Kangaru Malayalam Movie
For those who expect something outstanding from director Raj Babu, Kangaroo could very well turn out to be a disappointment. But for those who go to see the film with a realistic bend of mind, aware that the director's earlier deliveries (Chief Minister K.R. Gowthami and Chess) could hardly be called average, the film could very well be a satisfactory experience.
Kangaroo takes us into the life of Joseph Abraham, popularly called Josekutty (Prithviraj), who has to look after his entire family, especially since his elder brother Mathew Abraham a.k.a. Mathukutty (Jagathy Sreekumar) has occasional fits of insanity and even turns violent. Josekutty is an auto-rickshaw driver and is an honest guy with lots of friends. It is quite accidentally that Josekutty happens to meet a young girl (Kavya Madhavan). He is drawn to her instantly though he doesn't even know her name or her background.
In the meantime, his friend and marriage-broker Paapi (Harisri Ashokan), brings a marriage proposal for Josekutty that could solve his financial problems as the girl is from a rich family. The only hitch is that the girl has a child and Josekutty has to accept the child too. He is at first reluctant, but Paapi and Josekutty's brother-in-law Kunjachchan (Salim Kumar) convince him that he has to do it for the sake of the family. And so he decides to meet the girl. He is told that the girl's name is Nancy and that she would be in a church with her sister Jancy, who has to approve of the match.
When he sees the very same girl whom he had seen earlier, standing with the kid, he approves of the match. But it is not Nancy whom he had seen, but her younger sister Jancy. Anyhow Nancy's elder brother Stephen (Laloo Aalex) is happy that Nancy is finally getting married. Things move towards the marriage and it is only on the eve of the marriage that Josekutty realizes his folly. Paapi assures him that something could be done the next day, but the very same night Nancy is found dead, hanging in her bedroom. All this leads to the building up of the climax.
Prithviraj as Josekutty does justice to the role, though he doesn't do anything extraordinary. Kavya Madhavan as Jancy doesn't have much to do, but is OK. Laloo Aalex is his usual self as Stephen, but one wonders why he goes for the same kind of costume in almost all films. Kaveri as Nancy is good. Harisri Ashokan as Paapi does his role convincingly while Jagathy Sreekumar is good as Mathukutty. Salim Kumar and Suraaj Venjaramoodu seem to be repeating themselves and seem to be put in for the sake of attracting viewers.
Jayasurya puts up a good performance as Monachchan, who is a dependent and aide of Stephen, especially in the climax. It shows another side of his acting caliber. Technical aspects are OK while the songs are just average and won't last in our memories for long. In total the film, though not bad, wouldn't make it big at the box office as it has nothing outstanding to offer. The director and the scenarist could have seen to it that the film was a bit slicker so that it could have had better box office appeal.
