5 Sundarikal - Exclusive Movie Review

Conceived & Produced by Amal Neerad

Music by     Gopi Sundar, Bijibal, Prashant Pillai, Yakzan Gary Pereira

Cinematography     Amal Neerad, Shyju Khalid, Rajeev Ravi, Ranadive, Alby

Editing by     Vivek Harshan

Studio     Amal Neerad Productions

Release date(s)    20 June 2013
Country     India
Language     Malayalam

 Anchu Sundarikal is an anthology of 5 short films each of 30mins (approx) in length. The film is dedicated to celebrate '100 years of Indian Cinema' & '2 Decades of Camaraderie' (between the 5 directors). The 5 stories deals with the lives of 5 women.

Aami    

Director  Anwar Rasheed     

Cinematographer Amal Neerad     

 *ing Asmitha Sood, Fahadh Faasil, Honey Rose, Chemban, Vinod Jose, Vinayakan, 

A story of wife & husband, happening in one night. Shows the strength & purity of husband & wife relationship. Good perfomance by Fahadh Faasil. Gives a nice message, a feel good episode.

3/5

Esha    

Director  Sameer Thahir     

Cinematographer Shyju Khalid     

*ing Isha Sharvani, Nivin Pauly

A story of a thief and a girl who is alone in her house on a new year's eye. A Romantic episode with a double twist in the end. Is a feel god rom-com. Nothing out of the box.

Gowry     

Director Aashiq Abu     

Cinematographer Rajeev Ravi     

*ing Kavya Madhavan as Gowry Lakshmi

*ing Biju Menon, Jayasurya, Tini Tom, Rimi Tomy, Shine Tom Chacko

Story of relationship between husband and wife who are living alone with out the support of family or relatives. 

IS The weakest of the lot. A forced twist in the end. Didn't convey the message properly, if the director intended something.

Kullante Bharya    

Director Amal Neerad   

 Cinematographer Ranadive     

*ing Reenu Mathews, Dulquer Salman, Muthumani, Jinu Ben

Another good one. Story told from the PoV of a wheel chair ridden guy, about the gossip mongers living in a colony and a lovely couple. Conveys a message (may be more than one), that too beautifully. A true reflection of Malayali society

4/5

Sethulakshmi  

   

Director Shyju Khalid     

Cinematographer Alby    

*ing  Anika, Chethan, Guru Somasundaram

The best of the lot. Is the very first episode in 5  Sundarikal. It takes a while to recover from the impact that the movie creates, feels like been hit with a ton of bricks. Superb perfomances by the two child artist and heart pricking screenplay and visuals, can be compared to 'Bridge' in 'Kerala Cafe'

4.5/5

The common thing in all these 5 short films which are story wise independant are the brillaint cinematography and Background+Music. The locations are also breath taking especially in S.L, Gauri & Aami. editing is also very good.

5 sundarikal is not everyones cup of tea. Its for those who live & love cinema. Its the celebration of Indian cinema, especially Malayalam cinema. Most of the episodes mentioned succeds in making some sort of an impact.

a Movie that is made just because of the passion for cinemam, by 5 friends, not considering the box office aspects - A Brave attempt indeed

Please try to watch it !!!