Geethaanjali - Exclusive Malayalam Movie Review
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Directed by Priyadarshan
Produced by G. P. Vijayakumar
Screenplay by Abhilash Nair
Dialogue: Dennis Joseph
Music by Vidyasagar
Cinematography S. Tirru
Editing by T. S. Suresh
Studio Seven Arts International
Distributed by Seven Arts International
P J Entertainments (Europe)
Release date(s) 14 November 2013
Country India
Produced by G. P. Vijayakumar
Screenplay by Abhilash Nair
Dialogue: Dennis Joseph
Music by Vidyasagar
Cinematography S. Tirru
Editing by T. S. Suresh
Studio Seven Arts International
Distributed by Seven Arts International
P J Entertainments (Europe)
Release date(s) 14 November 2013
Country India
Language Malayalam
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Cast
Mohanlal as Dr. Sunny Joseph
Suresh Gopi as Nakulan (Cameo)
Keerthy Suresh as Geetha & Anjali
Nishan as Anoop
Swapna Menon as Mary
Nassar
Siddique
Madhu
Innocent
Harisree Ashokan
Ganesh Kumar
Mohanlal as Dr. Sunny Joseph
Suresh Gopi as Nakulan (Cameo)
Keerthy Suresh as Geetha & Anjali
Nishan as Anoop
Swapna Menon as Mary
Nassar
Siddique
Madhu
Innocent
Harisree Ashokan
Ganesh Kumar
'Geethaanjali' is the sort of sequel to All time Malayalam classic 'Manichitrathazhu', which is a huge baggage itself. Expecting anything remotely close especially with Priyadarshan at the helms of of affairs was out of the question. But still the trailer and video song were able to create some sort of hype before the release.
Story
'Geethanjali' deals with another interesting 'case' that Para-Psychologist Dr. Sunny Joseph gets to encounter in his career. On his friend Nakulan's request Sunny comes to Kerala to investigate about the paranormal activities taking place in an old mansion, once soon to be married Anjali & Anoop sets foot inside.
Geethanjali is a nice watch for those who don't frequent Hollywood/Foreign horror films, for others this might be an under whelming outing. Its definitely one of the better horror 'attempts' from Mollywood
after a long time.
First half was good where the story gets established. In the second half especially toward the end the writer looses complete control and felt like everything was rushed and didn't knew how to end properly. Innocent's role which was meant as a comic releif gets repeatative after a point. The basic idea of the film is inspired from a Thai film, which interestingly has been used in 2 Malayalam films in the past.
Mohanlal gets a extended cameo length role, but his 'Sunny' failed to create the charm which he had last time around. Keerthy has made a very good debut, her performance in the climax was very good. Rest of the cast did an okay job.
The main issue with the film is the half baked script. It's Priyadarshan's skill that made a decent entertaining movie out of it. His direction is good, he has tried every trick in the 'horror' book to make the film interesting, thrilling and scary (to an extent). Equally worth appreciating are Tirru's camera work and TS Suresh's editing which prevents the movie from going to a mess. Dialogues were just Okay, had a drama feel in few scenes. Music was disappointing considering the iconic songs
Geethanjali is a nice watch for those who don't frequent Hollywood/Foreign horror films, for others this might be an under whelming outing. Its definitely one of the better horror 'attempts' from Mollywood
after a long time.
First half was good where the story gets established. In the second half especially toward the end the writer looses complete control and felt like everything was rushed and didn't knew how to end properly. Innocent's role which was meant as a comic releif gets repeatative after a point. The basic idea of the film is inspired from a Thai film, which interestingly has been used in 2 Malayalam films in the past.
Mohanlal gets a extended cameo length role, but his 'Sunny' failed to create the charm which he had last time around. Keerthy has made a very good debut, her performance in the climax was very good. Rest of the cast did an okay job.
The main issue with the film is the half baked script. It's Priyadarshan's skill that made a decent entertaining movie out of it. His direction is good, he has tried every trick in the 'horror' book to make the film interesting, thrilling and scary (to an extent). Equally worth appreciating are Tirru's camera work and TS Suresh's editing which prevents the movie from going to a mess. Dialogues were just Okay, had a drama feel in few scenes. Music was disappointing considering the iconic songs
'Manichitrathazhu' had, but Vidyasagar scored big time in Background score. also kudos to the art department who have done an excellent job
As a horror film it quite succeeds in scaring the audience - its thrilling and told in a convincing manner too. If you avoid any sort of comparison with the iconic predecessor Geethaanjali can be a decent watch.
As a horror film it quite succeeds in scaring the audience - its thrilling and told in a convincing manner too. If you avoid any sort of comparison with the iconic predecessor Geethaanjali can be a decent watch.
Being the biggest/widest release ever for Malayalam film, it should at least recover investments, in the worst case scenario.
Rating: 2.75/5
Verdict: above Average
Final Word : Don't Go with huge expectations, avoid comparison with MCT, you will enjoy this ride
Verdict: above Average
Final Word : Don't Go with huge expectations, avoid comparison with MCT, you will enjoy this ride
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