It's been more than a few weeks since Onam had got over even though the Malayali Associations continue to celebrate it at various places. Anyway I have been busy with my professional commitments & hence hasn't been able to pen my opinion about the movies that I had watched over the past few weeks. This includes, Sathyan Anthikad's "Hridayapoorvam" that I had incidentally watched even before "Lokah". Well the movie have already done rousing business at the box office making it yet another winner for Lalettan. So did I actually enjoy this flick???
This was the first time that the veteran director had collaborated with his twin sons as Akhil was credited with the story while Anoop served as the associate director. The protagonist in the movie was Sandeep Balakrishnan (Lalettan), an affluent businessman who ran a successful cloud kitchen chain in Kochi. Incidentally, he had a cardiac failure which required him to have a heart transplantation that belonged to Colonel Ravindranath who was based in Pune. As he slowly got back to his normal life, he was invited by the Colonel's daughter, Haritha (Malavika Mohanan) to her engagement. Though initially reluctant, he eventually decides to attend it and the few days that he ends up spending with Haritha & her mother, Devika (Sangita) has an effect on him which makes him unsure of his emotions.
In terms of the story, it certainly had adequate content in it but Sonu T.P wasn't able to properly flesh it out in the screenplay. The conflict of emotions was an interesting thought but it seemed like they didnt want to explore this angle much & opted for humour in those sequences to paper over it. There is no problem in opting for humour though it meant that they failed to cash in on some browny points. The focus was more on the Sandeep-Haritha angle & that kind of looked dicey, not to mention the lack of chemistry between Lalettan & Malavika. At the same time, it was quite the opposite with Sangita and they should have looked into it with more interest. On the whole, it felt fine and was a decent time pass. All the technical aspects were neatly handled be it Anu Moothedeth's frames or Justin Prabhakaran's music both of which was in sync with the mood and tone that the story wanted to convey.
In terms of performances, Lalettan was impressive as always with his ease in handling both humour and emotions. Giving him perfect company was Sangeeth who has done an excellent job in making sure quite a few of the sequences didn't drag primarily because of his energy and humour. The Lalettan-Sangeeth combo is undoutedly the biggest plus of this flick. Both Malavika & Sangita did their parts aptly, and as mentioned earlier, there was indeed a chemistry with Lalettan. As for the rest of the cast, Siddique did provide humour though it didn't have any relevance as such to the story and the same also applies to the others who seemed to be there just to complete the quorum.
Verdict: There is no doubt that it is encouraging to see movies perform well at the box office & this also happens to be one such flick. It certainly didnt bore you or test my patience, but it could have fared far better with a much better screenplay. In short, a feel good flick that benefits from the Lalettan-Sangeeth combo!!!
Rating: 2.5/5
Regards...Ben
No comments:
Post a Comment