The movie is about a girl who wants to fulfill her desire but her orthodox family and the society around her takes it in the wrong way. The movie tries to bring in a good moral however lacks story and detailing.
11 Reviews
Lacks a proper story
feidasen12 August 2022
Worth to watch.
inhvaf6 February 2021
Brilliantly shot boring piece of garbage
naveenkrishnanh5 February 2021
I have one word for this movie - Meh!
It is boring, one dimensional, horribly scripted and even more horribly edited !
The whole message can be conveyed in a 10 min short story !
It would have been ok, if the rest was interesting or elaborating the before, the after, drawing attention to different world tackling similar issues or different religious groups for that matter - but no, we have to sit through some horrible attempts at teenage puppy love bits ( which is cringe worthy ) and some mindless sequences that add little to plot nor provide any entertainment, excitement or even hold any interest
It is boring, one dimensional, horribly scripted and even more horribly edited !
The whole message can be conveyed in a 10 min short story !
It would have been ok, if the rest was interesting or elaborating the before, the after, drawing attention to different world tackling similar issues or different religious groups for that matter - but no, we have to sit through some horrible attempts at teenage puppy love bits ( which is cringe worthy ) and some mindless sequences that add little to plot nor provide any entertainment, excitement or even hold any interest
Boring
anishmoideen11 February 2021
Good movie
sreesanth-993724 March 2021
Complete waste of time.
shehin-893517 February 2021
Must Watch
maniarasan-894797 February 2021
Bad
kaderabdul-2703710 August 2021
Beautiful Underrated Film
indianature9 March 2022
I found Vaanku (orig. Malayalam w. Eng subs) on YouTube's NeeStream channel . It's a beautiful film with superb background and vocal music by Ouseppachan.
A class of final year students are encouraged by their teacher to fulfil their one main wish before leaving school as they will regret not having done so later on. A group of four close girls mull about what that desire would be. One wants to hug a male teacher and does so but is seen by the teacher who pounces upon her colleague who clarifies that the girl whose parents are abroad, misses her father, he reminds her of her Dad and its an innocent hug. Another two of the quartet go to the cinema with a couple of boys .... The last Rasiya (Anaswara Rajan) is from not particularly orthodox Muslim family but she has attended religious classes as a child where one teaching is stuck in her mind : that the Prophet wanted the call to prayer to be recited in a beautiful voice. When as a child she told the religious teacher (Usthad) that she wanted to recite the Azan, she was scolded and told that only a male could do so. Now she feels that is her one driven desire, to recite the Azan and that is what she must do before leaving school. Her friends advise her not to be so foolish in their conservative small community, the fanatics would surely attack her as their firm belief is that females are forbidden from doing so, but Rasia is undeterred. In the meantime Rasia's father Razak (Vineeth) a small time contractor has been recommended by the Jamaat head for a good 2 year long contract. Because of this, he feels his family should look more conservative like "good" Muslims and he gets 2 burkhas for his wife Jazmi (Shabna Mohamed) and daughter who otherwise dress normally without a burkha. Rasia expresses her desire to sing the Azan to her mother who advises against it. Her father gets angry and tells her to banish such "heretic" thoughts from her mind as "Usthad knows best". One of Rasia's friends Jyothi (Nandhana Varma) innocuously posts Rasia's desire on social media ... and all hell breaks loose. Rasia is brutally trolled, and physically threatened by the so called "conservative" minded boys of her college. Razak loses his prized contract, and the Muslim society shuns their family. Rasia goes into depression and stops attending college despite being a topper student. One day, she strolls into a nearby enchanting forest and sings the Azan by herself. Jyothi feels very guilty at causing Rasia and her family so much trouble. She arranges for Rasia to come to college in a burkha to avoid being harassed by the boys and collect her hall ticket. Razia stands up to the goons this time. Jyothi arranges for Rasia to fulfil her wish in the forest, she gets her cousin to take her there by bike.
A man see's the two entering the forest. Thinking they are a romantic couple, he calls his friends to join him to attack them, taking out his sickle as he enters the forest. Its a scary scene as the four rough looking men enter the forest hunting for the two. The suspense is held for awhile when the men eventually come across Rasia and the boy, but are spellbound by the sacred music through Rasia's divine voice, and drop their sickles. This is an outstanding and truly sacred scene, superbly shot. Loved it. Loved the film. It hasn't got great reviews but for me (and I am neither a Muslim nor a religious person) it was really good cinema. I loved the Azan put to music and also the opening Subhan Allah song and the background scores through the film.
All the characters are convincingly enacted, the scenes are realistic, the settings and locations quite real and believable.
A class of final year students are encouraged by their teacher to fulfil their one main wish before leaving school as they will regret not having done so later on. A group of four close girls mull about what that desire would be. One wants to hug a male teacher and does so but is seen by the teacher who pounces upon her colleague who clarifies that the girl whose parents are abroad, misses her father, he reminds her of her Dad and its an innocent hug. Another two of the quartet go to the cinema with a couple of boys .... The last Rasiya (Anaswara Rajan) is from not particularly orthodox Muslim family but she has attended religious classes as a child where one teaching is stuck in her mind : that the Prophet wanted the call to prayer to be recited in a beautiful voice. When as a child she told the religious teacher (Usthad) that she wanted to recite the Azan, she was scolded and told that only a male could do so. Now she feels that is her one driven desire, to recite the Azan and that is what she must do before leaving school. Her friends advise her not to be so foolish in their conservative small community, the fanatics would surely attack her as their firm belief is that females are forbidden from doing so, but Rasia is undeterred. In the meantime Rasia's father Razak (Vineeth) a small time contractor has been recommended by the Jamaat head for a good 2 year long contract. Because of this, he feels his family should look more conservative like "good" Muslims and he gets 2 burkhas for his wife Jazmi (Shabna Mohamed) and daughter who otherwise dress normally without a burkha. Rasia expresses her desire to sing the Azan to her mother who advises against it. Her father gets angry and tells her to banish such "heretic" thoughts from her mind as "Usthad knows best". One of Rasia's friends Jyothi (Nandhana Varma) innocuously posts Rasia's desire on social media ... and all hell breaks loose. Rasia is brutally trolled, and physically threatened by the so called "conservative" minded boys of her college. Razak loses his prized contract, and the Muslim society shuns their family. Rasia goes into depression and stops attending college despite being a topper student. One day, she strolls into a nearby enchanting forest and sings the Azan by herself. Jyothi feels very guilty at causing Rasia and her family so much trouble. She arranges for Rasia to come to college in a burkha to avoid being harassed by the boys and collect her hall ticket. Razia stands up to the goons this time. Jyothi arranges for Rasia to fulfil her wish in the forest, she gets her cousin to take her there by bike.
A man see's the two entering the forest. Thinking they are a romantic couple, he calls his friends to join him to attack them, taking out his sickle as he enters the forest. Its a scary scene as the four rough looking men enter the forest hunting for the two. The suspense is held for awhile when the men eventually come across Rasia and the boy, but are spellbound by the sacred music through Rasia's divine voice, and drop their sickles. This is an outstanding and truly sacred scene, superbly shot. Loved it. Loved the film. It hasn't got great reviews but for me (and I am neither a Muslim nor a religious person) it was really good cinema. I loved the Azan put to music and also the opening Subhan Allah song and the background scores through the film.
All the characters are convincingly enacted, the scenes are realistic, the settings and locations quite real and believable.
Overrated cinema
ansarulislamnmr6 February 2021
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I went to theatre by watching 9.4 rating on IMDB unfortunately it was totally disappointing ... Some among the actor's are good in performance like Vineeth . Anashwara is also good but totally speaking it's not a good Film ... Personally I disappointed very much.
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