Lekha and me had the opportunity to see one of the current Malayalam films, 'Pranayam' directed by Blessy, yesterday. And it was a wonderful experience, we liked the movie immensely!
The main protagonists of the sory are Achutha Menon, Grace and Mathews portrayed by Anupam Kher, Jayaprada and Mohanlal respectively. Each one of them has given tremendous depth to their characters by the sheer weight of their performances. The theme is simple - 'Love has no limits of time and one's first love transcends all others'.
Achutha Menon and Grace fall in love only to separate after a son is born, thanks to the machinations of Grace's father( a character who's only talked about and never shown but you're angry with him, all the same - an effective story telling technique!). Incidentally, both Menon and Grace have a weakness for football and enjoy getting wet in the rain! Grace, then, marries Mathews at the behest of her father and the movie begins showing as to how madly they're in love with each other, despite advancing age and a paralytic attack that has made Mathews wheelchair bound.
Menon comes to stay at his son's flat and meets up with Grace and Mathews who stay in the same building, in their daughter's flat and how they become a comfortable threesome, providing support to each other, takes a major part of the two hour long film. Anup Menon as Grace's son from Menon and Dhanya Mary Varghese as her daughter from Mathews have small yet significant roles! I shall leave the rest of the story for potential viewers of the film.
A nice movie after a long lapse!
Tailpiece.
Couldn't help wonder as to how the movie would have been if Mammooty had acted in place of Anupam Kher. No, I'm not saying that Anupam Kher was bad but Blessy would have achieved a casting coup, for sure!
Tailpiece.
Couldn't help wonder as to how the movie would have been if Mammooty had acted in place of Anupam Kher. No, I'm not saying that Anupam Kher was bad but Blessy would have achieved a casting coup, for sure!
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