This is a movie you can fall in love with. Ranjith is arguably the best story teller among all active movie makers in this country. Thirakkatha reinstates this argument. Dedicated to actress of yesteryears Srividya, this movie take cues from her life and also from lives of numerous actresses of different eras. The narrative style used in this movie is almost Ranjith's signature.
Akbar (Prithviraj) is a successful name in Malayalam cinema after success of his debut. The first part of the movie talks about his new subject Malvika (Priyamani), an actress of yesteryears who saw a steep downfall and is now missing. He tells the story of Malvika and her love/estranged husband Ajay who is now a superstar. But in the middle of the movie, story halts at the question... where is Malvika?
Priyamani as Malvika is simply awesome. She simply takes your heart away in an emotionally draining role. Prithviraj does a fair job. Anoop Menon and Samvruta were apt. While performances are good enough, the script and direction is the real star here. The way scenes toggle between past and present and the way they hold the flow, the usage of drama and cliches is worth-watching. Thirakkatha means Script/Screenplay. So, true to name.
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
2 comments:
The concept on paper is fine. But in execution many things were too contrived.
specially the actor portraying role of super star actually looked funny (rotfl funny) in the first half. Cliche for me became such a block that i personally didnt enjoy better parts of the movie.
Slight subtlety would helped the project a great deal!
The Cliche was needed to show the era. It would have been rather bland if they had tried to make the 'past' sequences without cliches.... infact, the antics we call cliche today were invented those days.
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