A couple of years back Kangana Ranaut had accused Karan Johar in his chat show that he was the 'flag bearer of nepotism' in Bollywood. Well it was indeed true as he has always launched star kids through his production house. Even our Malayalam industry has seen a huge influx of star kids into movies in recent times such as Kalidas, Gokul, Pranav etc. Jeethu Joseph had directed the debut venture of Pranav & this time around, he has cast Kalidas (his second Malayalam release) as the lead man in his latest movie "Mr & Mrs Rowdy". So will Linda's script prove to be rewarding for her husband & the audience???
Appu (Kalidas) & his gang of friends (Ganapathy, Shebin Benson, Vishnu Govindhan & Sarath Sabha) were the local quotation gang in their village. Their search for easy money meant that they took up jobs like bashing up people, hold strikes or help people to elope. Since they had been sent to the juvenile home in the past, they felt that they couldn't aspire for anything better in life & hence stuck on with these odd jobs. During one such assignment, Appu happened to ram his vehicle accidentally into Purnima's (Aparna Balamurali) & though they managed to escape from the moral policing group, it made a drastic change in Purnima's life. What was this change & how she tides over it forms the crux of the movie.
Jeethu Joseph's credentials as a director needs no introduction as his body of work has been impressive for large parts of his career. It's been a while since he tackled comedy with the only previous movie from that genre being "My Boss". Unlike his usual trend (except in "Life of Josutty"), this time around the script is the creation of his own wife, Linda Jeethu. This is her first plunge as a script writer, though she has been actively involved in many of his previous projects as a costume designer. It's definitely not the typical slap stick stuff but it does evoke laughs in quite a few sequences. It also deserves brownie points for the character arch given to Aparna & the moral policing sequence which is not taken over the top. ArunVijay's music was fine with the 'Puthiya Vazhiyiline...' track being the pick mong the lot.
When it comes to performances, Aparna is the one who takes the crown as she was impressive as Purnima as she was convincingly able to convey the vulnerabilities of the character as well as being bold at the same time. It would be too harsh to criticize Kalidas as he has just begun his career, but he definitely struggled in his dialogue delivery as well as being realistic. The others were ok with Ganapathy & Vishnu making their presence felt.
Verdict: Jeethu's name might attract a section of the audience but the failure to come up with a no holds barred comic entertainer will make it struggle at the box office. With a plethora of other movies doing resonsbly well, I wouldnt be surprised if it's taken completely off the screens in a fortnight. In short, disappointing!!!
Rating: 2.5/5
Regards...Ben
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