Jacobinte Swargarajyam

Its always difficult to travel against the flow. Here Vineeth Sreenivasan took a nice step without much interfering the culture of a typical malayali. In general the word 'kachavadakkaran' is not accepted in kerala. Exceptions are there with a few. Culture level it sometimes belongs to certain families or at the most a few castes or certain regions. Boldly the lady character is telling that 'I am an Ichayathi'. It has got those kind of indications. I wish to view it is a movie of a lady : Jacob's wife. But normal clichés like 'Villianising the investor', 'negotiation is bad with him' etc are portrayed for making it consumable as a commercial movie. However we should always appreciate a director for these kind of things are as he is not publishing it as an art-movie. Hats off Vineeth.

A treat to malayalis in the movies form. This is a truly happened plot which has been showcased in the movie. Loved everyone's contribution in the film from families to strangers. Enjoyed it fully. Though the story was known but still there was an excitement to watch this film. The story didn't have anything new but the characters gave it a life.

I went into the theater quite angry at my friend because I told him to book a ticket for a Hollywood movie, but instead he had two tickets of Jacobinte Swargarajyam. When we came out of the theater, I had a smile on my face. My friend flashed a look at me which clearly said, "Wasn't it worth your money?". Yes, it was!

The first thing I noticed in the movie was the direction. Vineeth, you are perfect! Nothing less, Nothing More. Everything in a right quantity. All the cast were exceptional with their acting. Nobody looked artificial. The cinematography by Jomon was excellent and added the charm to the family environment. Shaan Rahman's music increased the threshold of this emotional roller-coaster!

For any person who watch a movie for its content, this one is an absolute treat! Don't know if a critic would give 10 stars, but I surely would!

Congo Team! You deserve the applause!

Awesome movie with a neat screenplay - Lot of maturity shown by the film maker in terms of screenplay post Premam - It a clean and neat editing and what a beautiful way to put all these things on screen - Its again a clean sweep.

Ironically, like all movies inspired from real life, the story is exaggerated and idealised into something far removed from real life.

The movie is the story about the story of Jacob, a wealthy businessman of high repute, being cheated by one of his most trusted dealers and thereby ending up in debt with his investors. Now its upto his son Jerry, who Jacob had been mentoring, and his wife to bring up his "ideal" family back to their previous status. I believe that if not for the direction of Vineeth and outstanding score by Shaan Rahman the movie might not have been as good as it is.

All the cast deliver apt performances. Ranji Panicker does what he does best, be the ideal cool father-figure that Malayalee youth expects their dads to be like. All other cast does what is asked of them. Nothing extraordinary from anyone, except maybe the mother whose attitude was a pleasant surprise. I was probably disappointed at the sister character having the least screen time, and contributes zero to the plot.

Rewatching the movie, especially right after watching "The Great Indian Kitchen", I noticed that Jacob's "ideal" family was a celebration of patriarchy. I had a major gripe at how Jerry is irritated and is protective when his sister is seen talking to group of boys while Jerry himself has a girlfriend and even youngest kid being always with girls is a funny gag around the family. I am not saying that every movies need to be progressive. This attitude is/was expected from a "reputed" family. But it suddenly became weird, when you start to notice that.