After Aishwarya Lekshmi-starrer Archana 31 Not Out, one other Malayalam movie Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan is centered round a marriage. Directed by Arun Vaiga, the film has Saiju Kurup, Sijo Wilson and Shabareesh Varma in lead roles. The nice Indian wedding ceremony has been the plot machine for innumerable films and this one is not any totally different. An ensemble drama, it revolves round various characters, most of them drawn like caricatures, who collect to attend a marriage.
We are launched to Gunda Jayan (Saiju Kurup), as soon as a feared goon who’s now a decent household man. Jayan might have modified his methods however he’s nonetheless a person who evokes each worry and awe in his household. At his niece’s wedding ceremony, he’s proven as a father determine who takes all the choices. A typical patriarch who does not hassle about his niece’s selections and forces marriage upon her, he needs the marriage to occur with none incident so that he’s relieved of his duties. The film begins a day earlier than the marriage as relations, kin, wedding ceremony caterers and neighbors congregate.
Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan collects fairly a menagerie — Hareesh Kanaran is the prepare dinner with psychological well being points, Jonny Antony performs a womanising NRI relative, Sudheer Karamana is a former army man, Biju Sopanam is the person who finds fault with all the things, Big Boss fame Sabumon essays the function of the household drunk, Vijilesh Karayad is irritated with the native cameraman who’s pissed off by one other pompous cameraman performed by Shani Shaki, and Shabareesh Varma is the well-behaved neighbour. Everyone will get equal significance and has a job to play in turning the nuptials into whole chaos.
Sijo Wilson seems as a buddy of the bride who builds a rapport with the relations. But, what are his true intentions? We see him deliberately attempting to sabotage the marriage. He throws away the keys of the one bathroom on the wedding ceremony venue, leaving the visitors flummoxed and including bathroom humor to the movie.
Amidst all of the chaos, the marriage nonetheless progresses, as a couple of different twists are launched.
Though the film is enjoyable in components, it has a restricted premise with base humour. No character, together with Gunda Jayan, is given sufficient display screen area. Saiju Kurup brings vulnerability to his function although the story does not give him a lot scope to carry out. All different actors do justice to their characters and make their presence felt all through the film.
Eldo Isaac’s cinematography makes the film participating. Kiran Das’s modifying retains up with the chaotic tempo of the film. Songs composed by Bijibal mix effectively with the film.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
