Malayalam film industry has this gifted sense of taking a day out of life, draining all the noise around it, write a screenplay and make a masterpiece. Like the industry, the actors also don't need to put any extra effort into impressing the viewers, they basically live the characters they are given. Fahad, Soubin, Alencier ..you name anyone in this movie..they would be the people you would randomly meet in Kerala. What actually grabs the first place in my opinion is the cinematography. I go to the hilly regions in Kerala every year when I was a kid, and this movie just brought the little things I used to remember. Such lovely frames that capture Idukki and moss clothed town.
The story is about how Mahesh Bhavana, the portrait photographer avenges the shame of getting beaten up while coping with his break up, realizing how he could be much more than a studio photographer and finding love, only to find that it is his brother-in-law that beat him up. Comic elements are elicited naturally, romance is heartfelt and the little things like Mahesh clutching his father's fingers are heartwarming. The pup was a metaphor of hope- to me at least. The background score never lets you know that it exists yet pushing you to the moments it want you to. There is literally no make-up except where Aparna applies some in the studio or thats how less it is was used. At the time of writing this review, I've listened to the opening song atleast a 50 times in the last week and would continue to do so.
People from anywhere can watch this movie and they should. It is a quiet acceptance and gleeful celebration of all simple things in life without all the drama.
The story is about how Mahesh Bhavana, the portrait photographer avenges the shame of getting beaten up while coping with his break up, realizing how he could be much more than a studio photographer and finding love, only to find that it is his brother-in-law that beat him up. Comic elements are elicited naturally, romance is heartfelt and the little things like Mahesh clutching his father's fingers are heartwarming. The pup was a metaphor of hope- to me at least. The background score never lets you know that it exists yet pushing you to the moments it want you to. There is literally no make-up except where Aparna applies some in the studio or thats how less it is was used. At the time of writing this review, I've listened to the opening song atleast a 50 times in the last week and would continue to do so.
People from anywhere can watch this movie and they should. It is a quiet acceptance and gleeful celebration of all simple things in life without all the drama.