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NANDANAM - THE CELEBRATION OF FANTASY. Review on Nandanam Movie
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Nandanam is the saga of LOVE in one of its purest forms – Love between creature and creator. This makes the film a pleasure to watch. Director Renjith can boast of this film for his entire career.
Plotted amongst few ordinary characters of a Kerala ancestral home ( Tharavadu ), Nandanam says (sings?) the story of love of a housemaid with her master. Balamony ( Navya Nair ) falls in love with her young master, Manu ( Pritvi Raj ). Bala’s life is a tragedy – suicide of parents and health problems of younger sister and above all with the ultimate penury. She found no one but God only to befriend. Nevertheless she is full of life and smart, trying not to show her pangs outside. Our hero is going to the US after few weeks and now he came to this house to spend some days with his dear grandmother ( Kaviyoor Ponnamma ). Arrival of Manu to her masters’ home brings dreams to Bala and fantasy to the film. She realizes the boy, whom she saw as her bridegroom in dream, is no one but him.
The love starts, even after realising all the inequalities. Unaware of the new relations, Manu’s mother ( Revathi ) finalizes a relation for her son. In his own words, his Amma is everything for him; the film narrates shortly and effectively the sacrifices she did for her son. Too weak to deny her, the pair decides to part. Once again Bala realizes she deserves no dreams and the trauma even forces her to think of suicide. Then enters handsome Unni ( Aravindan ), bringing solace and surprises to her lonely moments. He helps her smile again. He foretells that her marriage with Manu will consummate in near future.
What is new in this story? The crux is that the love story between Manu and Bala is only a background . Real eternal love – stronger, stranger and warmer – is somewhere else. Yes, a love each one of us is expecting to happen in our life. Watch out the movie for that surprise!
The film is a celebration of fantasy . Fantasy is sown in the very first scene and it flowers after the entrance of Unni. The picturesque village of Kerala poses as an ideal plot for love, pain and fantasy. Watch the scenes of a heartbroken Bala walking through the fallow paddy fields or of her meeting with Unni in the greenish backyards .
The beauty of film also lays in its climax, where the bride Bala realizes the truth. I could FEEL it.
The characterization is almost perfect. Even the minor characters of co-servants and distant relatives ( see the uncle who complains for each and everything ) are well defined, which is not a simple thing in the contemporary Indian film.
I would say the actors have done a commendable job. Even being newcomers to the industry, Pritvi Raj and Navya Nair have done superb portrayals of her characters. Latter got State Award for her performance and she definitely deserves it. Revathi , Innocent , Kaviyoor Ponnama , Vijaya Lekshmi , Sree Raman , Jyothirmayi etc have done their parts well. Jagathi ’s character is not needed in the story, but he gives some good moments of humour. But if someone needs special mention, that is Aravindan , as he was really really believable as our special friend, Unni. Without him, the film wouldn't have been a commercial success.
The songs have become very popular in Kerala and are of long-lasting kind. Matching to the core of the theme, it could be counted as one among the best musics of Raveendran . Any need to say about the voices of Yesudas and Chitra ?
Above all, the movie never drags. If some scenes could have been done better with more imagination ( like mode of revealing the suspense ), it would have been counted as a classic in Malayalam Film History.
In short I could sense this film with heart and Tagore answers why.
“At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.
Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.”
- Gitanjali.
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Comments on Nandanam Movie Review
It's so nice to see you back wrting on MS. I missed you. This sounds like an interesting film, (even though I'm not a realist or an atheist). Lyla
By: Cousin2 | May 10, 2004 03:44 AM
... review!! Very clean and precise with a great undercurrent of passion and emotions!! Must catch up with this movie some time. No real nice Malayalam movies coming nowadays... Keep writing Madz
By: madhugops | May 10, 2004 02:06 PM
Great revu, Nandanam is indeed a great movie, amazing music also...Very well written! keep them coming!
By: cybervodka | May 10, 2004 04:05 PM
Thanks mates.. The movie is really worth to watch. if not possible, try to get the music.. and it is as handsome as the picture. Smiles Vijesh
By: vijeshkrishna | May 10, 2004 10:02 PM
very well written. Got to see this movie on CD only yesterday. I must admit that it has been a classic. Unni is a real surprise.. Great movie and a great review too.. Keep writing Sindhu
By: kurupsindhu | May 19, 2004 10:06 AM
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Nandanam Malayalam Movie
Nandanam is special just because of it's simplicity. Bravo, Ranjit. He's done it by bringing back memories of the golden age of Malayalam cinema through Nandanam which is definitely going to be a trendsetter. The trip through an emotional terrain, the heart of a teenage maidservant in love with the young master of the house- is fraught with hidden minefields of hurt, rejection and fragile egos. Ranjit unravels this beautiful love story and makes us believe that miracles do happen at times!
The story takes a typical ancestral 'tharavadu' as the backdrop . Manu (Prithvi Raj) is a Bangalore-based software engineer who is returning home to bid farewell to his close ones before he leaves for his training trip to US. He is greeted by his dear mother Thangam (Revathi) and his darling grandmother (Kaviyoor Ponnama). Here he meets Balamani the maid and falls in love with her. Thangam fixes Manu's wedding with her friend's daughter and when Manu confesses about his love to his mother, it is too late. To keep his mother happy Manu and Balamani decide to part. Meanwhile Balamani meets Unni (Aravindan), their neighbour who seems to know her innermost feelings for Manu and constantly assures her that miracles do happen. But who is Unni? And did the miracle happen?
Though from the plot it looks more or less like any other love story, director Renjith has handled it carefully to make this a very good movie. Prithvi Raj looks all set to take the industry by the horns and all eyes are on this one. He acted his role with much ease and never looks like a debutant.
Navya Nair is outstanding as Balamani, the innocent and chirpy maid. The support cast -Revathi, Innocent, Jagathy, Siddique and Kaviyoor Ponnama all do justice to their respective roles. The music by Raveendran is very good and all in all don't miss "Nandanam".
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