Friday, July 10, 2009
Bhramaram Review
Al last, Malayalam movies are getting out of the rut. Am so glad. Bhramaram is yet another different movie that has hit the cinemas. It falls into different genres actually: thriller, sentimental, topical, cerebral and family movie, or all of these. The work of the entire team has brought out a mind blowing result:The camera (Ajayan Vincent who is Jayanan Vincent's brother and son of veteran Vincent), acting (Mohanlal, Suresh Menon, Muralikrishnan, in that order), apt sound (Mohan Sithara) and the suthradhar of it all, Blessy (bless him for thinking out of the box and working towards realisation of his visualisation) He says two cameramen declined when they saw the locales, rough terrain in the high ranges of Kerala. The city shots have novelty written all over them. Blessy has exploited up to 60 per cent of Mohanlal's talent. So far he has brought out hardly 45 per cent, I believe. Jayanan Vincent's camera makes you sit on the edge of your seat. Only at the end of the movie do you realise the meaning of the title. Flaws there are, but very very few. Year 2009 will be a landmark year for Malayalam cinema. Would that more and more directors think out of the formula.
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Hello Aunty,
ReplyDeleteNice to see your own blog. I was actually checking out reviews for Bhramaram when I accidentally stumbled upon your blog. Couldn't agree with you more, wonderfully well-made movie of the Padmarajan mould. A very long time since Malayalam cinema has seen something like this. There was a thunderous applause for the movie (esp. MohanLal's acting and Blessy's direction) even in theatres here in Dubai). How I wish I had an opportunity to review this for The Hindu like in the past. Regards, Ram