Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: മുന്തിരിവള്ളികൾ തളിർക്കുമ്പോൾ ****My Take****

  1. #1

    Default മുന്തിരിവള്ളികൾ തളിർക്കുമ്പോൾ ****My Take****


    Ulahannan (Mohanlal) is a Panchayat Secretary with a wife and two children. He is going through midlife crisis and his only solace is the daily liquor fueled meetings he have his neighbourhood friends. One of them is a compulsive flirt who encourages him to spice up his life with an affair.

    Jibu Jacob's debut feature 'Vellimoonga' is a film that I found to be very overrated and the script writer for this film, Sindhuraj, is a name to avoid. So this was a film on which I had no expectations when it was announced and was not planning to watch. But the month long film strike and the good reviews that it is getting changed my mind and I got to say it is a very decent one-time watch. It is the sort of film I wouldn't complete if I was watching it from the comforts of my home but a theatre experience vastly improves the film as it removes the option of changing channels and paper over lot of its cracks.

    The film begins on all the wrong notes with a subtle veneer of casteism and classism that is quite common in most Malayalam films of this kind. But it picks up with the introduction of Ulahannan's short lived affair and is quite an enjoyable watch till the end with minor bumps along the way. Mohanlal sleepwalks through most roles these days and what you get mostly is the preachy ad version of him. He manages to get into this character which is a very welcome change even though he relapses towards the end which can be blamed on the script. The best thing about the film is that it is not centered on something very dramatic when looking from outside but can be for those who experience it. Director manages to do it in a very non-cringy fashion even though there is certainly a morality message in it. The fact that he doesn't opt to drive it through a hammer on nail approach certainly helps.

    They could've easily avoided some songs, Asha Sharath's character (the whole conversation was pure cringe in the 'Niram eda poda fashion') and some of his job stuff, especially in the second half. People can make quite an obvious comparison with 'Anuraga Karikkinvellam' ,not just for the similarity of the font used for their respective roles. AKV had its very real life like character interactions as its strongest point. MVT is not nearly as good as it in terms of character interactions but will do very well at box office as it caters to the family audience with their concerns being a central issue in the second half. Overall it is a decent one time watch albeit with fair share of clichés like modern rich are loose on 'morals', middle class housewives are always chaste and very sensible for their age teenagers.

    Rating: 2.5/5

    Link: http://pulpfictionfilms.blogspot.in/...-2017.html?m=0
    My Films Blog Link: pulpfictionfilms.blogspot.com

  2. Sponsored Links ::::::::::::::::::::Remove adverts
  3. #2

  4. #3
    FK Citizen renjuus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Ajnaatha vaasam
    Posts
    16,975

    Default

    thanks bro :good one



  5. #4
    FK Citizen Louise Pothen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2015
    Location
    Mavelikara
    Posts
    7,013

    Default

    Thankz bhai

    Sent from my vivo Y31L using Tapatalk
    MEGASTAR KA MEGA FAN

  6. #5
    FK Citizen vipi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2014
    Location
    Kerala
    Posts
    12,037

    Default

    Thanks bhai

  7. #6
    FK Lover varma's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2016
    Location
    Palakkad/Bangalore
    Posts
    3,273

    Default

    thanks for the review
    Do not carry the experience of life as a wound - let it become wisdom. The harder life has been on you, the sooner you should become wise

  8. #7
    Moderator ClubAns's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Location
    ►►LOC-TVM◄◄
    Posts
    26,478

    Default

    Thanks for the Review.........

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •