Chathikkatha Chanthu

The best comedy of 2004. Well made with non-stop laughter and excitement. Jayasurya has done wonderful job. Probably Lal's (director/actor) best character ever. Never miss this movie. If you lost touch with Malayalam, you will start loving it again. And of course you can enjoy this movie fully only if you know Malayalam.

I would like to thank Raffi Meccartin and team for this great work and keeping the Malayalam movie standard up again. Thank you.

The good points I can note about the movie are below.

1. Great comedy... 2. Nice songs... 3. Wonderful action.

Again, DON'T MISS THIS MOVIE. IF YOU MISS THIS, YOU ARE MISSING ONE OF THE BESTS IN MALAYALAM.

Excellent ! Marvelous! Fantastic ! Fabulous !

Excellent story, Excellent cast, Excellent performances and Excellent comedy scenes. No wonder it bagged so much during its first weeks.

Chandu (Jayasuriya) has a problem with his name. Everyone who hears his name instantly believes that he is merciless [Chathiyan Chandu]. But that is not the theme of the story.

Chandu wants to be a famous script-writer. So he approaches all director's but all his stories are flops. So he decides to write his own story.......

Chandu is the son of a servant who works in a big manor. (But he's not the 'other' son of the master. No way, that's not the story either.) The master's (Janardhanan's) daughter Indira (Bhavana) is in love with Chandu. But Chandu doesn't want to "hurt" his master. So he refuses Bhavana's love. But Bhavana never gives up. One day Janardhanan gets hold of the love story and wants Chandu to give up the love. So he asks Chandu to write letters which will describe his love with an imaginary "Vasumathi" in an imaginary "Thekkekkattukara" village. Janardhanan purposefully gives Bhavana the letters which makes her heart-broken . In one of those letters Janardhanan asks Chandu to write that he is planning to leave town with the imaginary "Vasumathi" which completely breaks Bhavana's heart. But she posts all the letters after reading them. Now Janardhanan asks Chandu to leave town.

Now as fate permits, there really IS a "Vasumathi" (Navya Nair) in a REAL Thekkekkattukara village , who is on the verge of suicide (Reason revealed later) . Now Chandu's letters gives her hope and she decides to leave town as per the last letter. But there comes the clash . In the Madras bus there is Vinneeth to whom Chandu tells his own story and tells him that even if the real Vasumathi comes he will not accept her. Now Vasumathi hears this and is heartbroken. She has nowhere to go. So Vineeth takes both Chandu and Vasumathi to his home. where after a turn of events Chandu falls in love with Vasumathi .Yes, yeah. And just when Vasumathi is about to reveal her identity, voila comes Bhavana. INETRVAL ........Then what happens ?????????? Vasumathi's story is revealed and the super climax is with her family.

I think the story is, even though stupid, really cool.Charismatic. So imaginative of the writer. Jayasuriya plays his role with maturity. I think its time now for "Dileep out Suriya in" chant again. because that's 3 hits in a row, Jayasuriya has delivered. and Dileep, well he I think is losing his position in trying to become an action star. Bhavana also does her part well. But I think her voice should have been dubbed. So manly. But my surprise was Navya Nair. I've never seen her so glamourous. I've always considered her a talented waste. But now I think I should change my opinion to talented beauty queen. Her Village girl role is a marvel. One will REALLY feel sympathy towards her character. Also she plays her ""ghost"" role with a beauty. Oooh, it was comedially frightening. Vineeth also plays well though he didnt have that much lengthy part.

And about laughter. I think you should bring two cartons of tissue papers. Because its going to be so hilarious that 'happy' tears will come out of your eyes. So comedial till the end. And "Michael Jackson " Salim Kumar , Cochin Haneefa and a surprising Lal adds to the laughter.



My Verdict : EXCELLENT. VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

My Rating : 10/10

WHOLE LENGTH LAUGHTER GUARANTEED

Comedy is serious business, they say. Rafi-MeCcartin duo should know as they have been part of many successful humor movies (Tenkasipattinam, for instance). Being successful is one thing, following that with another is totally different ---- and dare one say, difficult.

The double-directors' new venture Chathikatha Chanthu is hardly a rib-tickler. Far from it, it is a disjointed pastiche of sitcom and slapstick. The binding glue of a strong script is unfortunately missing.

Chanthu (Jayasurya), son of a maidservant at work in a big household, where he is lucky enough to get the attention of Thampuran (Janardhanan) who likes him and fosters him as his child. Not surprisingly, Thampuran's daughter Indira (Bhavana) dotes on him and expresses his love for Chanthu. Then again, not surprisingly, Chanthu does not want to let down Thampuran and keeps his love to himself. But Indira, like all film heroines, is steadfast and pesters Chanthu to love her. So to escape from her, Chanthu creates an alibi --- he says he is in love with another girl. Soon he sets out for Chennai in search of a job. But as it happens, he gets to meet the girl he has created out of his imagination --- Vasumathy (Navya Nair).

She also has a story to tell about her life. Chanthu meets Krishna (Vineeth) a dance master who introduces him to Ravikumar (Lal), a film director. Ravikumar makes a film based on the life of Vasumathy and it becomes a big hit. Their life changes, and so too the film as it peters down to a hurried hotchpotch of crime and horror. The denouement is all about how the pairs get united.

On the acting front, Jayasurya is honest and tries manfully in a heavy role. He is good. But alas, that is inadequate to carry off the film. Navya Nair is cute and her performance is also. Vineeth, in a small role, is impressive. The comedy track grates and the music (by Alex Paul) is just about average, Rafi-MeCartin, who has a flair for earthy comedy, is obviously not in their elements. They let the script flounder with some unimaginative handling.