Uyarangalil (1984) User Reviews

A landmark movie in Malayalam. Strong script by MT

[hareendranep · 8/10 · 9 July 2017]

This film should be treated as landmark movie in Malayalam , because of 2 reasons. 1. The main character is not hero but anti hero. Viewers knows this , but not other character. This is a different kind of crime thriller, sure this will be a first of this kind in Malayalam 2. Mohanlal as an Actor has shown his acting skills which later we have seen in his movies

So I suggest all readers to watch this movie. Very well scripted and directed well. Will be a nice watch.

I watched Uyarangalil in the theater as a small kid .....

[PimpinAinttEasy · 6/10 · 20 April 2016]

Dear I.V.Shashi,

I watched this film when I was a kid at the Kavitha theater in Ernakulam. I must have been four years old. But the scene where Lalettan jumps off a mountain so that he would not be conquered and captured will forever be etched in my memory. The film is mostly interesting due to Lalettan's ignoble savage role. He rarely played characters like the anti-hero womanizer in this film. I also liked the film's setting in a tea estate. Nedumudi and Rehman as a couple of duffers are perfect foils for Lalettan's cunning character. Swapna as a nurse was a sultry presence. Thanks to you for directing a commercial film for adults based on M.T's story. The box office success of this violent and racy film indicates the maturity of Malayali audiences in the 1980s.

Best Regards, Pimpin.

(6/10)

The Villain Show

[sudhakaranakhilan · 7/10 · 5 November 2020]

M.T delivered a beautiful script along with Sasi's direction, where the film doesn't need the scope of a hero. It is one man-centered movie was the audience doubts about he is a villain or a hero. Anyway, I can see the cunningness and sheer perseverance of human beings to acquire what he wants in life through Jayarajan. Jayarajan, a man who wants to become rich in the same way the man who wants to enjoy life. Everything he does is justifiable to him. He doesn't fell into a desperate mood, cause he knows what to do and he believes that everything is right. The movie goes along with Jayarajan. And somehow we feel that there is a Jayarajan in all of us. We all have that kind of feeling at some point in our life but we are hesitant to open up it because we are afraid to handle the situation. Anyway, the smile, the courage, and the simplices of Jayarajan were strong enough to develop the entire plot of the movie. Mohanlal at his best to portray that character with so much ease. Obviously it's the villain show.

A strong character ably supported by script and screenplay

[sreejith_2005 · 10/10 · 4 April 2009]

The film plots few incidents that took place around a tea estate and the way it affected the life of three young men,Jayarajan(mohanlal), Chandran(Rahman) and Johny(Nedumudi Venu).The group of three young men,estate employees led by Jayarajan created a master plan to deceive their manager and take over a huge money from company.As this was spotted by the manager,jayarajan,who persuaded the other two to join him,killed the manager.

Chandran and Johny,two family men who were in desperate need for money having fallen for the promises offered by jayrajan,were later haunted by memories of the crime they did.However jayarajan,kept on continuing his thirst for money and women.Beholding his verbal capability,Jayrajan kept on dumping his lovers,Padma a nurse ,Manager's wife and finally ended in estate CEO'(Ummer) daughter.

To keep his way forward clean and unobstructed jayarajan killed his colleague Johny and Padma.Chandran who was afraid of Jayrajan's deeds became even more worried when he knew that jayarajan was going to marry his CEO's daughter,who happened to be his college mate.

Jayarajan's cunningness was evidently and powerfully exposed to audience by script writer , M.T vasudevan nair and mohanlal gave life to Jayarajan at his best.The film concludes Jayarajan as an unbeatable hero,who passed through various miseries in his childhood and even at the point where his crimes were exposed,mentioned in his own words as ,"I played the game beautifully,I also liked the way I played,even that is more important.And finally you guys are going to win,But I don't like to fail...Bang !"

A must watch movie

[neversaydie-59120 · 9/10 · 31 January 2022]

An eternally celebratable movie with a whirlwind performance of Mohanlal,the actor,making the viewers glued to their seats. One would wonder whether the anti-heroic type role perfected by Mohanlal is one of it's kind. So much was the fantastic portrayal of the character named Jayarajan with greed and lust often falling to arrogance and over confidence.

Watch it for the script, direction and... Mohanlal!

[rtoac1 · 8/10 · 16 July 2023]

This is a Malayalam language film starring Mohanlal as the villain!! And yet we mention his name alone both because the story is scripted around his character, and because he steals the show with his performance!

The film is a well scripted and directed crime-thriller created by the talented duo of MT Vasudevan Nair and IV Sasi respectively. The story is unique and yet contemporary - one I'm sure if even recreated today in any language will run well.

Every twist seems inevitable but also towards a goal - until luck runs out. Or only if - you wish to give in. To those who are not bound by anything or with nothing to lose, no fear or failure can reach. That is the stark message from the film!!

A must watch in my view.

A Malayalam classic

[abhishek-jayadevan · 10/10 · 14 June 2021]

An excellent plot which will keep you to the edge. This movie was many years ahead it's time experimenting with a relatively unusual theme of an anti hero at that time. Brilliant performance and action by all stars which makes its a good watch.