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Bollywood Movies Part CCII: The Mollywood Takeover Part XXXVIII

Mulla (Sanjana Dipu) travels to Mumbai in search of their brother who left Lakshadweep years previously. They end up, after escaping from an orphanage, in a slum ruled by Bhai (Nivin Pauly), a criminal and addict who also is from Lakshadweep. When Mulla runs afoul of him, they are roped into working for him.

TW for movie: human trafficking, suicide, ritualized self harm. Moothon is a tragedy. No one has a good ending, even Mulla. I really don’t want to put spoilers in the review, but I will put them in the tags because I just have to get some things off my chest. I did really love the gay love story between Akbar and Amir (Roshan Mathew) and how soft it was. I also enjoyed the side characters and how well written they were, even if they weren’t the main focus of the film. The kids were the best, especially how they befriended Mulla even with a languange barrier. Both Nivin Pauly and Sanjana Dipu are great as the main characters. Favorite song is Bikhre (audio with stills from movie, no subtitles).

Dinesh (Nivin Pauly) meets Shoba (Nayanthara) at his cousin’s wedding where his attempts to sabotage the groom leads to Shoba ending up in the hospital. After he apologizes to her, they become closer throughout the wedding, and Dinesh decides to follow her to Chennai on the pretext of getting an MBA. Dinesh worms his way into her group of friend and they fall in love, but Shoba discovers that Dinesh is not actually in school and just spends his days drinking and spending money.

Love Action Drama is a very silly romance that never really takes itself seriously at all. Even when events seem to be more dramatic, the film never treats them seriously. Even the big fight at the end in extremely silly. Favorite songs are Rathein (audio with transliterated Malayalam lyrics), Varavaayi, Aalolam, and Oru Swapnam Pole (audio with transliterated Malayalam lyrics).

Albert (Prithviraj Sukumaran), an astrophysicist, travels to the Himalayas with his son Adam (Master Alok) to study a comet that will cause an electro-magnetic blackout for nine days as it passes Earth. On the first day, he meets Ava (Wamiqa Gabbi), a mysterious young woman also looking for the comet. Adam befriends Eva but soon discovers that she has a dark side.

9 is an interesting science fiction thriller that is really about the relationship between Adam and Albert. When focusing on Adam and Albert, the movie is good. When it veers into other stuff involving the comet, it gets a bit weird. As to whatever is up with Ava, I guess you can pick whichever explanation you like better for her existence. Favorite song is Akale (English subtitles).