The theme of the movie
is centered on the life of Ranjith (Jayaram) who aims to become a rich man. To
become billionaire, Ranjith foresee two ways; take lottery tickets or to become
a movie star. Falling too short of his dreams, Ranjith meets junior artist
Janaki (Rachana Narayanankutty) and their friendship later ends up in marriage.
Ranjith and Janaki who were not ready to compromise other than becoming rich
thought of another plan. The idea was to think about surrogacy- an arrangement
in which a woman carries and delivers a kid for a different couple or
individual. Moving forward with the idea, Ranjith and Janaki meet Dr Joseph
Chittilappally, an infertility specialist and share their purpose of visit. But
what they expected didn't carry out as the couple land in trouble finding no
way to get rid of it. The movie travels through funny events which are to be
followed later.
The lead character Ranjith wants to be
somewhat a billionaire, but with limited recourses, he finds no way to reach
there either by purchasing lottery tickets or acting as junior artist in films.
He along with Janaki, his wife and a former junior artist continue their
journey in search of their wisdom. As these are their conditions, they wished
their lone daughter to study in an International school nearby, which needs
huge sum of money. Adding to their misery, Ranjith faces obstacles to get loan
for starting a new business. While it was in to this that Dr. Joseph
Chittilappilli enters with a mission to find a good looking lady that will make
his clients, a U.S couple happy for being a surrogated mother to their child.
At last it was Janaki who shown her willingness
to do the job and received half of the money as advance. And this was the
decision that became a turning point to their life. With the American couple
decided to disclose their married life, Ranjith-Janaki couple didn’t received
the remaining money, but instead got on child which they never wished to have.
But, things were not going in the way as they ought to be. With receiving back
to back fortunes, they knew one thing that, he is their lucky star.
Movie’s theme cannot be considered as
a newly founded one with a lot of freshness in the concept. But, the way Deepu
Anthikkad’s thought goes itself is very encouraging. The credibility of the
movie’s tagline “Seriously humor”, was apt considering that we audience too was
moving along with the movies moods. The movie never lapsed much time to build
up the characters. We all will laugh without taking a second mind to the
harmless, at the same time though provoking jokes. Whether in Kerala or
Chennai, an average Malayaly couple pursues same wishes. The struggles that
Ranjith and Janaki undergo in search of the amenities and education for the
child are good examples. At the same time, they want to exaggerate more than
what they have actually to others. Okay, that was it. On the other side, we can
see the fragilities of relationships that the west possesses. How simple was it
to broke up and give up their wishes for a child.., hardly acceptable. The way
Janaki responded to surrogacy was a bit itching. But, since no one in the movie
is highlighted as ideal ones, it was passable.
How hopes turns to reality is the first
portion of the second half. Everything happened in quick time. From rags, they
reached the top of the table, may be only because of their lucky star kid
according to the movie. There seemed to have a possible rivalry between those
two kids at their home. While, everybody cared and bothered about the younger
brother aka lucky star, the elder one getting guilty was visible. But thank
god, those were not the matters that happened to be in the mind of the
director. Somewhere in between, movie got the real mission, or task. Maybe
highlighting the value of motherhood, or being a mother. Or maybe to highlight
the values that our culture possesses, and edge out that of the west…! The
unknown man who recites “Thirukkural” may be is a symbol created by the
director himself.
That doesn’t mean that I
completely agree either with the movie or the climax. Though, the makers might
have their own justifications, it made a feeling of final victory standing with
the imperfect one or culture, to me at least. Hmm.., the scatting competition
towards the climax too was unconvincing, but caused no serious injuries to our
cinematic experience.
Movies dealing similar kind of issues in
Malayalam are Mohanlal’s “Dasharadham”, Jayasurya’s “Shakespeare
M.A.Malayalam”. Even “Vicky Donor” from Bollywood too deals a similar
kind of situation, or the other side of the story.
Performance: Jayaram has showcased the
character Ranjith with his usual mannerisms and witty one liner. He is there
with a touching, natural and emoting performance so is Mukesh. Rachana too does
her part well and was in well synch with that of Jayaram. Her performance would
remember you of the serial “Marimayam”. Over the roof acting or melodrama was
not at all a matter of concern as far as this movie is considered. The kids too
added glitters to the movie as a whole. Pooja as the lady residing in U.S was
good enough with a convincing performance.
Technical aspects: Camera by Vijya
Ulaganath was good and induced nothing that could distract the attention of the
viewers. Editing wise, it could have trim the item song, and…, nothing.
Music: The songs were all
average, with the item number casted a spell of annoyance, while the peppy
number was catchy.
Script: like said earlier, the story
by the director himself moved well in pace and caused no major crisis to the
movie. It was indeed a good experience seeing the people sitting near you
wiping tears.
Direction: Note that he has the
influences of Sathyan Anthikkad, like usage of good dialogues, socially
relevant story. He fared well enough to catch your attention.
Verdict: Not with a second thought, it
is advisable for those who want to see a genuine movie along with your family
and see things other than what it seems to be. While exiting the theater,
it was raining outside, a rain of fresh hopes.
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