Tuesday, March 26, 2013

`AMEN‘ Malayalam movie Review- A TREAT TO WATCH




We human beings are emotional creatures with feelings pent up, desires uncontrollable,fears indescribable and anxieties unending. In this stressful life,love and compassion has its own place. A desire to love the opposite sex is followed by determination and conscious efforts to fulfill the same. But in this movie the brilliant director (Lijo Jose Pellissery)with the help of a thoughtful script writer( P S Rafeeque) takes the viewers through the unconventional path completing the fantasy like journey to reach the anti-climax  `The End ‘, while all were expecting a predictable climax.  

  Story goes like this. Solomon(Fahad Fazil) from a poor family is in deep love with Sosamma(Swati Reddy) who belongs to a wealthy family. However, Sosamma’s family is against this love affair.The story goes ahead in the back ground of St.Geevarghese church in the village.  The movie drags till the asst.vicar of the church  Fr.Vincent Vattoli(Indrajith) arrives  and he drives the film forward.

One thing I would mention here is that Director should have avoided use of abusive language in the movie. He has well crafted this beautiful movie then why this addiction for dirty jokes? Never in the past a director has presented a movie in a surprisingly impressive manner as this one even though basically similar stories have been narrated earlier by other directors too. So you can say an ordinary story is presented in an unusual way .

The dejected helpless Solomon’s role was sincerely enacted by Fahad Fasil.He speaks less but his body language is the proclamation of his hidden acting skills. Indrajith’s character conveys the Bible message - Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  All others have performed their roles well.

Brilliant camera work –  especially songs picturisation- by Abinandam Ramanujam deserves loud applause.Music by talented Prashant pillai is superb.

Director Lijo Jose Pellissery has done a wonderful job and has given a shock treatment to the mainstream cinema. One eagerly awaits his next.

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