Easily the best Malayalam movie of 2004. Good music and visuals just add to the charm. Still haven't figured out how the movie lost out to stupid Hindi movies for the national awards.
Though dealing with a tragic situation, the movie has lot of light moments. I really liked some of the incidents, like, the one where the kid makes a total mess of the film roles. The second one was the "classic movie" presentation situation where the students are smoking and listening to the lecture. A small political satire was included with the local panchayat member elections. The part were the head of the village asks students in school assembly to remind their parents of elections was good. Such understated comic situations are a rarity these days in Indian cinema.
I have given only 9 as the movie tends to be a bit depressing in opening half an hour. The mood picks up later on. Count me as one who likes happy endings. So, again didn't really like the depressing manner in which the movie ends. But hey, this is Malayalam cinema, not Hindi.
Though dealing with a tragic situation, the movie has lot of light moments. I really liked some of the incidents, like, the one where the kid makes a total mess of the film roles. The second one was the "classic movie" presentation situation where the students are smoking and listening to the lecture. A small political satire was included with the local panchayat member elections. The part were the head of the village asks students in school assembly to remind their parents of elections was good. Such understated comic situations are a rarity these days in Indian cinema.
I have given only 9 as the movie tends to be a bit depressing in opening half an hour. The mood picks up later on. Count me as one who likes happy endings. So, again didn't really like the depressing manner in which the movie ends. But hey, this is Malayalam cinema, not Hindi.