Nakshatra KannullaRajakumaran AvanundoruRajakumari Malayalam Movie
Rajasenan seems to be having a Television serial hangover. His Onam release Nakshatrakannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari (NRAR) looks and feels like a long mega serial. Pritviraj, the much-hyped youngest son of late Sukumaran, has not lived up to the audience's expectation. What makes the film lag is over dependence on TV artistes and the way the story unfolds.
Rajasenan has taken the 'Vadakkanpattu' theme and mixed it with his usual comedy style of story telling. The film revolves around a family that claims that they are the descendants of the brave 'chekavars'- who were the warriors of the 'Vadakkanpaattu'. Bhageerathi Amma (K.R.Vijaya) has two sons - Veerabhadra Kurup (Narendra Prasad) and Kochchukurup (Kalabhavan Kurup) and a daughter Subhadra who constantly feud with each other. The elder Kurup's daughter Aswathy (Gayathri Raghuram) is in love with her 'muracherukkan', Subhadra's son Ananthu (Prithviraj), but there is parental opposition. They are encouraged by Chandutty (Jagathy Sreekumar, a goldsmith), Bhaskaran (Sabu, a barber) and Shankunni (Baiju, who sings 'vadakkanpattu'). They hope that Aswathy's brother Karthik (Renju) will come to their rescue. But he turns against the lovers on the advice of his father. Suddenly out of the blue Raziya Begum (Anjali Krishna) turns up claiming to be Karthik's lover. Ananthu and his gang use this opportunity to fix Karthik. And Kochukurup gives them a lot of muscle support. After a lot of buffoonery and mistaken identity the couple are united.
Prithviraj who makes his debut (his first film Nandanam is yet to be released) has a long way to go. Gayathri Raghuram as Aswathy is ok, while another newcomer Anjali Krishna steals the show. Renju looks stiff and the TV artistes play their roles well. Lyrics by Ramesan Nair, set to tune by Benny and Kannan, are disappointing. On the whole the film lacks a good story.
