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    Quote Originally Posted by moovybuf View Post
    santhoshaayi.. i was worried...
    Avaru pareennu-The dramatic presentation and dialogues makes it obvious that the lines have been taken straight out of the book and delivered as if it is being read aloud, without much efforts to make it all fit in to a cinematic pattern.Mattu chilarkku novelinode neethi pulartheela ennu parathi..enthaanaavo??
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    For all those fans of legendary writer Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer, here is a chance to meet the characters again, as debutant director Pramod Payyannur lines up some of them in hisBalyakalasakhi. But this adaptation of the book of the same title is too dramatic and never goes beyond this nostalgic showcasing of those characters.
    Majeed (Mammootty) and Suhara (Isha Talwar) have been in love ever since they were kids. The story happens in a flashback as Majeed, who is in Kolkata, narrates his eventful journey. The childhood days are shown in detail, with Mammootty and Meena playing the roles of Majeed抯 parents.
    The dramatic presentation and dialogues makes it obvious that the lines have been taken straight out of the book and delivered as if it is being read aloud, without much efforts to make it all fit in to a cinematic pattern.
    Now, even if you are ready to accept the style of the narrative during the first half, the film suffers heavily with a messy second half that is barely entertaining. Pramod Payyannur抯 maiden attempt on screen is barely gripping and lacks the finesse. That in fact is disappointing considering the fact that one of the main highlights of Basheer抯 stories are its ability to transcend time.
    Though it is generally a halfhearted attempt from Mammootty, there are glimpses of his talent, during certain scenes where he comes as Majeed抯 father. Seema Biswas shines as Selvi, who helps Majeed after he reaches Kolkata.
    The rest of the cast, which includes Isha Talwar, Meena, Sasi Kumar and Tanushree Ghosh, is okay at best. While the original story narrated the intricacies of human mind, friendship and romance, the film version ends up as a drama on screen and sadly, ends without leaving some real impact on the viewer. Now, the decision is all yours!
    Verdict: Average.....Sify reviewwwwwwwwy avg

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    Quote Originally Posted by JabbaR View Post
    For all those fans of legendary writer Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer, here is a chance to meet the characters again, as debutant director Pramod Payyannur lines up some of them in hisBalyakalasakhi. But this adaptation of the book of the same title is too dramatic and never goes beyond this nostalgic showcasing of those characters.
    Majeed (Mammootty) and Suhara (Isha Talwar) have been in love ever since they were kids. The story happens in a flashback as Majeed, who is in Kolkata, narrates his eventful journey. The childhood days are shown in detail, with Mammootty and Meena playing the roles of Majeed抯 parents.
    The dramatic presentation and dialogues makes it obvious that the lines have been taken straight out of the book and delivered as if it is being read aloud, without much efforts to make it all fit in to a cinematic pattern.
    Now, even if you are ready to accept the style of the narrative during the first half, the film suffers heavily with a messy second half that is barely entertaining. Pramod Payyannur抯 maiden attempt on screen is barely gripping and lacks the finesse. That in fact is disappointing considering the fact that one of the main highlights of Basheer抯 stories are its ability to transcend time.
    Though it is generally a halfhearted attempt from Mammootty, there are glimpses of his talent, during certain scenes where he comes as Majeed抯 father. Seema Biswas shines as Selvi, who helps Majeed after he reaches Kolkata.
    The rest of the cast, which includes Isha Talwar, Meena, Sasi Kumar and Tanushree Ghosh, is okay at best. While the original story narrated the intricacies of human mind, friendship and romance, the film version ends up as a drama on screen and sadly, ends without leaving some real impact on the viewer. Now, the decision is all yours!
    Verdict: Average.....Sify reviewwwwwwwwy avg
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    'Balyakalasakhi' is a good watch.
    Majeed,Zuhara and their endearing romance
    strikes a chord in the hearts of every
    discerning literary aficionado exposed to
    Basheer's works.'Balyakalsakhi' is a timeless
    classic and a cinematic adaptation of the same
    is at once exciting and unenviable task.Pramod
    Payyanur the scenarist cum director had his
    task cut out and though he has not managed to
    take it to the dizzy heights of cinematic
    excellence,the movie has its
    moments.Excellence sprinkled sparingly into
    liberal ordinariness.
    At the outset we see a middle aged Majeed
    (Mammootty) wandering in the streets of pre-
    independence Calcutta in search of a
    job.Unable to put up with his imperious and
    headstrong landlord father played by
    Mammootty himself,Majeed runs away seeking
    to find his identity.His vagabond life takes him
    to many places and at long last he reaches
    Calcutta.Tormented by the thoughts of his
    sweetheart Zuhara whom he left
    behind,Majeed desperately searches for a job
    to settle down.He is aided by a hijra played by
    Seema Biswas and through her he acquaints
    with a Muslim freedom fighter enacted by
    Sashikumar.He gets a job as a distributor of
    books and pamphlets and he settles down
    there.
    The film moves back and forth as Majeed
    reminisces about his beautiful childhood and
    romance filled teenage.The child artists that
    play little Majeed and Zuhara give the movie
    that much needed spark and their budding
    romance is the most engaging phase in the
    movie.Those familiar with Basheerian
    characters and his literary landscape will find
    the early parts of the movie adorable.Using his
    creative liberty the director adds characters
    from some other Basheer works to give us a
    feeling that it is an ode to the master writer.
    Majeed's circumcision,Zuhara's ear piercing
    ceremony,their school life etc.take up the
    lion's share of the initial hour.The contrast in
    the lives of Majeed and Zuhara which has no
    bearing on their innocent love for each other
    and their coming of age amidst the flux in the
    lives of those around him,'Balyakalasakhi'
    reverberates with promise at this
    juncture.Majeed and Zuhara are in a world of
    their own and their romance is in an ethereal
    plane.
    Basheer's characters tend to become cruel
    victims in the hands of fate as is evidenced by
    the plight of Majeed and Zuhara .The lovelorn
    couple undergoes trials by fire in their lives
    and though their love for each other remains
    unadulterated and undiminished,destiny
    takes them to different shores.The cinematic
    metamorphosis of this enchanting lovestory is
    not entirely flawless and especially in the
    latter half the director loses his
    reins.Capturing emotions in words and
    translating them into screen are poles apart
    which is apparent on many occasions.
    Performances form the backbone of the
    movie.Though this won't go down among his
    best,Mammootty excels as the father and
    son.He is particularly good as the father
    character and there are flashes of brilliance in
    the manner in which he brings to life
    variegated emotions.As the lovelorn Majeed he
    is impressive but a lack of good chemistry with
    Isha Talwar proves a letdown.Meena is decent
    as the wife of Majeed's father, while all other
    actors even in small roles do manage to give a
    fair account of themselves.Isha Talwar looks
    extremely gorgeous in a short role that
    demands nothing from her.
    The effort that was taken to give an air of
    believability to the period the movie is set in
    has paid off.The movie is a visual treat and
    Hari Nair's frames add ample charm to the
    proceedings.Songs by veteran composers
    including the late Raghavan master are weaved
    into the narrative without any
    hitch.'Balyakalasakhi' will not be a let down
    for the lovers of period cinema, that unfolds
    at a leisurely pace.Pramod Payyanur has done
    a fair job of it in his maiden venture.As was
    expounded in the beginning it was a challenge
    to film a much loved classic and if in the end
    analysis the movie appears a tad mundane,it
    can only be attributed to the impact of the
    writings of the colossus that the Beypore
    Sulthan was.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frankenstein View Post
    Inaale Jimmyum parayunna kandu Aluva HF update thettannenu ...

    Ippo Payyanur update from 30% to 80% ..hmm
    Aluva onnum Full alla..

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    bt still better than pranayam review.....
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    ആരാണ് മമ്മൂക്ക മലയാളിക്ക് ?

    "ഉളളിൽ ഉറവിടുത്ത പ്രതിരോധങ്ങളിൽ, പ്രതിഷേധങ്ങളിൽ, വിശ്വാസ ചുവപ്പുകളിൽ , ആരും അടുത്തെത്താത്ത ധ൪മ്മ സംഘടത്തിൽ, സ്നേഹ തണലിടങ്ങളിൽ , ഇൗ മുഖം നമ്മളോ നമ്മളിൽ ചിലരോ ആയിരുന്നു അതുകൊണ്ട് തന്നെയാണ് ഇൗ മനുഷ്യ൯ 62 ആം വയസ്സിലും മലയാളിയുടെ പ്രാണവായു ആയി നിൽക്കുന്നത്..."

    "ഞാ൯ അഭിമാനിക്കുന്നു ഇൗ മനുഷ്യ൯ ജനിച്ച കാലഘട്ടത്തിൽ ജനിക്കാ൯ കഴിഞ്ഞതിൽ...."


    :IKKA........salut:
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    ഞാന് ഒരു മമ്മുക്ക ഫാന് ആയിരിക്കും.

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    Verumoru Ishtamalla Jeevananu...."

    click by SUMITH SUNNY MFWAI

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    AJEESH SURESH

    Watched #Balyakalasakhi simply superb....
    Xcelent acting by Mammookka and all other actors...
    Super songs and good bgm...https://www.facebook.com/ajesh.sures...ocation=stream
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    ഞാന് ഒരു മമ്മുക്ക ഫാന് ആയിരിക്കും.

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    Balyakalasakhi as a book is indeed a classic but in the form of a cinema it hasn't reached that stature. The scope of making this story to an eternal love story on silver screen is a difficult task (my personal opinion after reading the book) and the new comer Pramod Payyannur has managed to do it in a satisfactory way.

    There is no need for me to tell you about the plot as most of you will be familiar with the story. Unlike the book, they have given some extra weightage to the last segment of Majeed's life (in the book) where he went far away from the family to support them financially. I was curious to know how the director will narrate the story which in the book was conveyed without any back and forth fluctuations. Well the pattern was kind of a good one that followed the usual way of tracking the flashback. The film proceeds with very less annoyance in the first half with all the famous dialogues and moments of the book being captured neatly. But its the second half which had some new inclusions, an awkward change in timezone, going slightly commercial and also the compromised casting effects the movies rhythm.

    The phase change where the young Majeed changed from Shane Nigam to Mammooty was really small as per the book and here we are seeing entirely different characters within a small time interval. The makeup and getup of Mammootty as young Majeed wasn't causing much irritation and if they had replaced Shane Nigam with Mammootty in the beginning itself, things would have been a bit more easy to digest. The additional screenplay in the second half doesn't work out the way it was supposed to be.

    Director has made the film in a dramatic tone. There was an underlying humor in the story written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and that was sadly missing here. Dialogues were good. Cinematography and art section were also pretty good. Edits were not sharp. The songs sung by Yesudas and V T Murali were really worth humming and Bijibal's background score made from that V T Murali song was also really catchy. Visual effects were just about okay.

    Mammooty is good as Majeed but its the father character that shows his excellence. The head weight, rudeness and that transformation to a man who has lost everything was shown very smartly by the actor. Meena was good as Majeed's mother. Isha Talwar had that looks which suited Suhara but her expressions and tight lipped performance were no where near the performance of the kids who also played the role of Suhara in different stages. Some compromised casting decisions were there like the characters played by Sasikumar and Atlas Ramachandran. Kavitha Nair, Sunil Sukhada and the kids also were good in their respective roles.

    Balyakalasakhi hasnt done any injustice to the novel in my view but still the juice wasn't extracted perfectly to make the film an unforgettable one. The rating for the movie in my perspective is 3/5. Don't try to taste it if you haven't read the book. The sensor certificate showed a runtime of 121 minutes, but the film finished almost at 100 minutes point.

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