Puthiya Mugham Malayalam Movie
Diphan's film is one of a kind, in that the action in its eats into its plot as if it were a sponge cake. All the flexing muscles and all the fray and fuss simply cannot make up for the broad blank in its center.
Kichan (Prithviraj) is a modest chap from a Palghat hamlet who lands up at an Engineering college somewhere in the city. Not much later, he rubs the wrong guys the wrong way, and becomes pals with Anjana (Priyamani), much to the annoyance of her beau Sudhi (Bala). Brutally assaulted and left for almost dead, Kichan storms back to life with a vengeance.
When the passive Samaritan who has been roughened up black and blue, finally decides to stand straight up, give one hard look and raise those fists in response, the moment has finally arrived when you are expected to put your hands together in support of the hero. The misfortune lies in the fact that this pivotal turnover occurs at the centre of the film, and the rest of it is just about those fists shooting off unimaginable blows in all directions possible.
Sindhuraj's script is as frail as possible, with all events having come to a standstill after the initial racket. There's literally nothing happening in it except the baddies being beaten up time and again, and the protagonist repeatedly affirming that he needs to do all this for survival sake.
I couldn't hunt down any freshness whatsoever in this jaded tale that drew more yawns than yelps. If you are one of those who would get goose bumps when the unassailable superhero tosses away the villain's henchmen into the stratosphere, you might be ecstatic at the turn of events. For defying the gravity is what the movie seems to be all about, once the wronged champion decides to straighten things up for good. As for the rest, you might have to settle down for an hour of rhythmic ruckus infested with loads of thuds and thwacks.
Hardcore fans of action films should delight in the well-choreographed fight scenes, but since they hardly ever pause to take in some air, they become wearisome quickly. One fight follows up another in quick succession and with literally nothing in between to keep them linked together, it all ends up being some loose-ended junk that just piles up one above the other.
There's plenty of charisma when it comes to Prithviraj. As much as I would love to see him smolder in a sensible film, I should admit he does pretty good even in a bedlam of cheesy nonsense as this. In fact, he should probably be the sole reason why Puthiya Mukham should be worth a dekko.
Puthiya Mukham is quite hollow at its core. This New Face fatally falters, and fails to meet the massive expectations.
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