The film starts with a dream-sequence and ends with the fulfillment of that dream becoming reality. Madhavankutty (Anoop Menon) is a middle class government servant with a wife, a daughter and mother. A family man, he has given up his acting interests when he got married. He takes pride in his father and his lineage and is not ready to accept the money or material comforts offered by his corrupt father-in-law. He is supported in all his ventures by his ever loving and caring mother and wife and has a bunch of good friends to fall back on. His greatest dream was to build a house of his own, which gets toppled when he is confronted with school time rival (Nishant Sagar) who is a film producer now. In a fit of ire when poked by Nishant, Madhavankutty decides to make a film. His trials, tribulations and final victory make the rest of the story. When one sees a movie a parallel plot runs in our mind and if the reel story fails to surprise, the enthusiasm of the audience will be doused. One consistent aspect about this movie is its predictability. Here are a few examples:
When Nishant ignites the passions we know that the hero will blurt out his intention of making a movie - he did.
When the hero is in dire need of money his wife will offer her 'tali' - she did
When the hero tries to cuddle with his wife after a tiff, his child will wake up calling out 'achaa' - she did
The mother when ruminating finds faults with herself for not being a strict mother rather than the one who pushes him to making a film. We know she will not see the light of another day, and the hero when he wakes up the next day will not find her in the house- he did not
The hero on the verge of collapse discusses with his friends what to do next, the bell rings, and we know it is his childhood friend who is now in Dubai and he will offer money - he did
The character of Janardhanan who comes to the film sets for a free meal will be a producer who has become bankrupt- how true
Janardhanan's car is pawned and he expresses his wish to travel one last time in that vehicle - we know the hero will retrieve the car for him - he did
The movie Madhavankutty made will make people jeer in the first half followed by a thunderous applause in the second half making it a blockbuster- that's exactly what happened
The rival will acknowledge the hero's victory - he did, the way we expected
And in the climax scene when the hero is at a loss for money for the release of his film next day, he gets the money and we know the source of the money, the person who sends it - you have not written the script, it's by Swathi Bhaskar, but your assumptions are hundred present correct!
That the male has to have the macho image is reinforced in this movie too in an irrelevant scene, where one of the minor characters, for no provocation, ridicules the effeminacy of Bollywood director Karan Johar ('pennungale pole nadakkunna alavalaathi'). ('Chandupottu', a movie by Lal Jose, had dealt with an effeminate character in the leading role, even there, in the climax he had to impregnate a woman and beat the villain blue to assert his masculinity, and thereby become acceptable in the society). And the leading lady's (Sonal Devraj) only criterion for being chosen for this role seems to be her Miss Kerala runner up title. This is supposedly a feel-good movie with no twists and turns, but falls flat in this attempt. The only relevant aspect about this movie is its incorporation of the fact how movies are made or could be made in the present scenario. If you have the date of a hero who has a good channel rating, the channels will pay a hefty amount as channel rights. This handsome amount is enough to start a movie and anyone could venture into movie making: whether he knows anything about the process or not becomes immaterial.And yes, the film has a song composed by late Ravindran and penned by Gireesh Puthencheri.
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