Narasimham Malayalam Movie

[Elly Ker]

WelpI did it, I finally watched Narasimham. And it was pretty much as expected. Not exactly what I look for in my Malayalam films, but Mohanlal was there, and so was Mammootty for a bit, and now I have seen Most Successful Movie of All Time, or whatever the accurate superlative is.

Although this film has a fair amount of speeches and gender issues and stuff. More so than Pulimurugan certainly (although it would be hard to have less). If you strip out all the action and dramatic stopping of funeral processions and so on, the central conflict has that nice radical boundary breaking touch that I look for in my Malayalam films.

Anyway, that does it for Mohanlal. He immediately goes over to her house, saves her from the goons her are destroying it, and is infuriated when she is injured trying to protect him. Brother-sister love achieved!

Oh right, plot! So after Mohanlal learns that the woman really is his sister, there are a series of confrontations with his father. Super satisfying! After all those movies of Thilakan being all holier than thou, and the first half of this movie, I loved having him cut down to size a little here. Both by the other characters and the narrative. Yeah, a superior angry old man can have made a big mistake in his youth! And yeah, he could have failed to acknowledge that mistake, and in fact lied and lied and lied like the hypocrite he is! Almost makes up for his family forgiving him in the end of Spadikam. Almost.

Highlight of the film is the dialogues written by ranjith. Its a mix of philosophy,purana references,sanskritisd words and local cuss words. All these may sound funny when translated into english.. malayalam action films in this period were less about action and more about dialogues. Ranjith and ranji panikker(actor) were the most famous writers for these kind films.they were even more popular than directors. Ranjiths scripts had more philosophy and purana or literature references.Ranji panikker was known for his powerful english dialogues and political references (he even abused political leaders through films). Now ranji panikker is an actor and ranjith turned into Direction and making different films(njan,leela etc.)

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