Manoharam

Such a simple story told excellently, loved watching it

Loved watching it. Worth your time. This movie dwells into some uncommon territories that was never portrayed in Malayalam movies, like the flex culture in Kerala. Reminds some of the old Mohanlal-Srinivasan combination movies, but still maintain its own freshness.

2nd best in 2019 for me. I watched this movie without much expectation thinking this as an off beat movie. But "Manoharam" surprised me with its freshness and presentation. The movie is brilliant and very funny too. There is little suspense and thrill too which makes it a perfect choice for me. Coming to the -ves, there is deliberate intention to induce novelty in camera work by making shaking camera shots which I found quite unnecessary at many occasions. Also, there is lot of 'noise pollution' through out the movie capturing all sort of sounds in the surroundings. Ignoring these flaws, "Manoharam" is a nicely crafted 'kidukkachi' movie for all sorts of people. Must watch movie in all sense.

More than anything it is the fast-paced editing bu Nidhin Raj Arol that I would live to point at in Manoharam (Beautiful) that exponentially improves the viewing experience of this social drama about artistic professionalism and ends up as a sweet, feel-good movie that is bound to bring a smile to your face provided you ignore the contrived movement of the plot and the almost technical intervention provided by a flex printer's repair that some characters busy themselves here. TN.

I watch this mainly because of Vineeth Sreenivasan. Because I hadn't watch a movie of him for a while. I had a slight idea about what the story is by IMDB description. And because I love art and painting, I knew that I would be able to connect with this easily.

And so it happened. It's not a great movie but a simple isolated one. But ultimately it made me happy and gave me some genuine laughs throughout.

I have seen Basil Joseph in other movies but I think this is the one that I recognised him as a good comedy actor. Here he delivers perfectly.

But I didn't entire like the camera danced mostly in the first half. It was irritating. Maybe they were trying something new or having a technical difficulty but anyway I didn't like it and I really hoped that it would stop soon.

I like to say that this is one of the good films I watched in 2020.