RAJADHIRAJA
Theatre : TVM SreePadmanabha
Showtime & Date : 6:00pm, 07-09-2014
Status : Housefull
A Mass Entertainer from Mammootty on the lines of Rajnikanth's Baasha by debutant Ajai Vasudev written by Udaykrishna-Sibi K Thomas team. Does the movie met the expectations?? Lets see
Story
The very same Baasha storyline - Shekharankutty(Mammootty) is living peacefully with his wife and kid with petrol pump job and restaurant. Ayyappan(Joju), a distant relative enters their life causing problems. Later villains enter the scene and in Interval block Shekharankutty bursts out as Raja the old DON. Second half is his flashback and how he finishes the villain gang.
Performances
Mammootty looked dull throughout except in flashback episode. The Interval portion where he needs to be energetic was spoiled mainly by this dull nature. Joju simply scores with his well written character though shades of Biju Menon was there at times. Nelson was fine in his limited scenes. Bheeman Raghu was wasted. Lakshmi Rai had nothing much to do. Joy Mathew and Babu Namboothiri were again in typecast roles. Siddhique was fine, so as Lena. Rest of the cast especially from Bollywood were too many and killed the effect at times.
Songs & BGM
Music by Karthik Raja and Berny Ignatious were below average and songs were picturised in a bad manner. Lyrics killed the songs most of the time. BGM was fine, but lacked the punch and timing in those mass scenes.
Technical
Shaji did a fine job with his camre work but not his best. Editing could have been better especially towards climax and mass scenes
Script & Direction
Script by Udaykrishna Siby K Thomas team was fine, and better compared to their last few outings. The script had enough moments and elements to be a mass entertainer. What killed the party was Ajai Vasudevan's direction. Though he could maintain the tempo and interest factor in first half till Interval portion, then onwards direction was totally out of place in most of the times. Ajai couldn't execute the mass scenes in paper to screen with style and elan. There were only frames copied at times from Telugu/Tamil flicks rather than packaging it as a whole. The much anticipated Interval scene was lazily executed. Second half could have been a lot lot better with the script.
Overall an enjoyable first half and an average second half.
Verdict : Above Average
Undoubtedly recent better outings from Mammootty for mass audience, but definitely not the best for the standards he had set before.
Theatre : TVM SreePadmanabha
Showtime & Date : 6:00pm, 07-09-2014
Status : Housefull
A Mass Entertainer from Mammootty on the lines of Rajnikanth's Baasha by debutant Ajai Vasudev written by Udaykrishna-Sibi K Thomas team. Does the movie met the expectations?? Lets see
Story
The very same Baasha storyline - Shekharankutty(Mammootty) is living peacefully with his wife and kid with petrol pump job and restaurant. Ayyappan(Joju), a distant relative enters their life causing problems. Later villains enter the scene and in Interval block Shekharankutty bursts out as Raja the old DON. Second half is his flashback and how he finishes the villain gang.
Performances
Mammootty looked dull throughout except in flashback episode. The Interval portion where he needs to be energetic was spoiled mainly by this dull nature. Joju simply scores with his well written character though shades of Biju Menon was there at times. Nelson was fine in his limited scenes. Bheeman Raghu was wasted. Lakshmi Rai had nothing much to do. Joy Mathew and Babu Namboothiri were again in typecast roles. Siddhique was fine, so as Lena. Rest of the cast especially from Bollywood were too many and killed the effect at times.
Songs & BGM
Music by Karthik Raja and Berny Ignatious were below average and songs were picturised in a bad manner. Lyrics killed the songs most of the time. BGM was fine, but lacked the punch and timing in those mass scenes.
Technical
Shaji did a fine job with his camre work but not his best. Editing could have been better especially towards climax and mass scenes
Script & Direction
Script by Udaykrishna Siby K Thomas team was fine, and better compared to their last few outings. The script had enough moments and elements to be a mass entertainer. What killed the party was Ajai Vasudevan's direction. Though he could maintain the tempo and interest factor in first half till Interval portion, then onwards direction was totally out of place in most of the times. Ajai couldn't execute the mass scenes in paper to screen with style and elan. There were only frames copied at times from Telugu/Tamil flicks rather than packaging it as a whole. The much anticipated Interval scene was lazily executed. Second half could have been a lot lot better with the script.
Overall an enjoyable first half and an average second half.
Verdict : Above Average
Undoubtedly recent better outings from Mammootty for mass audience, but definitely not the best for the standards he had set before.
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