Comments on: Review Roundup: Palunku

By: omar

omar — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:33:58 +0000

Blessy’s problem is that he’s totally unfocused and confused. At the end of the movie one’s left with a feeling of ‘what was that all about’. ‘puli pole vannu eli pole poyi’ types. Pretty much in every blessy movie.

By: naveen

naveen — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:45:44 +0000

Mind blowing!!!, 8 January 2007
Author: chakaparam from U.S.
How do you manage your expectations before seeing Blessy’s Palunku? Of course, he has made two path breaking films, ‘Kazcha’ and ‘Thanmatra’ but does that mean he has more rolled up his sleeve? What if you expect too much and the movie turns out to be a dud? These were some thoughts that ran through my head as I went to watch the film. As the film started rolling, all of it stopped and I started to absorb each and every scene in the film. At the end, all I could say was mind blowing!!!
Blessy has done it again… All the characters are well etched out… I loved Mammooty as Monichan, the two little girls were exceptional, Jagathy was phenomenal, and Nedumudi was as usual good, and the real surprise was actor Thambi Antony, although he appears on screen for a short time, his character lingered in my mind as I left the theatre….so did every other scene in the film… Blessy, Great Job!!! Keep it up!!!!
Best regards,
Naveen C

By: Booya

Booya — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:43:21 +0000

You Guys have Proved what I always thought about the Malayalam Movie Audience that you need every nook and cranny to be explained and spoon fed in your mouth like feeding a baby!!. If you ever watch an English Movie any Epic Movie it leaves a lot to the imagination of the viewer and does not necessarily give full description of every little thing. You seem to not Understand that in the Movie he tries to convey the Perils of Life and the social factors that influence that. It is not a message of whether one is good or bad!!. You are Comparing the Movie and yet you are comparing it to nothing. So according to you in Kazhcha the message would have been that Gujurati people are bad and Malayalee’s are good??. well whatever it might be look at the central theme of the movie next time around.

By: Raphel

Raphel — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:15:23 +0000

It is really apity that Blessy along with the two kids and Mammotty criss-crossing in each and every channel, at least 2-3 times per channel for promotions of the movie. This was done by Kamal as well for K.Pakshikal. But public rejected it. This film, what ever be the quality, shows the Bubbling effect of Blessy’s creations in spite of having such huge promotions and that too with Mammotty who had most of his films flopped last year except, Turuppu Gulan. What is the bottom line, it is not star (except Lal for the time being) but entertainement value matters, not even quality (slow or paced), which is lost from the minds of public. Tanmatra was promoted by all the media and created discussions and counter discussions, by which only it could be lifted. This is real pity state of mallu movies, which everyone prefers to ignore.

By: Navyafan

Navyafan — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:29:42 +0000

Disappointing movie with poor direction and acting. Blessy needs to learn to convey his ideas more concretely, focusing on visuals rather than on dialogues. Mammutty’s performance albeit much appreciated by the folks reminds me of MGR/Sivaji era in Tamil cinema – especialy in the closing 10-20 minutes.

By: mahesh

mahesh — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:42:07 +0000

its kazcha not kazha

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:36:34 +0000

I agree with Retheesh when he say that Blessy is confused about the core theme of the movie. This confusion of Blessy is seen from his previous movie (Thanmathra) onwards. In Thanmathra, he made long, boring lecture sessions by Mohan Lal about good parenting. When a movie tell things like a book does, it loses its ‘cinematic’ charm. The samething happened with Palunku as well. The pre-release notes said the movie is about farmers’ suicide and I had high expectations, but the movie has nothing on that side except the news of Monichan’s neighbor’s death. While watching the movie, I thought its about an innocent villager’s migration problems and of being polluted by the city (it seemed so to the 3/4th of the movie). Then in the last half, we see its about child rape. And when we see the climax sentences, we wonder “so, is this what Blessy wanted to say?”

Mamootty has done an excellent job, there is no question about that. But I wonder why did the director made him cry and cry in the climax scene. Also the climax scene where Mammootty is in the street weeping was totally unnecessary. Looks like the director told him “cry your way to the awards”. But I am sure he will win one for just one scene when he finds the body of his daughter in the telephone booth. He is, ofcourse, one of the finest actors in the country.

Palunku is a watchable movie considering the craps we are being fed with these days.

Blessy has to understand that he doesn’t have to handle a 100 themes in just one movie and make the viewers wonder what it was all about. Another thing I noticed is that all the child actors in his movies give us brilliant performances, Palunku is no exception. I think the only other director who has this magic to take out the best performance from child actors is Maniratnam.