It's been a hectic couple of weeks due to which I haven't been able to find time to pen my views regarding quite a few of the movies that I had watched. One such movie happened to be Jibu Jacob's "Mei Hoom Moosa" that had released about a fortnight back. Since I haven't watched the trailer, I didn't have any expectations as such. However, despite that it turned out to be a pretty mediocre flick where the primary flaw was the inability of the makers to choose the apt narration pattern.
To be frank, the script penned by Rubesh Jain certainly had a good theme whereby Lance Naik Mohammad Moosa (Suresh Gopi) who was believed to be dead in the Kargil War returned home after 19 years. As expected, life had moved on for the rest of the people including his family & it was upto Moosa to prove his identity and come to terms with the life that was in front of him. Hmm...sounds like a decent theme isn't it??? Well the good part ends here, since when Jibu tried to recreate it on celluloid he opted to make it humorous & it felt as odd as puttu with mayonnaise.
Most of the jokes failed to land or felt completely misplaced & some of the emphasis on certain section of people was in bad taste. It was also evident that not much thought had gone into the character arc of the family members. None of the technical aspects deserves special mention & when it comes to performances as well it was average at best. After a good outing in "Paappan", it was disappointing to see Suresh Gopi feature in such a sloppy flick where even his performance didn't have much to write home about be it with his diction or attempt at humour. Saiju Kurup & Harish Kanaran were ok though the manner in which the former's role was presented was confusing. As for the rest, Poonam Bajwa barely had much to do while Srinda & Mithun were trite.
Verdict: Seems like Jibu's search for success will continue for some more time & if he continues to churn out stuff like this, it could very well be an extremely long wait. There is no doubt that it had a decent theme but with such a flimsy screenplay neither do we empathize with the protagonist nor do we manage to have a good laugh. In short, don't bother!!!
Rating: 1/5
Regards...Ben
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