjoy..
Here we can see Sobhana's character didn't learn dancing and we can see that in her imagination she is dancing like a professional but in reality she is trying hard to imitate
Actually in those days subtitles are mostly wrong ...how can u able to understand those movies?? U have to know the culture and traditions and believes to understand those movies.... in kerala each part is different with language dialects and custom .....its very cultural and traditional rich place ....its also effects because to understand those movies u need minimum knowledge about those...
This is one of the best movie ever produced in India. You just to need to know the traditions and atmosphere, once you understand the concept, you'll go insane.
The film is counted as one of the best classics made in Indian Cinema
Super❤
Cult status.
Proud to be a malayali ❤❤💪💪no one can replace shobhana mam....such a great actress and dancer
you should be..finest content came from Kerala and not Bengal with all due respect..❤ coming from a Telugu
Is Kaali ur real name?
Shobhana is a great actress... won the National award for this role... all the remake actress could at best come up with average performances....
Its not a horror movie. May be the best psychological thriller movie in 90s Indian film industry. 3 great National Award winning artists; Shobhana- Mohanlal- Suresh gopi in one frame ❤
I am from Pakistan. I love this movie. 🙌🏾
Being a classical dancer Shobana choreographed this song. The coactor Ramanathan also is a famous classical dancer Dr Sreedhar Sreeram.
The female portion of this song is sung entirely in Tamil and the male portion is in Malayalam.
Proud to be a malayali, and don't know how many times I watched this movie, Shobhana did this character unremarkable and won the national award for best actress.
Eventhough she is a great dancer, in the movie she as original character does the steps of the dance imperfectly, like the character if the film. But her imagination persona is seen to be doing them perfectly. That is Shobhana's acting prowess
Iam proud to be a malayali .....
This is one of the first movies in Indian Cinema, which treated the split personality as a medical condition rather a ghost attack and communicated it well to the viewers, which helped in breaking many taboos about the disease and people started thinking differently on such conditions, that a psychiatrist is the option in such cases.
Mohanlal & Shobhana did 55 movies together.
Sir I am from kerala.this is one of most popular movie in Indian industry.sobhana mam very talented actress..
National award winning performance, no remake came close to shobhana mams performance
Shobhana's dance movements as an obsessed person and as in her imagination is fantastic. What was crazily challenging was to dance on that floor as it was polished with oil!!!
No overacting or funny looks in this original version..everything looks real.
No one can replace shobhana maam..
Watch the performance of all other actress played nagavalli
Have you come and visit me atleast once, they pain behind these words still haunting me and fill my eyes with tears. An unmatched performance by the Great actress Sobhana.
This song is one of my favourites from Malayalam movies. Shobhana did such a great job. I agree that the mixed-genre might confuse non-indian viewers but we are used to it and hence that was not an issue in Kerala. I love these song reaction series you are doing and keep them coming. :)
Thank you :)
shobhana is considered as the best actress ever in malayalam film
The class in mollywood
The complete actor Mohanlal
Shobana
Suresh gopi❤
National award winning perfomence shobana ❤️
Shobhana is one of the enormously talented actress in india. ❤ and a wonder ful dancer .
And the movie manichithrathazhu is a cult classic. Good reaction.
In Malayalam as well as Tamil there is a lot of Samskritham. Mother of all languages.
In Malayalam movie, sweet Tamil song,, shobhana bharatanatyam just nailed it❤❤
Malayalis love Tamil more than we Tamils ourselves. Proud of our malayali cousins
I'm proud to be a malayali
Mani= BELL
Chitra= CANVAS
Thazhu= LOCK
STORY 10/10
CINEMATOGRAPHY 10/10
BGM 10/10
MUSIC 10/10
COMEDY 10/10
OVERALL 10/10
10:47 It's not just her makeup.. if you watch closely, her dance moves in real life are awkward and clunky, because she's not a trained dancer, but in her fantasy, she moves much more gracefully.
That's really great.
The song was mostly in Tamil , except the male vocal towards the end which is in Malayalam.
You just saw the best part of the movie again. I won't recommend another go at the full movie given its done once :)
Yes because the female dancer is from Tamil Nadu (in the story) and male dancer is keralite
@@DNeo1092 😂 look at the comments again, I already said (in the story) I was talking about the character
The film is one of the best movie from malayalam industry. Performances are amazing by every artists and the director Fasil is the real craft man. We r very proud of each crews behind the make..
Proud to be a malayali ❤❤❤and thank you❤️❤️❤️she is a great bharathanatyam dancer also❤️
Super....❤ ശോഭന... മണിച്ചിത്രതാഴ് 🎉🎉.മലയാളി എന്ന നിലയിൽ അങ്ങേയറ്റം അഭിമാനിക്കുന്നു ❤
thanks for reacting to what is possibly one of the greatest songs in the history of malayalam cinema! You guys have a knack for understanding the core of the story despite the obvious regional artistic choices and differences!
Favorite movie, favorite song, favorite actor & actress ❤
The movie came out at a specific time when the mental sciences were only just getting known, and not quite mainstream, so the idea of split personalities/DID, etc was introduced as a concept with this movie. The terms may be dated, as the 'gold medal from America' kind of stuff - but that was what was impressive to Keralaites at the time, as in India, every year we have common entrance exams for a bunch of academic fields, and the ranks are published openly - so it's possible to get a gold medal/1st rank! Not to mention that specific academic fields for mental health were not quite known lol.
The fact that the movie played on subjects that were previously always surrounded by mystery/superstitions kind of made it relatable - I have visited the village my family is from. There was an old, huge house, a temple nearby, a pond no-one went to coz of weird stories, random small old-timey mysteries and stories.... there are just so many elements, even in the comedic routines, that echo cultural things - there are certain rituals you can do in certain temples that might ask you to do stuff/not to do stuff - so that concept of Innocent not speaking for a certain time until he finishes a task, is actually relatable and understood when the more ridiculous aspects of it are underlined.
Not to mention the movie was not advertised as horror, just as a thriller. The whole idea was that regular village life, with people having annoying neighbours who got their stuff dropped down a well and asks you to help, petty quarrels between relatives, enjoying poetry competitions on the riverbank, rolling your eyes at thse ridiculous people who comes in from overseas with their strange ideas, etc, get disrupted because an unspoken village more got broken. So it's not that the movie is a strict genre of one or the other, it's like a slice of village life. Because life can't be divided into one genre - the fact that you get scared because of unexplained happenings in your home doesn't mean the neighbours won't annoy you, or that you won't laugh when ridiculous situations happen. My two cents, as a malayalee.
My fvt actors and movie
Shobhana mam amazing classical dancer &actor 👌 from kerala
One of the best classic movie of India
whenever we think of serious classical indian dance form, no other one comes to mind first than Bharatnatyam, then others like Kathak, but all classical dance form has their roots in ancient performing arts text Natya Shastra by Bharat Muni. Sanskrit literature is very rich not just the popularly known vedic-upanishad literature, the 2 epics and puranas. But also fables, epic and lyric poetry, dramas, prose novels during 1 cen ad to 12 cen ad, like Panchatantra, Kumarasambhava, Mehgadoot, Shakuntala by Kalidas, Mrcchakatika, Kadambari, Kathasaritsagar based on long lost Brihtkatha, Sukasaptati
Shobhana expressions and dancing amazing. ❤
Malayalam films are known for their strong commitment to portraying real-life situations, making them relatable to the experiences and events we encounter. Translating these movies or adding subtitles may diminish their true essence, and as a result, individuals who are not Malayalam speakers or those born and raised abroad might not fully appreciate the films in the same way that native Malayalam speakers do.
Shobhanas dance, Chithras music, Priyadarshans direction extremely wonderful. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
its amazing to see the male dancer in all his glory in on scene, and then acting as a man who has rhythm. her lines are perfect
She won the national award for the best actress for this movie,.
Hai friends so happy to see your video of Indian ever legend film. I am from India and pursuing my Doctoral research in USA. I appreciate your enthusiasm and pronunciation in Malayalam.Keep going 👍
Thank you :)
You are welcome
my all time favourite.❤
Actors, music, dance, singers all are in the same proportion ❤❤
*Hai Dears... Its Sonu Antony. From Kerala. First of all I thanking you to Chose this Wonderful Song to Reaction..... 🥰💐.....the Director name is not Faize..... Its Fazil sir... And this Movie is a simbel of all we 80's kids fear...... And in fact there is no any movie came out yet to make us enough sacred (lots of movie released )it was not a film it was a phenomenon ❤...*
Great ❤... Actually i am thrilled watching your reaction, being myself a MALAYALI.......😊😊😊
One of the Best classics in Indian cinema
it was shoot in a palace actually.. nice place .. and film is wonderful and her dance remarkable
Unforgetable character by shobhana mam
Lalettan,Shobhana,Suresh Gopi,MG,Radhakrishnan,Fasil ❤
The mansion is in the capital of southern Kerala princely state travancore, where the successors of king Marthanda varma resided and ruled. The state never fully surrendered to British, partially kept it's self governance by giving annual tributes to the British.
I think it is hill palace
@@sudharmmacp8216 a few scenes shot 🥃 n hill palace.. but major location was padnabhapuram kottaram... Near Thiruvananthapuram, but presently in Tamilnadu state
@@consiglieretomhagen9350Most scenes were shot at hill palace. Few scenes shot at padmanabapuram. Few scenes were shot at cherupushpam studio, udayamperoor near tripunithura
Revathy in Devasuram..another great actor
Mohanlal and Shobhana did 55 movies together
this film is considered as an all-time classic in Indian film history same as 'the silence of the lamb' for hollywood
There are many things in this movie that a native can understand. I think thats why you guys didn't like the movie that much
To understand how Malayalees view this movie you need to understand a bit about Malayalam culture and the environment in which this movie was made. It is a place where people have very strong religious beliefs and you will find many stories, myths, etc. about bad spirits (e.g. kuttichathan, yakshi, etc.) and ghosts in the cultural lore. Over the last 100 years or so with the advent of science and spread of education these ideas or stories are not talked about so much. I remember during my grandmother's time and the stories she used to tell us - I found it a bit scary when I was a child. There are also a lot of religious rituals, prayers, etc. which have been specifically designed/created to scare off these spirits and ward off any harm from them. Even today you will find priests in Kerala who can/will perform such rituals. So, for people who lived in such an environment such a movie will be quite scary - at least it was in 1993. Today, we live in the age of information overload and things have changed a lot - such dark themes and ideas dont have so much hold over people.
What I like about this film is the amalgamation of the rich indian culture, traditions, belief systems with the academic/scientific explanations. It leaves room for the dualism of the two spheres.
Ganga's character experienced abandonment issues and loneliness that turned her into a dysfunctional adult. Her parents and husband failed to meet her emotional needs. She buried herself in books and poetry as a means of escapism. She fell in love with the poet Chandu as she found him relatable and someone who could understand her at the level she craved for. The scientific side shows ganga using her alter ego to get what she wants (freedom from her husband and a lover in chandu) and the supernatural side shows the story of a reincarnation or posession of a human to act based on the supernatural.
I also love all the details and continuity in the movie - there is a reason for every small thing or dialogue. For example- How Dr Sunny insists on taking Allie's bicycle for the long ride to uncover Ganga 's past or the reason Ganga loses it when she's told she can't go to get Allie's wedding jewelry
Important part is that Sobhana is professional dancer she has a dance school. She had to dance both as a professional in yellow dress and an absolute novice in white dress.. It was difficult she said in an interview
You guys pronounced it perfectly.❤..usually people pronounce in the wrong way.
We made our mistakes in the past ':D (and still do of course from time to time)
@@TheJimmyCage 🥰
She is an Indian treasure❤ She is a goddess❤
No, she was not in Devasuram. Look in Nadodikaattu for the same lead combination.
Shobhana is a classically trained Bharatnatyam dancer, so she's doing a proper Bharatnatyam performance here.
First time I liked your reaction because of choice of pure talent song/dance.
Also do reaction on Vyjyanthimala's dance.
Proud to be. Malayalii
Lallettan shobana mam combo
Love from Kerala.
The thing about subtitles is,
the character shobana plays sings in tamil (as Nagavally is Tamil) while the hero sings in Malayalam, as the languages are little bit similar they sync together well.
Takeaway : only the tamil is subtitled.
Its a cultural movie. To enjoy the movie you should be aware about the mythology connected to it.
I love. Shobhana. Mam. ❤❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉
മണിച്ചിത്രത്താഴ് 😍
Love from (Kerala) INDIA ❤️
മലയാളികൾ സൗകര്യപൂർവ്വം മറന്നത് എല്ലാം ഇവിടെ ഉണ്ട് ❤️❤️❤️നന്ദി ❤️❤️
Great song selection ❤
No Offense, but movies like that, nobody else in the world can really understand all the nuances of the movie except Malayalees. So, what you are saying is totally understandable. The movie had a theatrical run for 365 days.
Shobahan's character is possessed (actually dissociative personality disorder) by a Tamil daancer ,so she is singing a tamil song...
Kannur squad.. mammootty movie.....waiting for ur review....huge hit in kerala..
If mammooty stand in front kerala box office 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The place you guys seen in the video is pathmanabhapuram palace it's the part of travancore kingdom now it's is located in Tamil Nadu in south india
My all time favourite song ❤❤❤
You both have watched her in thalapathy. She was the one who rajnikath was in love with but her dad rejects him. She is a classically trained dancer. I have been to her show and met her in person through a mutual friend. She is an introvert but when she appears on the screen she lights it up.
Shobana... super..sansar❤️🌹 friends ❤️
India's no 1 Barathanatiyam dancer sobana
ഈ ചാനലിൽ കൂടി ഈ മനോഹര ഗാനം കേൾപ്പിച്ചതിൽ .ഒരു പാടു നന്ദി .താങ്ക്യു സോ മച്ച്
One and only Sobhana ❤❤❤❤❤ great performance 👏 👌 👍
This is true story in kerala ❤
superb film in indian film history
Proud of you guys❤❤❤
Most welcome... To infinity.
Trying hard you guys. We know things come from everywhere.
My all time favourite movie
This is classic movie released in 1994./1995. Many directors remade this in many other Indian language, but unfortunately all are not up to the mark. Do watch full movie.. And enjoy..
We already watched and reviewed it years ago ;)
@@TheJimmyCageSuperb. Somehow I missed that. Appreciate.d
Here we can see Sobhana's character didn't learn dancing and we can see that in her imagination she is dancing like a professional but in reality she is trying hard to imitate
Now Manichithrathazhu again released with 4k
Actually in those days subtitles are mostly wrong ...how can u able to understand those movies?? U have to know the culture and traditions and believes to understand those movies.... in kerala each part is different with language dialects and custom .....its very cultural and traditional rich place ....its also effects because to understand those movies u need minimum knowledge about those...
Chithra chechi voice 🫶🤍
Shobana madam❤❤❤
Such a great movie
The make up and choreography was done by Shobhana herself i believe as she mentioned this in an interview.
Goat movie. Couldn't stand the remakes
This is one of the best movie ever produced in India. You just to need to know the traditions and atmosphere, once you understand the concept, you'll go insane.
Great choice!