Guppy

This movie flew under the radar when it came out, but it's a lovely little tale on the human psyche without ever getting preachy or manipulative in its storytelling. The child actor Chetan brilliantly portrays growing pains of a boy who despite the tough lot life appears to have handed him, still manages to find love, laughter and fun in his surroundings. The tussle of wits that he engages in with the recently arrived engineer (Tovino) is the plot point, but it serves more as a window into exploring the souls and lives of these two disparate characters. Add some amazing cinematography into the mix and it's no wonder this is one of the best of the year

Guppy is a malayalam language drama film written and directed by Johnpaul George.The protagonist of the story is a boy known as guppy, as he sells guppy to earn a living.The boy works in a teashop and sells guppy to look after his mother,whose lower half of the body is paralyzed.But events turn out when a rivalry arises between him and an engineer Thejus Varkey who came there to construct an over-bridge in the area. The best word to describe the film would be 'Beautiful'.Yeah,it is beautiful in every sense-the cinematography is beautiful,the music is beautiful, the performances are beautiful,the direction is beautiful even the script is beautiful.Ever aspect of the film deservers applause-the direction,screenplay, cinematography, music,performances, editing, makeup,art direction, costume design,make up everyone has done a brilliant job.This is one of the few films in which almost every actor has given a 'perfect' performance.You could hardly point out any actor who has either overacted or underacted.Despite not having a great story,what makes guppy so good are it's characters,out of which many remains in our heart even after watching the film.Every character has been carefully written.The backstories along with the simplicity of the characters play an important role in making them so good.Eventhough the script was well balanced the 'automatic wheelchair' plot proved to be a disturbance.Both the background score and music was perfect for the 'beautiful' script along with the splendid visuals which at times seemed 'too good'.Eventhough the film had a lot of subplots(some of which could have been reduced)and the narration has a medium pace,it rarely test's your patience.It deals with many subjects like friendship,love(both mother-son love and girl-boy love),revenge,hope,loses but the theme which the director tried to convey at the end was unclear.But in the end it proved to be a beautiful tale which is not only a visual but also an emotional treat for the audiences

my rating- 4/5(a well packaged and executed movie which makes it a must watch to all types of audience) positives- 1.)direction,screenplay and script- these 3 are masterpiece of this film. the way director introduces us to the world of guppy was excellent and definitely screenplay has supported it. realism was added to each and every scene which wont bore audience. dialogues from each actor looked natural and special mention to the script. john paul(director) was trying to imitate direction style of maheshinte prathikaram. and the story also looked similar as both of these stories has revenge content. but the creativity of the director was good and we could see that in this movie.

2.)cinematography and editing- cinematography was excellent making each and every frame lively and colourful. seaside shots were good and nicely taken. some of the scenes dint even need a dialogue because the scenes itself explained everything.edits were also good.

3.)music and bgscore- i am out of words to praise!! songs and bgscore was totally amazing and loved it. it matched the film perfectly. (this reminded me of maheshinte prathikaram because even in that songs and bgscore was excellent.) 4.)master chetan, tovino and rest all cast- master chetan has done his role neatly with realism and probably he will get state award for his performance. the one scene in climax he holds back his tear was a topnotch one. tovino was excellent and his revenge role with beard was a good idea by the makers. tovino and chetan both were able to emote properly at proper places. rest all characters were all good and it stays in your heart.

negatives- 1.) duration- i felt duration was bit long and they could have trimmed unnecessary scenes so that it woudnt have disturbed the flow of the movie.

is it a must watch? yes from my side. this movie may not have proper stars but that doesn't mean we should avoid it. this movie should be watched in theatres to get the feel but i now feel guilty for not watching it in theatre. but thats fine if you take DVD and watch it and not by downloading it.

overall- one thing i liked about the movie is the presentation style. director tried to add varieties and he eventually succeeded in that. yes there maybe few boring and unwanted scenes which they could have cut but then though it didn't affect the flow in a big manner so its not a big deal. watch this movie with your family and its also a good family drama as well. it explains different emotions we as human's face in certain stages of our life. songs and bgscore were top notch as well as performance from each and every actors. special mention to master chetan for doing his role with realistic touch without any flaws and his climax performance defines everything. the emotional touch the makers gave to tovino and master chetan in climax was fantastic. this revenge drama may have similarities to maheshinte prathikaram due to its theme but we cant compare these 2 in a full manner as the settings and few elements are different. so don't think of comparing it and i only compared the theme not the full story or the full film. (comparing can spoil the film ) my rating- 4/5 (a well packaged and executed movie which makes it a must watch to all types of audience ) For more reviews on all language movies go to- Ridin bal movie reviews

The movie is a really nice feel good movie. I really enjoyed it.

Guppy is a movie which makes you immerse in a story with it's realism, The characters are well portrayed,even side characters felt so alive.Some characters in this movie will remain in our hearts for a while. Each frames are well planned by the director, Music also plays an important role in conveying the stroy and effect of the movie, we too would go through various emotions as the story progresses

guppy is the only Malayalam movie that made feel complete recently, and I have no words other than superb! to describe master Chetan's and Tovino's acting. it was simply mind blowing. while watching this movie we can see each character has story behind then and that's why I decided to write my first review in IMDb for guppy.