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Bhargavacharitham Moonam Khandam
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'Bhargavacharitham...' disappoints
Mammootty fans
By Paresh C. Palicha, Indo-Asian News Service
Film: "Bhargavacharitham Moonam Khandam"; Cast: Mammootty,
Sreenivasan, Sai Kumar and Padmapriya; Director: Joemon;
Producer: Noushad; Screenplay: Sreenivasan
Malayalam superstar Mammootty's offering for his fans this Onam
-"Bhargavacharitham Moonam Khandam" -, is a rip-off of Hollywood
flick "Analyze This". Directed by Joemon, the film is co-written
by Sreenivasan, who has also played a significant role in the
film.
This is yet another attempt by Mammootty to succeed in comedy,
but it leaves us dissatisfied.
The story revolves around a notorious criminal 'Current
Bhargavan' (Mammootty), who has lost the confidence to pick up a
gun or resort to any kind of violence.
So, he seeks the help of a renowned psychiatrist Dr. Shantharam
(Sreenivasan). The film is about what follows. This tangled tale
may look good on paper, but its execution leaves audiences'
hopes punctured.
The main fault lies with director Joemon, who does nothing
inventive with the characters and the viewers end up bearing
with a stylishly dressed Mammootty showing off fancy caps.
The ever-sarcastic Sreenivasan lampoons the psychiatric
profession in his repetitive style. Sample this dialogue: "For a
psychiatrist, everybody is mad."
The film is strewn with many such dialogues that succeed in
inducing forced chuckles only and not a good full-throated
laughter.
Coming back to the story, it is futile to seek plausibility in
such plots but there are a few situations that jar in-spite of
our low expectations.
Bhargavan is infamous for his marijuana cultivations in the
forest land of Kerala and is suspected to have abducted and
killed an honest officer of the narcotics department,
but still he roams freely around.
The other characters in the film just make fleeting appearances.
Rahman as one of the officers of narcotics department and would
be brother-in-law of Sreenivasan makes
his presence felt. But Sai Kumar as Rahman's chief and Bhargavan
go overboard.
It seems that Sreenivasan tried to repeat the success of "Udayananu
Tharam" but it backfired. A more realistic plot might have
worked better.
This Onam will be lacklustre for Mammootty fans.
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