Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal

The beauty of a movie is not truly known right after enjoying it. It is truly known when it stays in your heart, as a pleasant and cherished memory.

Namukka Parkkan Munthirithoppukal (Vineyards for us to Fly) is one such.

When sheer genius in direction and screenplay is applied on a movie of a romantic genre with its theme around nature, and topped by natural performances, and blended with the sweetest music, you will create a film of this nature.

I give a film 10/10 in IMDB when it's not just able to give me a smile at times, but at the right moments is able to bring out a tear. This film makes it happen.

After watching this film you are sure to look up and follow through on other movies created by this director, if you are truly a connoisseur of film, and you'll not be disappointed upon doing so. The director Padmarajan has created one after the other movies that simply create magic on screen.

This one just happens to be my favourite.

Late Mr. Patmarajan has a habit. He loves to glue his viewers to the seat and hypnotize them by his unique movies. Like Aparan, Thoovana thumbikal, Kallan pavithran, Ennale etc. He does the same or even much further in Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal. Malayalam movie viewers still miss him.

In this love story, characters Solomon (Mohanlal) and Sofia (Shari) wins our heart. Whereas, the step father is the key role (Award winning role by Thilakan) that stays with us all the time. Perfect cast in every way. Superb photography, great screenplay and unique setting makes this movie a real gem. I wish men could have his heart when it comes to love...

Honestly this film is like perfect. I couldn't really find anything wrong with this movie besides the video quality being really bad. This is a film that needs a remaster. Ignoring that everything is perfect like I said. The performances are definitely the best part. Mohanlal goes deep into his role of an eccentric romantic with each mannerisms being perfect. Shari is also great as the second lead. The movie surprisingly is also focused on her struggles and she does a good job of conveying them. Thilakan makes us just want to take an ax and chop him to death. That how much I loved to hate him. The supporting performances especially from vineeth and kaviyoor ponamma are great as well. I loved that Solomon's and Antony's friendship was also a huge part of the movie besides the main romance. Padmarajans writing is also effortless with a great ending that was very progressive for its time while other movies used to botch this subject. A masterpiece in short and deserves to be seen even today.

i guess the music by Johnson is everlasting too. the theme music of the movie which comes right at the beginning is haunting. it will remain etched in everyones memories. but due credit must be give to Thilakan and Mohan Lal . the movie wouldn have been complete without their performances. one still wonders how Thilakan has not received international accolades or even a national award being the kind of perfomer he is. Most if not all of Padmarajans movies dwell on relationships and are very character centric and again most if not all of his movies are classics. his early death was a big loss to Malayalam cinema. his contribution to the golden period of malayalam cinema was immense.

Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal (1986) : Movie Review -

This Sensational and Taboo-breaking lovestory by Padmarajan has more to offer than his high-rated Thoovanathumbikal. I intentionally mentioned Thoovanathumbikal here because when i see at the ratings of these two films, one surely look high-rated undeservingly. This is strictly my personal opinion as i have recently seen Thoovanathumbikal and for me it didn't match the hype. On the other side, Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal isn't hyped as high as Thoovanathumbikal but for me it has fared better. The film did match the level of expectations i had and I would say that rather it surpassed them. The film is about Solomon who falls in love with his neighbour, Sofia. However, things does not go smooth and he finds himself helpless when he realises about her family life being unacceptable to the society. One cute thing to notice in the film is that throughout the story, there are references to the Biblical book Song of Songs where it depicts the romantic dialogue between a young woman and her lover. In the climax we see conflicts reaching upto devastating level and the things shown there are simply taboo-breaking for any Romantic Drama by that time. Mohanlal once again shines as a matured actor. This time the role was quite simple so for him it wasn't anything to worry about. Shari looks beautiful as Sofia and Thilakan portrays a villainous father so well that you start hating his character and by the end you completely hate him. Vineeth as teenage boy looked fine and Kaviyoor Ponnamma plays a mother as perfectly as she could. Padmarajan's direction and vision plays a vital part in forming this uncompromising storytelling. For me, Thoovanathumbikal went wrong with the characters and became too predictable but here Padmarajan had me glued and clueless about one or two characters. So, overall a path-breaking content in mainstream romance.

RATING - 8/10*

By - #samthebestest.