Wednesday, August 30, 2006

A Malloo movie

Went for superstar Mammooty's Onam release "Bhargava charitam, moonam khandam (the history of Bhargava, part III) yesterday evening. The script is written by comedian Srinivasan, who is in the lead along with Mammooty. It is a satire on the underworld - Mammooty plays the role of an underworld don, "Current Bhargavan", who is losing his touch. He comes to psychiatrist Santaram (Srinivasan) to regain his courage.
Thankfully, the aging actors are not paired with any of the two young female faces, though Srinivasan does make a comic attempt to woo one of them. Srinivasan's facial expressions are hilarious. Mammooty looks remarkably young for someone who is now a granpa. His attempt at comedy is passable. Former malayalam heart-throb Rehman makes a comeback, while Saikumar excells as the villain of the piece. Salimkumar is back to comedy after his powerful role in "Achen urangatha veedu" (a film made on the Suryanelli case in Kerala).
Padmam theater seems to have undergone a renovation, so we watched the movie from the plush 2-seater sofa in teh executive class. Ticket rates cost a fortune as a result.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The movie review is good! also the cost of the seat sounds it was worth it after all.. just to see srinivas expressions..
Usha

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