Thiruvananthapuram: The dead body of a school student found on the railway track in Parashala, Thiruvananthapuram. The body of Abili Joy, a native of Alampara, was found. Abili Joy is a class 10 student at Palukal Higher Secondary School. The body was found in the school uniform.
Contagious fever: Local bodies should ensure cleaning operations: Minister Veena George
Pathanamthitta: Health Minister Veena George said that strict vigilance should be taken in the district against contagious fever. The minister was speaking at the District Development Committee meeting held at the Collectorate.
Care should be taken against dengue fever, dengue fever and rat fever. Local bodies should ensure that cleaning activities are carried out properly.
DMO (Health) should provide district hotspot list to local bodies and district administration. On June 26 and 27, a meeting should be held at the local government level and cleaning work should be done. The ward level sanitation committee should ensure that the funds allocated for sanitation are properly utilized. The minister suggested that the local body level meeting should be held once in two weeks and the ward level meeting should be held once in a week to evaluate the cleaning activities.
A dry day should be observed once a week. Every hospital should have a special fever ward and clinic. Treatment charges in private hospitals should be displayed in a visible manner to the patients. As part of health awareness, guest workers’ camps should be visited by representatives of local government, health department and labor department. The minister also said that doctors should be appointed temporarily in the vacancies in the health centers of the district.
Epidemic: call center has been started in the state
Thiruvananthapuram: A call center has been started in the state as part of prevention of communicable diseases. The current direction is to strengthen the call center by setting up a separate call center to include the services of doctors from all districts.
In addition to direction counsellors, doctors and e-sanjeevini doctors, more doctors will be made available from all districts under the leadership of District Surveillance Officers. As the traffic increases, more people will be served.
Various diseases like dengue fever, rat fever, H1N1, Zika, respiratory diseases and diarrheal diseases can be affected during the rainy season. At the beginning of the disease and during the treatment phase, many people may have many doubts. Due to the busyness of the hospital, it is often not possible to ask the doctor directly. Disha Call Center will act as a solution to all that. Precautions, doubt about the medicine taken, what food to eat, doubt about the test result, psychological support, prevention of infection etc. can be discussed. The phone will be handed over to the specialist doctors concerned.
If someone in the house has a sudden emergency or illness, the direction number can be called. Doctors will tell you the first aid to be done immediately. Those who need it will get treatment and drug information through e Sanjeevani immediately. 104, 1056, 0471-2552056, 2551056, Disha’s services are available round the clock. Health Minister Veena George requested everyone to avail the Disha service.
K Vidya granted bail in forgery case
Mannarkkad: The Mannarkkad Munsiff Magistrate Court has granted bail to K Vidya in the case of applying for a job at Attapadi Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College by preparing a fake work experience certificate.
Vidya’s health condition is also taken into consideration for the bail. But the Kasargod Neeleswaram police issued a notice to Vidya asking her to appear the next day in the case of receiving a benefit by submitting a fake document at Karinthalam College. The court granted bail to K Vidya with two sureties of Rs 50,000, to appear before the investigating officer on alternate Saturdays, not to leave Kerala under any circumstances, and to produce documents including passport before the court.
The prosecution told the court that K Vidya admitted to forging the document. When asked if a fake seal was found, the reply was that the original was destroyed after a case was registered. The prosecution also stated that the seal and related documents were produced online. Vidya testified that it was prepared on a mobile phone and that mobile phone was destroyed.
K Vidya, a PhD student at Kalady Sanskrit University and a native of Thrikaripur, Kasaragod, was arrested by the Agali police from her friend’s house in Mepayur Kutot, Kozhikode on Wednesday night. The case is that he produced a fake certificate in the name of Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam to get appointment to the post of Malayalam Guest Lecturer in Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Arts College, Palakkad.
Dhoomam Movie Review; A brilliant story spoiled by the average direction and screenplay
Dhoomam Movie Review; A brilliant story spoiled by the average direction and screenplay
- REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI R
•Language: MALAYALAM
•Duration: 02 Hours 24 Minutes.
•Genre: Suspense Thriller.
•POSITIVES:
1: STORY
2: PERFORMANCE OF FAHADH FAASIL
3: THE SOCIAL MESSAGE IN THE FILM
4: SONGS AND BACKGROUND SCORE
5: CINEMATOGRAPHY
6: CLIMAX
•NEGATIVES:
1: The direction could have been better
2: The screenplay didn’t create a proper impact
3: Dramatic dialogues
4: Duration of the film
5: Felt lag at both the first and second half
6: Editing
•ONE WORD: A brilliant story spoiled by the average direction and screenplay.
•STORY IDEA:
The plot is set in Karnataka with the tale of the couple Avinash (Fahadh Faasil) and Diya (Aparna Balamurali). Avinash decides to resign from his profitable job at a cigarette company which leads them into deep grief. Regardless of establishing as the marketing lead of the company, chaired by Sid (Roshan Mathew),and prosperously executing countless campaigns that remarkably elevated the firm’s trade, Avinash’s guilty conscience outlets. He recognizes that even children are struck down with tobacco addiction and the corporation cheerfully wraps these ‘new’ buyers. This compels him to leave his job.
Grievously, Avinash’s difficulties mount after quitting his job. Avinash and Diya are subjugated by a stranger who infuses a time bomb in one of them and demands the couple to collect Rs.1 Crore in a certain amount of time. The time of the bomb can be kept ticking down only by smoking cigarettes. Avinash seeks help from Sid and his uncle Praveen (Vineeth) but they discarded and neglected him. Nevertheless the couple frames a plan to achieve the goal of obtaining the required cash for the company itself. As their scandalous progress unfurls, bad fortune bumps when Praveen is shot down and Sid is injured by a bullet. Being wrongly accused of these crimes, Avinash and Diya happen to be the prime targets of the police. The leftover part of the movie pays regard to their strenuous efforts to save themselves from this life-threatening dilemma.
•DETAIL REVIEW:
The film Dhoomam is written and directed by the Kannada filmmaker Pawan Kumar who is famous for his works like Lifeu Ishtene, U Turn and Lucia. The movie is produced by Vijay Kiragandur under the hit production company of Hombale Films. Dhoomam is distributed by AA Films and with a running time of 144 minutes the film is currently running in theatres with a U/A censor certificate.
The last two previous movies of Pawan Kumar were Lucia and U Turn which came in the Kannada language and I was stunned by seeing his way of filmmaking. Those two flicks made me explore more good Kannada movies and the name Pawan Kumar had given me hope that this man will do more gripping films in future. When the Hombale production company announced the film Dhoomam directed by Pawan Kumar in the Malayalam language with Fahadh Faasil I was having a lot of expectations but sadly I am disappointed. The plot of Dhoomam is something that I haven’t heard of or seen before, here the story penned by Pawan Kumar is the only thing which worked successfully. Unfortunately, the direction and screenplay failed to create an impact and I am still shocked and doubting whether Pawan Kumar had written the script and direction for Dhoomam.
To be honest the direction was totally average, an untold and hard-hitting subject was crammed in Dhoomam but the sluggish screenplay and poor direction had killed a good potential story. The way Pawan Kumar directed the movie was giving me a feeling of an inexperienced director, the spark which I got in ‘Lucia’ and ‘U Turn’ was not able to be seen in Dhoomam. From the very beginning, I felt something was missing in his direction and I couldn’t feel a proper gripping thrilling mood till the climax. The film begins with a good promising start and the movie was having the pattern of showing flashback scenes mixed with the present scene. So the narration should be strong enough to engage the viewers but here the transition of a scene from the present scenario to the various flashbacks was not keeping my viewing experience interesting. And the main reason for that is the ineffective screenplay, the scenes kept on moving but nothing gave a satisfying feeling.
In the film, the central character played by Fahadh Faasil takes a long journey to establish his life, so the first half was focusing on how Avinash becomes a Marketing Head of a big cigarette company. Those portions were ok and it was exciting to watch because the untold and hidden business tricks used by the cigarette companies were shown in an interesting way. How the cigarette companies do their business, how they are targeting their customers, how they are increasing their sales and how they are making profits was shocking to watch. It was something like an eye-opener and I was completely surprised and also scared. We all know that cigarettes are dangerous and cause cancer, yet people love to smoke and use them.
The director has cleverly shown in the film how this trend arises among people, especially youth and teenagers and how cigarette companies capture their customers. The marketing and business tactics used by cigarette companies can kill our future generation, says the director clearly and boldly. But the method he used to convey these facts through characters and situations didn’t rise to the right level and a sort of the mismatched atmosphere was felt while watching the film. The predictability in the screenplay was also making my viewing experience dull, what is going to happen next is also understandable. So, the mood of suspense and the ultimate twist which the director hid didn’t cheer me up fully.
In the film characters played by Fahadh Faasil and Aparna Balamurali go through very difficult situations and those scenes were supposed to engage and dominate us but the lack of impact in direction makes their combination scenes weak. Their character passes through the emotions of struggle, desperation, the willingness- not to give up their life and the eagerness to find the truth was never engaging in the film. The attachment between the lead characters went flat and the Fahadh Faasil-Aparna Balamurali combo didn’t work out well so the emotional scenes didn’t create a valid impression.
Many scenes were stretched unnecessarily and I was getting lag in both the first half and the second half. I will strongly say that the director failed to capture the emotions in the characters and personally I didn’t feel a connection with his way of direction. Only the climax portions impressed me, it was clean and clear and he executed the ending perfectly. The impact which was missing throughout the movie was felt in the last five minutes of the film. Another saddest part of Dhoomam is the dialogue because in many areas the dialogue said by the characters was too dramatic and filmy. Even the dialogues said by Fahadh Faasil felt artificial in many areas. So, the dialogues written by Pawan Kumar were also moderate and didn’t match correctly with the occurrences.
The duration of the movie was too long, I wondered why the editor Suresh Arumugam didn’t trim unwanted parts. The music and The background score tuned by Poornachandra Tejaswi was good. The song “Theeye Dhaahamo” was fitting accurately with the situation and the background tunes helped to maintain the mood accounting to the situation. The cinematography of Preetha Jayaraman looked nice, and many closeup frames of Fahadh Faasil were constructively captured to showcase his natural acting talents. Fahadh Faasil is well known for his natural way of acting and in Dhoomam also he shines brilliantly. Actually, he carried the movie on his shoulders and his screen presence helped me to sit and watch till the end. In the beginning, some of his dialogue delivery didn’t work out well, but when the movie tracked to the main plot he was back to his form. Personally, I felt Aparna Balamurali was a wrong choice to do the character of Diya. Her acting in many scenes felt artificial and the emotional scenes didn’t make any sort of impact. The combination scenes with Fahadh Faasil also didn’t go well, but she managed to do well in the climax portion. Roshan Mathew, Vineeth, Anu Mohan, Achyuth Kumar and Joy Mathew did justice to their respective supporting roles.
- CONCLUSION:
So, overall the film Dhoomam had given an average cinematic experience, it was having a good social message but the film had failed to create an impact because of the weak direction and screenplay. The story was strong enough to dominate anyone but the direction and screenplay went completely wrong, and I’ll say that a good untold story was spoiled by the unproductive execution of Pawan Kumar. Therefore, to conclude, I am disappointed by Dhoomam, and I will advise you to watch this film at your own risk. If you are a fan of Fahadh Faasil and if you like to watch a socially relevant film then you can make a try but it’s better to watch with fewer expectations.
•VERDICT: AVERAGE
•RATING: 2.5/5
- A REVIEW BY ARUNJYOTHI R
Odisha train accident: Top railway officials transferred
Bhuvaneshwar: Top railway officials transferred in connection with Odisha train accident. Those in charge of security and signal at Balasore have been transferred. Kharagpur Divisional Railway Manager Shujat Hashmi, Zone Principal Chief Signal and Telecommunication Engineer PM Sikder, Principal Chief Safety Officer Chandan Adhikari, Principal Chief Security Commissioner DB Kasar and Principal Chief Commercial Manager Muhammad Owaiz have been transferred. According to South East Railway, the relocation is a normal procedure.
On June 2, three trains collided in Odisha’s Balasore district, killing around 300 people and injuring around 800. Chennai-bound Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and goods train were involved in the accident.
The accident took place near Bahanaga Bazar railway station on Kharagpur-Puri line under Kharagpur railway division of South Eastern Railway zone.
Tax not paid; Action against 13 YouTubers
Income tax department has taken action against YouTubers after the raid. Action was taken against 13 YouTubers. The Income Tax Department said that the defaulted tax should be refunded as soon as possible. The action was taken after it was discovered that there was a default in paying taxes. The Income Tax Department had conducted inspections at the offices and homes of 13 YouTubers. Yesterday, the Income Tax Department inspected the homes and offices of YouTubers. The house and office of NRB, Arju, Jayarajji Nath, Castro and Reister were searched. The inspection was conducted in Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Kasaragod, Ernakulam and Palakkad districts. The Income Tax Department has found that many people are not paying tax correctly. The inspection started at 8 am.
Infiltration attempt in Jammu and Kashmir; 4 terrorists were killed
Srinagar: Security forces killed four terrorists who tried to infiltrate through the border in Jammu and Kashmir. The terrorists tried to infiltrate through the forest area of Kupwara. The police has tweeted that the infiltration was noticed during the joint inspection conducted by the army and the Kashmir Zone Police. An infiltration attempt was also reported on the border last Friday.
Another fever death in the state; 8th class student died in Thrissur
Thrissur: Fever death again in the state. Dhanish, a native of Thrissur, died. He died while undergoing treatment at Thrissur Medical College. Dhanush is an 8th class student of SNMHS School, Chazhur. The Ministry of Health has informed that proper precautions should be taken in view of the rising number of fever patients in the state. Deadly and highly contagious fevers such as dengue fever and rat fever are raising concerns. The death due to H1N1 reported last day in Malappuram is also raising concern.
Life Mission Case: Swapna’s bail extended, Sivashankar remains in remand
Kochi: The court extended the bail of Swapna Suresh in the Life Mission corruption case with conditions. Attend when requested by investigating officers. The court also directed to hand over the information of the new residence. A decision will be taken on Sarith’s bail plea in the afternoon. At the same time M. Sivashankar’s remand has been extended till August 5. ED arrested Sivashankar on February 14 last. It is alleged that Swapna Suresh’s money was found in the bank lockers of Sivashankar as bribe in the Life Mission project.
