Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemam P.O Malayalam Movie
It just felt like I've been transported a good twenty years back, (no) thanks to Mullassery Madhavankutty, Nemom PO. Now, this one is a film that doesn't go much beyond film making of the eighties, ignorant of the huge revolution that is going on in the magical world of films.
Madhavan Kutty (Anoop Menon) leads a comfortable life with his wife Seetha (Sonal) and his daughter. He has a decent job in a government office, and is a man who seems at peace with himself. A random tiff with an ex-school mate (Nishanth Sagar) makes Madhavan Kutty do the unthinkable, and he sets out to produce a film.
Let's go back to the regression that I was talking about earlier. One only has to see a scene in which Madhavan Kutty, who has run out of money, is helped by the devoted wife, who hands him over the much adored golden chain that lies around her neck, to see what I'm talking about. This one is a scene that has given clichés itself a bad name, and it's only with an open mouth that one can watch the scene painfully unfold on screen.
There is the song sequence as well, which reminds you of those family sagas of the eighties, in which they showed the husband who was an amazing singer (irrespective of what he did to make a living), and the wife who would start dancing in the living room the moment he starts singing a song.
On the story front, even more disappointments await you. Madhavan Kutty, who is caught in a quandary, is helped by his friend Khalid (Bala). Yet he finds it difficult to finish his film, running short of three lakh rupees. A mysterious person offers him the money, and this is the only point in the film which manages to grab your interest.
The revelation that follows soon ruins it all, and you end up disappointed that the film seems adamant on not saving itself. A predictable climax of a very predictable film isn't much of a good thing.
The technical aspects are very much in sync with the general mood of the film, and there aren't any surprises in store for us here either. The song 'Paathi Maayum Chandralekhe' composed by Raveendran is provides a pleasant breather in this otherwise drab cinematic outing.
I wonder what Anoop Menon is doing in a film as this. He is undoubtedly one of the most surprising actors around, in that his choice of films makes you sit up and really think. I'd like to believe that he just wanted to be a part of a film that stayed by the rules, and a bit too much at that.
Mullassery Madhavan Kutty reminds you of those tear jerkers of the eighties that have had their day long back. I seriously doubt if there is any viewer out there these days, who would be moved to tears seeing the tale that it dares to tell.
