Malikappuram

I'm not gonna talk abt the techniques, story telling, + or -. Felt like sharing what I felt watching this master piece

Maligapuram ( journey to Sabarimala). Maligapuram - sabarimalavin kaapaval aanal antha maligapurathukey oru sothanai endral Puli mithu varuvan en Ayyappan 🙏🏼🙏🏼

The movie starts with a frame of ayyapan ( for our super hero ). Any ayyappan devotees will have goosebumps seeing his hero on a bigger screen.

The first scene starts with Jyoti. What a moment - true bliss to watch and I'm sure everyone feels the divine behind it.

Jyoti aaga arambitha padam harivarasanam paattil mudithanar ( starts with Jyoti and ends with harivarasanam - song used to make ayyappan sleep / bring peace to ur heart ).

Deva Nandha ( girl lead and our own maligapuram of this movie ) - as the name means God's joy ( joy comes out of knowing god ). You can literally visualize how much this girl loves ayyappan , and wanted to see him desperately. Her actual joy is not about having then mittai but sharing with Ayyappan is actual joy.

The first half completely goes with dad and daughter bonding. Dad promised to take her to see ayyapan and how he couldn't make it up.

U will end up in tears wen she was forced to remove the maalai due to her personal situation. You would feel bad why god is cruel, why can't he give dharshan to the Lil one but our super hero is known to play all thiruvilaiyadal ( appan buthi iruka thana seiyum ).

As a director, u can teach an artist to emote any sort of scene but for a Lil girl - it's not easy to show that kaathal, ekkam, emartram, mana thirupthi, puripu, kovam abt ayyappan.. her eyes speak in lot of frames abt her wish to see ayyapan atleast for one time.

Ayyappan kitta enna ketka pora. Kid answer : en Patti sonnanga ayyappan kitta thaan en appa poittar nu , so ayyapan kitta en appa ah nalla padiya parthuko nu solluva nu. That maligapuram nailed it.

Ella thadaikalaiyum thaandi 18 padi erum kaatchi. Sathyam ah orutharala nadika mudiyathu antha scene unless neenga aathmarthama ayyana nenacha mattum thaan mudiyum. Kannula sottu thanni vazhiya, padikattula irukara thaniya thottu kannula vekara maligapuram - pure goosebumps moments. Malai podra kaatchi, malaiya remove panra kaatchi, pamba bus la eri pogum kaatchi, irumudi kattum kaatchi, ayyanuku then mittai kudukum kaatchi and all the frames Deva Nandha has lived as a pure Ayyappan devotee..

Best experience: night show 1am - movie ends : title card starts and our own harivarasanam ( yesudas Iyya voice ). Best feel that u can have ever. A lots of things I haven't mentioned but this definitely worth watch for all Ayyappan devotees.

Swami saranam🙏🏼🙏🏼

Excellent acting performance by sreepath and deva nanda throughout the film... Hope that deva nandha will emerge out to be one of the leading actress in malayalam film industry in future... Sreepath acting was excellent...especially his humorous statements in the film made all the audience to laugh in the theatre.. Unni mukundan screen presence was awesome and the fight scenes were also well shooted.... Songs were excellent... Though unni mukundan was present only in the second half of the film, he made a decent and excellent performance... Shaiju also did a good and sentimental role,pisharody gave a good support to it....

I wanted to give my family a good movie going experience and I chose Malikapuram. Little did I know when walking out I would carry a little bit of Sabarimala and the Lord Himself with me. The film is packed at 2 hours. Not a dull moment. You will enjoy the ride. The child actors were simply awesome. The whole crew was outstanding. Unni Mukundan rocks. Can't help but say this, Lord Ayyappa has truly blessed him and this film. It will fill your heart and soul. Yes, the villain characters made me a little uncomfortable but that only means they did a good job! They had to be daunting to make the fight against evil that much more interesting. Overall it's a must watch. Thanks to this movie, and the music director, I finally learnt an Ayyappa Sloka that I have never heard of before. I can't stop singing it. The climax scene is not just one of the best you will ever see, but the most divine experience that you will carry home. I wish I was a kid again so that I could visit Sabarimala. But that's ok. This movie will inspire you to do great things in life on the marg of Dharma.

Malayalam industry was influenced by MDMA pshyco mafia for last 5 or more years. This film brings back the legacy of malayalam cinema and it's very rooted and real representation of malayali people. Brilliant screenplay, acting, direction, songs and bg. Those kids were acted brilliantly!! Amazing package. Everyone must watch this movie atleast once in theatre to get the divine feeling just like what we experienced in kantara. Climax is brilliantly executed....... This is easily one of the very best movie released in recent years.. Brilliant screenplay, acting, direction, songs and bg. Those kids were acted brilliantly!! Amazing package. Everyone must watch this movie atleast once in theatre to get the divine feeling just like what we experienced in kantara. Climax is brilliantly executed.......

Thankfully after many decades, there is a movie to showcase the true culture of kerala since time immemorial. This movie has everything a family needs to watch. If you are an ayyappa devotee. This movie is a treat to watch. Even otherwise it is a must watch movie for any normal sensible person. This temple is one of Kerala's lifeline and no movie showcasing good about it since many decades. Thanks to the director, producer and Unni Mukundan ! India is now truly connecting to its roots and originality. So glad to see ground reality stories that we could relate to our childhoods. Movies like this should come often.