Over the last couple of weeks, I did happen to watch a handful of movies. Since none of them neither had the content nor did I have the time, I decided to club them together into a single writeup. In this one, I would like to speak about Ranjith Sankar's "4 years", Deepu Anthikkad's "Naalam Mura" & Shafi's "Aanandam Paramanandam". Well Ranjith & Shafi has an impressive resume while Deepu would have hoped that his latest venture would turn out to be his lucky star. To be frank, none of the movies quite worked for me & I wouldn't be too surprised if the makers struggle to break even (hopefully they will).
4 years: (Rating: 1.5/5)
As a person who has mostly liked Ranjith's movies, I was eagerly looking forward to his latest celluloid creation where he decided to pen his focus is on the last two college days of a couple, Gayathri (Priya Varrier) & Vishal (Sarjano Khalid). They had broken up a hew months back primarily because of Vishal's unpredictable temper & aimless nature while Gayathri was the exact opposite. However, they still harbored feelings for each other.
Coming to the positives, the lead pair have done their parts reasonably well while Sankar Sharma's BGM had a feel to it. On paper, seemed like an interesting plot (despite the familiarity, after all most of us love nostalgia) but apart from dialogues about their happy times together; hardly anything happens on screen & eventually concludes in a rather lame manner.
Naalam Mura: (Rating: 0.5/5)
Just like many others, the main reason why I was interested to watch this flick was the presence of two extremely talented artists, Biju Menon & Guru Somasundaram. The first thought that crossed my mind when I heard the title was K Madhu's "Moonam Mura" where Lalettan absolutely rocked as Ali Imran. Unfortunately, what awaited over here was Sooraj Dev's mediocre script which fails to evoke any sense of thrill. Jayesh (Guru) has returned from the Gulf & was picked up from the airport by the police for interrogation for a murder where he was a suspect.
Without exaggeration, apart from this nothing much happens over the course of the run time. None of the technical aspects are worth mentioning as it was average at best while the performances also didn't have much to write home about. They do convey a relevant message towards the end, but by that time we are least bothered about it.
Aanandam Paramanandam: (Rating: 1.75/5)
Shafi is a director who is synonymous with some of the finest comedy entertainers though recent times hasn't been quite great for him with his last legitimate hit being "Two Countries" in 2015. Anyway those tough times are likely to continue as his latest directorial effort are unlikely to strike chord with the majority. The basic thought that Sindhuraj had for the movie sounded interesting & did have scope for humour. It comprised of an alcoholic father, Divakara Kurup (Indrans) trying to salvage his daughter, Anupama's (Anagha Narayanan) marriage by getting his son in law, Girish (Sharafudeen) overcome a similar alcoholic addiction.
There is an evident lack of engaging sequences with the emotional content working only sporadically while most of the humour which was supposed to be the USP failing to have an effect. In terms of performances, most of them have done their parts aptly though there was not scope for performance to be frank with the material in hand. Does it test our patience? Well it didn't for me though I was left disappointed by the time it concluded.
Verdict: It just goes to emphasize that irrespective of the caliber of the cast & crews, unless you have a credible script with a unique story or style of narration, it is unlikely to find takers!!!
Regards...Ben
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