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Kanyaka Talkies (2013) is a Malayalam movie. K.R. Manoj has directed this movie. Chempil Asokan,Munshi Baiju,Krishnan Balakrishnan,N.L. Balakrishnan are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2013. Kanyaka Talkies (2013) is considered one of the best Drama,Mystery movie in India and around the world.
Kuyyali is a sleepy hillside village where stands Kanyaka Talkies, a twenty year old movie theatre, whose mainstay was screening of soft porn films. When the owner of the theater, Yakoob, faces many tragedies in his personal life, one after the other, he decides to bid adieu to Kuyyali, and give up Kanyaka. Upon leaving, he requests the local Christian diocese to take over the theater building and space. Diocese converts it into a church and Father Michele gets appointed as the priest of the 'newly converted' church. The church attracts a steady stream of followers and one among them is Ancy, who lives the double life of a home nurse and that of a porn 'extra'. Ancy's life is punctuated with uncanny fantasies and moments of guilt pangs which pushes her to seek solace at the church. After reaching Kuyyali Father Michele starts listening to strange voices; his attempts to stop it nearly drives him crazy. He makes some secret moves to get over the trouble, which leads to a series of ...
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Kanyaka Talkies (2013) Reviews
Muddled film in need of a re-edit
On paper, Kanyaka Talkies looks really good. An old single screen cinema in a remote and poor part of Kerala gets converted to a church. The impact the old 'talkies' theatre and the new church have on the lives of the main characters is the premise of the film. The characters are haphazardly developed and some of the scenes are very drawn out and could have benefited from tighter writing and/or editing. The elements of desire, lust, guilt and escapism all play their part but none are really explored properly leaving the viewer wanting. The light-hearted comic touches, e.g. the priest's scenes with the psychiatrist, are few and far between and seem at odds with the rest of the film. The last few scenes veer off into art-house territory, particularly the closing beach scene leaving you unfulfilled and guessing- that may have been intentional but it doesn't really work. Most of the actors are capable but suffer in what is a confused and clunky film.