What is the most fascinating thing about Christmas? Well for me, it's about spending quality time with the family, gorging on the lip smacking dishes that Mom prepares & watching the Xmas releases. However, for children it's mainly about getting gifts from Santa Claus, the tradition which gained traction in the latter half of the 19th century coz of Clement Moore's poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas'. Hollywood always comes out with Christmas themed feel good movies around this time which is not so prevalent in our part of the world. Hence it was a pleasant surprise to see a Malayalam movie like "My Santa" hit the screens on Christmas. So will it evoke laughter in the children???
Isa (Baby Manasvi) is an adorable & bubbly little girl who stayed with her grandfather, Kuttusan (Sai Kumar) as she lost her family to an accident. Her favorite time of the year was Christmas as she believed that Santa Claus would make all her wishes come true. Her greatest wish was of course to meet her parents in heaven & that her best friend, Anna (Baby Devanandha) recovered from her life threatening illness. In response to the letter she posted to God, she received a gift which reaffirmed her faith that Santa would indeed visit her on Christmas. But was it actually real or a figment of her imagination???
Sugeeth had a memorable directorial debut with "Ordinary" which propelled Gavi as a much sought after tourist spot. However, his subsequent projects after the much enjoyable debut movie failed to attract as much attention among the audience. His latest creation will undoubtedly earn the badge of approval from children as it has clean humour along with celebration of love and friendship. Jemin Cyriac had penned the script making sure that he didnt include any grey characters & that it appealed to everyone. Sugeeth was successful in creating a much needed magical feel to the movie with the right choice of location & Vidyasagar's music added to the effect. Faizal Ali's visuals were good while Sajan could have done a much better job of editing the latter half which lags quite a bit.
Though it is marketed as a Dileep movie, it well & truly belonged to Baby Manasvi who did utmost justice to her role. Ever since the assault case had been charged against him, Dileep has been keeping a low profile & making sure that he made the right choices when it came to choosing the scripts. Here as well, he is more like a supporting actor & ensured that he gave ample support to Manasvi. There are quite an array of well known artists apart from cameos & all of them have done their parts well.
Verdict: As I mentioned earlier, it's a feel good movie that will appeal to all the children. Even adults will enjoy it as it's a clean movie without any double meaning jokes or grey characters. The second half could have been trimmed & made it more engaging. Anywaz surely take your children for this one or even otherwise as well, it wont hurt to give it a try!!!
Rating: 2.75/5
Regards...Ben
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