Prakashan Parakkatte: "Feel good family drama!!!"

Over the last couple of weeks, Dhyan Sreenivasan has been trending in YouTube because of the plethora of interviews that had given as part of the promotions for "Udal". His sense of humour & thug replies have obviously generated significant revenues for these channels. But will all this generate a positive vibe for Shahad Nilambur's "Prakashan Parakkatte", as he has penned the script for this family drama??? The trailer certainly had a fun feel to it & with an interesting array of artists, it certainly created some degree of expectations.

Dasan (Mathew Thomas) was a happy go lucky dude who had no interest in his studies & loved to vile away his time hanging out with his buddy. As expected his mother, Latha (Nisha Sarang) constantly admonished him but to no avail. On the other hand, despite the struggle to make ends meets, his father, Prakashan (Dileesh Pothan) was his confidante and never assumed the role of an authoritarian parent. The movie is basically about the coming of age of Dasan & the events that possibly trigger a change in the way he looked at life.

This is Shahad's directorial debut & on the whole, I did feel that he has crafted a movie that gives you a smile on our face with its humour, emotion & romance. Well Dhyan had mentioned in one of his interviews that he was keen to do a movie that was both clean and rooted in reality and this led to the genesis of this story. But I dont think he has completed succeeded in it since the screenplay as such was rather frail for most parts. However, it does keep us engaged in the manner the situations are depicted and performed by the artists. The trivialization of the acts performed by Dhyan's character to create laughs was downright appalling & even the humour track handled by Saiju's character failed to evoke laughs at times. Another confusing part was obviously the title coz I didnt quite understand the logic behind it until a voice over speaks about it in the climax. On the technical side, it was average at best be it Shaan's music or Guruprasad's cinematography.

One of the primary positives of the movie were the performances as pretty all of them have done justice to the role that was given to them. Though the role played by Mathew did have similarities with characters that he had played in the past, it was still fine. Dileesh was an apt choice as the father & shared good chemistry with Mathew while Nisha, Rithunjay (as Akhil), Malavika (as Neethu) & Govind were fine. 

Verdict: As such it doesn't have a compelling tale to narrate but it provides a feel good family drama that does not test our patience. The screenplay as such ought to have been given much more thought as some incidents could have been easily avoided. In short, you can give it a try!!!

Rating: 2.5/5

Regards...Ben