Sagar Alias Jacky: Reloaded: Mohanlal, Amal Neerad Film

Sagar Alias Jacky: Reloaded is a Malayalam action film directed by Amal Neerad. Mohanlal reprises the role of the eponymous Sagar alias Jacky from the 1987 blockbuster Irupatham Noottandu. The versatile style and camera angles implemented are simply slick. The script is by S.N. Swamy and the film is being produced by Aashirvad Cinemas. Shobana, Bhavana play the female leads while Jyothirmayi plays a cameo role. The film is now being dubbed into Tamil.

Cast and Crew

Language: Malayalam
Genre: Action
Banner: Aashirvad Cinemas
Director: Amal Neerad
Producer: Antony Perumbavoor
Story, Screenplay, Dialogue: S.N Swamy
Cinematography: Amal Neerad
Editing: Vivek Harshan
Lyrics: Gireesh Puthenchery
Music: Gopi Sunder
Background Music: Gopi Sunder
Distribution: Max Lab Release
Release Date(s): India: 26 March 2009
                 United States: 15 April 2009
                 United Kingdom: 15 April 2009
Certification: U
Runtime: 145 min
Cast: Mohanlal, Bhavana, Shobana, Manoj K. Jayan, Jyothirmayi, Pranav Mohanlal, Sumit Naval, Sampath Raj,  Jagathi Sreekumar, Suman, Sherveer Vakil, Nedumudi Venu, Bala, Ganesh Kumar, Rahul Dev

Mohanlal's much:anticipated action thriller Sagar Alias Jacky : Reloaded, directed by Amal Neerad, was touted to be the most stylish Malayalam film. Of course the film has style, but unfortunately, no substance! The first part of Irupatham Noottandu was a huge hit for its in:depth characterization, stylish screenplay the right mix of comedy and sentiments too. But unfortunately, Sagar Alias Jacky : Reloaded has to rely only on the splendid camerawork and stylish costumes to hope for box office success.

The film revolves around Sagar Alias Jacky (Mohanlal), a successful underworld don based in Dubai. He always outsmarts his rivals, especially Naina (Suman), and always emerges triumphant in all his dealings.One day, Sagar gets a distress call from his childhood friend Manu's wife Indu (Shobhana) in Kerala. Manu (Manoj K. Jayan) is the 'good for nothing' son of the Chief Minister of Kerala (Nedumudi Venu). Indu informs Sagar that Manu has been kidnapped by notorious gangsters Rozario brothers. There are internal political twists in the story with the police (who are loyal to Manu's elder brother Hari, a budding politician aiming at his father's post) dragging the investigation.

As soon as he receives the call, Sagar arrives in Kochi in his private jet with four members of his gang. Then the story follows the usual line with Sagar taking on the Rozario Brothers to save Manu. The film ends with a final shootout at a resort. In between, a journalist Arathy Menon arrives at the scene with the intent of exposing Sagar but predictably, falls in love with him.

It is better not to compare Sagar Alias Jacky : Reloaded with Irupatham Noottandu for if we do, we will be disappointed. Irupatham Noottandu helped Mohanlal gain the title of superstar and invokes nostalgic feelings among all the movie lovers in Kerala. But the sequel has been diminished to an extravagant display of style, wide camera angles and a Hollywood type narration.

Mohanlal is the one of the most flexible actors in Malayalam; unfortunately, his character has been portrayed as a stone:faced, emotionless, underworld don who appears in lavish costumes. The rest of the cast (Manoj K. Jayan, Shobhana, Nedumudi Venu, Bhavana and Ganesh) have done justice to their respective roles.

Amal Neerad has excelled with his camera work but the same cannot be said about his direction. The film goes at a snail's pace at times and at other times, it is super fast. Gopi Sundar has made some beautiful music for the film.

Although Sagar Alias Jacky : Reloaded fails to impress with its story and narration, it can be enjoyed merely for its technical quality and visual aesthetics.

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Red Chillies: Mohanlal, Shaji Kailas Film

Red Chillies is the first movie released of Mohanlal in 2009. Directed by Shaji Kailas and A.K Sajan doing the script. Produced by Ranjith and distributed by Vaishaka Release.

Cast and Crew

Language: Malayalam
Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
Banner: Rajaputhra Visual Media
Director: Shaji Kailas
Producer: M. Ranjith
Story, Screenplay, Dialogue: A.K Sajan
Cinematography: Shaji
Lyrics: Gireesh Puthenchery
Music: Vinoo Abraham
Background Music: Rajamani
Distribution : Vaishaka Release
Release Date: 14 February 2009
Certification: U
Runtime: 155 min
Cast: Mohanlal, Thilakan, Siddique, Dhanya, Renjini Jose, Juli, Leena, Biju Menon, Mrudhula, Neena, Krishna Priya, Ruksha, Sabakhan, Samjitha, Jagadeesh, Ganesh, Vijayaraghavan, Vijayakumar, Manianpillai Raju, Biju Pappan, Baburaj, Sukumari, Bindu Panicker

After a long time, Mohanlal simply rocks in Shaji Kailas directed Red Chillies.

When it comes to stylish visuals, there are not many who can match director Shaji Kailas' technical finesse, in Malayalam. With quirky cuts, immaculate close-ups, hard hitting punch lines and sizzling effects, it's nothing less than a visual treat.

The hero, OMR (Mohanlal) is a high flying businessman and owns a radio station in Kerala. But still, no one has a clue about him or his whereabouts!

OMR talks tough, acts tougher, drives swanky cars and lives life, king size. The film begins when 'Red Chillies', the popular gang of radio jockeys working for OMR's Radio Station in Kochi, runs into big trouble.

On a New Year eve, they are accused of killing a hunk, after a gang rape. Worse still, they are also indicted in the hit-and-run issue on the same fateful night, where a group of agitating workers, led by Comrade Mani Varghese (Thilakan) is brutally crushed to death under the wheels of their car.

Mani's son, Stalin (Biju Menon) an IPS officer and Commissioner Vyasan (Siddique) start investigating into the crime. Soon, OMR comes to Kerala, to save the gals in trouble.

But sadly, picture-perfect frames cannot keep you hooked on to the screen for more than two hours. You also need a tight and gripping screenplay and that is exactly where the film begins to falter. On simpler terms, is all style but lacks substance, at least to a great extent!

Shaji's camera keeps the suspense thriller moving at a rapid pace, though it is a bit too long at 2 hours 35 minutes.

A.K Sajan's script has been inspired from Morgan Freeman- Ashley Judd starrer Kiss the Girls (1997).

Mohanlal, sporting a bearded look and flashy outfits, looks absolutely convincing as OMR. The way he delivers the Kidilan punch line, Onnum Marakkilla Rama is a treat to watch. The rest of the cast Biju Menon, Siddique and Thilakan do their parts pretty well. There are too many loose ends that looms large in the script but such aspects are better left out, as the whole storyline is perhaps not meant to be taken too seriously.

Red Chillies would have been a better film if the makers had spent more time on the basics, meaning the story and the script, rather than at the editing and computer-graphics. Still it is a edge-of-the seat crime thriller with gritty performance by Mohanlal that keep the mercury rising.

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