Sumesh & Ramesh review: "Not even half as interesting as its name!!!"

What was the first thing that crossed your mind when you heard about Sanoop Thykoodam's "Sumesh & Ramesh"? Well for me, it was obviously the hilarious Cadburys 5 Star Ad which in turn gave me an impression as what kind of genre Sanoop might have slotted his venture into. Since I haven't watched the trailer earlier, I didnt have much expectations apart from the fact that it had an interesting title which certainly brought a smile on my face. But did I have this smile even after watching it???

Sumesh (Sreenath Bhasi) & Ramesh (Balu Varghese) are siblings born into a lower middle class family whose primary bread earner happened to be their mother Usha (Praveena). She bore the burden of the family even as the brothers & their father, Indukaladharan (Salim Kumar) seemed oblivious to her hardships. The film primarily focuses on both the brothers, their tiffs, flings & how they evolve with time. 

Apart from calling the shots, Sanoop has also penned the script along with Joseph Vijeesh with whom he has collaborated in the past for "Vikrithi" & "Chunkzz". There was hardly anything worthwhile in the movie that caught my attention. Of course we do make statements that a certain director was able to capture a slice of life on celluloid that is rooted to reality. But such creations would make sense only if it has anything significant to narrate & that's exactly is the problem with this flick. The first half focused on the younger brother & the rest on the elder one, and though there were certainly moments especially in the latter half that endears, it was as plain as vanilla on the whole. Actually I certainly felt that Sanoop missed a trick by not exploring the character of 'Usha' which was well performed by Praveena as that could have certainly added some flavour to the proceedings. On the technical side, there was nothing that deserved special mention as it was average at best.

Though the screen space was allotted primarily to Sreenath & Balu, the person who actually stood out with her performance was Praveena who did complete justice to her role. Both Sreenath & Balu did their roles aptly along with Devika Krishnan as Sreekutty. As for the rest of the cast, Salim Kumar was ok though at times his comedy fell flat. 

Verdict: If it wasn't for the performances, it would have been a flick that hardly anyone would have noticed. In short, if you plan to check it out do it without much expectations!!!

Rating: 2/5

Regards...Ben