Ore kadal.....!!!

Cinema is a very powerful medium.It can convey any message to the audience very effectively.I always feel like being moved like anything after watching good movies.I have been able to make out a message from every film I see,let it be a commercial or an art film or anything.

This time the film reviews and critics made me think of a refuge.!! I went out to see the film "Ore kadal",the recent one from Malayalam director ShyamaPrasad.The review of the film made by the director and some others made me go for the movie. Moreover when I heard that it was based on a Bengali novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay,I was very anxious as to how he will manage to portray the characters and all...I had watched the film "Akale" which was a good one by the same director.

Ore kadal was just an average film with no stunts and strong "masalas", not an unparagoned one as said in reviews. The theme of the film is not the reason for the film's failure. It's definitely not due to the so called hypocrisy of our society to accept the "rationalistic " extramarital relationship" .This is the reason said by the director..It is not an "indigestible meal"..believe me .This film is just an ordinary one made for the actors,but not for the film.The theme is not misleading or anything because it can be so only if it creates an impact in mind!!!.We can't complain about the characters of the story because the given data is not the story line but the film. The only good element is the music of the film. About the music, the song "pranaya sandhya" is a nice one and Bombay Jayasree has rendered it beautifully.Moreover the songs are all brilliantly composed of subhapanthuvarali ragam. The acting of the national award winners is just average. In my opinion acting is not just expressing your emotions,it is how you can create a mood with consistent mild acting. I am not criticizing the Malayalam actors.I am sure anybody can feel the difference by watching Shabana Azmi or Morgan Freeman or Alpaccino or others.I had the oppurtunity to watch classic films like Crash, The Shaw Shank redemption, Casablanca, The God Father and all. I happened to see a parallel cinema, Morning Raga which has a beautiful element of great performance by Shabana Azmi even though the film is not a classic.The film Ore kadal has got many flaws...The veteran actor Mammootty has done great injustice to the character...he failed to create an intellect's image for the character, and impersonated a drunkard. He just managed to look himself unfit for the role..!! Naren has done a good job but unfortunately he is not given much importance. He gives a charm for the character of a typical middle class man. Moreover a good film never ends with out an ending....If the viewers are to surmise the ending of the film ,then what is the role of director or the screenplay writer? The film as a whole fails to create any impact and it turned out to be a rodomontade by the director and nothing more...

I am not writing a review, but trying to express my protest or a vociferation as to say..!! Many good, sensible films are being crafted beautifully in other languages.I wonder why malayalam films are still standing off from this regeneration ? There is literally a regeneration for the film industries of many regional languages except malayalam. This is the main reason why audience prefer other language films to our masala films. Here, we are concerned only about the star value of actors not about the storyline or the beauty of the film.That is why films are born for actors and for actors alone..!! One more film to the list of futile efforts...Ore Kadal..!!!