Nandanam

No one would have expected director Ranjith to come up with such a down to earth script.Ranjith who is popular(notorious?) for his action packed commercial movies(both as a director and as a writer)has this time taken a big deviation to make a film like 'Nandanam'.

The film set in the premises of Guruvayoor temple tells the story of a servant girl Balamani(Navya Nair).Her routine life,her dreams etc.Others among the cast are the hero Prithviraj,Kaviyoor Ponnamma,Revati,etc.She is an ardent worshiper of Guruvayoorappan but for one reason or the other hasn't been able to go to the temple till then.Dialogues in the film are good especially her private conversations with a photo of Guruvayoorappan.The songs are good and apt for each situation.The film has a fair bit of fantasy too.The climax too is very good.(We doesn't see Malayalam movies with such great climaxes).

So all in all Nanadanam is a great movie ;and it is worth a watch or more for good movie lovers.

The movie takes a journey through the life of a young domestic help who gets her lover back with the blessings of lord Krishna.

I was never so fancied about Prithviraj until I watched this movie. Sure he is good looking, has his skills in place. But there was something missing! He had a really different personality in this movie and he did a wonderful job portraying this character of Manu. This actor sure has good talents and can effortlessly transform into different characters. Somehow he even looked handsome than ever! Must be that the beard actually makes him look better! Love, pain, sorrow, sacrifice all were played well by both Navya and Prithvi... I just had to begin with Prithvi as he totally changed my opinion of him with this movie.

Navya without a doubt is a great actress and she did her part really well. I am a great fan of Kaviyoor Ponnamma and she adds her charm to the movie. Other actors like Innocent and Jagathi were awesome! Its a great movie power-packed with a good story/script, a good showcase of emotions and love, care, giving, sorrows, pain, sacrifices, etc. And yes, comedy too! And oh, did I miss the faith part!? Guess I did! hmmm looks like its already mentioned in the reviews by others...

Oh the movie is very touchy!!! If only more Manu/s existed in this world!!! Sigh!!!