His Highness Abdullah (1990) :
Brief Review -
Malayil-Lohithadas-Mohanlal trio confer a family entertainer with drama, comedy and Indian Classical Music. His Highness was the same trio's first film in a trilogy of Indian classical arts films, followed by Bharatham (1991) and Kamaladalam (1992). While Bharatam was way ahead in content, His Highness Abdullah is more like a commerical entertainer than a content oriented product. The film has a simple story copied from 60s and 70s Masala Movies but adds a new flavour of Indian Classical Music to make it Melodious. A qawwali singer, Abdullah, passes as a Brahmin Singer from a reputed family in order to infiltrate a palace and kill the king but ends up saving him. It's a good story but very predictable. Someone like Lohithadas who had already written couple of Great Classics before this, could have easily done much better. That shortcoming has to be mentioned because he is not an ordinary writer. The same script might have been termed as better for someone else but the expectations were higher from Lohithadas, that's why. Mohanlal and Nedumudi Venu are paired up so well in this film. Not just as actors but i meant the characters and those situations too. Both of them look very fine in their roles and the supporting cast is nice too. The most lovable supporting character here is Mamukkoya. How funny he was in the film. The most funniest character among the big cast. His Highness Abdullah has a great music. I don't understand Malayalam Language but all those compositions sounded very sweet to my ears. I enjoyed it even with subtitles. Sibi Malayil has crafted this film in light tone, maybe that's the best thing he could have done with this predictable script. But overall, it's a very good entertainer for family audience. Just don't expect too much as you would expect from this Trio.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
