Maintain it straightforward and beautiful. Actor Madhu Wariar seems to have adopted that to the T in his directorial debut, Lalitham Sundaram, which interprets to ‘Straightforward, Pretty.’ He maintains the feel-good concern all by, utilizing some acquainted tropes and circumstances throughout the course of. Nonetheless, the movie, an OTT launch, is a pleasant-enough watch, because of the ensemble stable, picture-perfect frames and some good music.
Earlier to the discharge, there was lots talk about a brother (Madhu) directing his sister, Manju Warrier, perhaps a major in Malayalam cinema. There was moreover various pleasure about Manju coming together with Biju Menon after twenty years. Nonetheless these anticipating to see them as a pair may very well be disillusioned that they play siblings, Sunny and Annie. They’ve a youthful brother, Jerry (Anu Mohan).
The trio come dwelling to be with their widowed father, Das (scenarist Raghunath Paleri) on their mother Mary Das’s (Zarina Wahab) dying anniversary. The siblings are additional like strangers, busy with their very personal lives in a number of cities. Sunny is a failed entrepreneur with a string of flop enterprise ventures to his credit score rating and his married life with Sophy (Ramya Nambeesan) has hit all-time low. Annie is a worthwhile businesswoman and has a cheerful family with a supportive stay-at-home husband, Sandeep (Saiju Kurup) and two kids. Jerry, the IT man, has a live-in girlfriend, Simi (Deepti Sati), who’s a divorcee. (It’s refreshing to see narratives with stay-at-home dads and live-in relationships in Malayalam cinema.)
Nonetheless all isn’t successfully amongst the siblings as some outdated wounds resurface as quickly as they resolve to stay once more for per week of their huge residence. There are some unresolved factors, significantly between Sunny and Jerry, which escalate after some extent.
Nonetheless, most of these scenes are pretty light-weight, which some may uncover underwhelming. There aren’t any twists or turns, nor any gripping circumstances throughout the screenplay by Pramod Mohan. The narrative has its moments, nonetheless one wants there have been additional with so many seasoned actors throughout the stable. The connection dynamics among the many many siblings might need been increased explored, and the reason for the fall-out between the brothers seems far-fetched.
Nonetheless the actors come what may keep the film collectively; Biju, last seen in Aarkkariyam, is intense as Sunny who’s burdened by his emotional baggage and Manju is breezy as a result of the high-flying businesswoman in her first direct OTT launch. The banter between them, and some spontaneous reactions from the duo is worth watching. Nonetheless it’s Saiju as Manju’s husband who steals the current, and it’s a delight to have a look at him on-screen collectively together with his straightforward showing.
The areas, significantly Vandipperiyar, Kuttikanam and Vagamon have been beautifully captured by cinematographers P Sukumar and Gautham Sankar, regardless of some of the frames making an attempt too shiny. Similtaneously Bijibal’s music and background ranking try to combine in with the narrative, one may uncover his use of a medley of evergreen Malayalam film songs within the course of the tip additional pleasurable.
No matter its flaws, Lalitham Sundaram is worth a watch in case you don’t ideas the comfort of feel-good dramas. You may research some lessons and even tear up a bit as successfully!
Lalitham Sundaram is at current streaming on Disney+ Hotstar
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