This evening, happened to see the malayalam movie by that name and I felt happy at having seen a nicely made film. There's nothing new about the story as there have been similar cinematic efforts earlier too and good ones at that. But what this film and quite a few films of recent vintage show is that the film industry has come to accept the fact that a good story line is the prime requirement for whole hearted acceptance by the audience.
Diamond necklace tells us the story of a young doctor, working in Dubai, his trials and tribulations in trying to live a make believe life. The pivotal aspect is that he realises his follies from the women in his tiny world, each strong in her own way - vulnerable, yet undemanding and prepared to give everything without a scant thought to their own desires and requirements.
And the genre of those powerful women - the strongpoints of each character depicted through some wonderful shots:-
(a) His mother, who hands over the papers of the ancestral house that she lives in, for selling away
so that his debts are liquidated.
(b) A senior doctor, who helps him from time to time with monetary assistance and advice so that
he is kept out of harm's way.
(c) The young lady, in the throes of a deadly ailment, gifting him an expensive necklace because he
had given her a few memorable moments in life.
(d) The young back home type of girl, who confesses that she can never, ever be angry with him
and can, thus, never take him out of her system.
(e) And his wife, who flings the necklace that she's wearing into the depths of the sea, in answer
to his query as to whether she liked him or the necklace.
A nice film that lingers on in the mind much after the viewing is over.
Tailpiece.
Earlier this week, I'd seen the movie 'Ustad hotel' which revolves around a grandfather - grandson relationship equally good and enjoyable for viewing.
I must say that the malayalam film industry is passing through exciting times!
Diamond necklace tells us the story of a young doctor, working in Dubai, his trials and tribulations in trying to live a make believe life. The pivotal aspect is that he realises his follies from the women in his tiny world, each strong in her own way - vulnerable, yet undemanding and prepared to give everything without a scant thought to their own desires and requirements.
And the genre of those powerful women - the strongpoints of each character depicted through some wonderful shots:-
(a) His mother, who hands over the papers of the ancestral house that she lives in, for selling away
so that his debts are liquidated.
(b) A senior doctor, who helps him from time to time with monetary assistance and advice so that
he is kept out of harm's way.
(c) The young lady, in the throes of a deadly ailment, gifting him an expensive necklace because he
had given her a few memorable moments in life.
(d) The young back home type of girl, who confesses that she can never, ever be angry with him
and can, thus, never take him out of her system.
(e) And his wife, who flings the necklace that she's wearing into the depths of the sea, in answer
to his query as to whether she liked him or the necklace.
A nice film that lingers on in the mind much after the viewing is over.
Tailpiece.
Earlier this week, I'd seen the movie 'Ustad hotel' which revolves around a grandfather - grandson relationship equally good and enjoyable for viewing.
I must say that the malayalam film industry is passing through exciting times!
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