A nonetheless from ‘Bharathanatyam’
The archetype of the all-sacrificing, long-suffering elder brother was once an oft-repeated one within the Malayalam movies of yesteryears. Mohanlal’s Balettan (2003) occurs to be one of many excessive instances, with the character compelled to bear the cross that his father handed over to him proper earlier than his dying. He goes to nice lengths to guard the key, even at important lack of face to himself.
Krishnadas Murali’s debut movie Bharathanatyam riffs off (not rips off) on this peculiar scenario, nevertheless it goes alongside a wholly totally different trajectory. For one, the daddy Bharathan (Sai Kumar), doesn’t die and is left to rue his choice to confide a long-held secret of getting one other household to his son Sasi (Saiju Kurup).
The director, who has additionally written the movie, can also be conscious of how folks will simply join the situation to that in Balettan. So, to disclaim anybody the pleasure of pointing it out, there may be one sequence the place Sasi’s sister warns him “to not be an excessive amount of of a Balettan!” Whereas the movie that it takes inspiration from was extremely melodramatic in tone, Bharathanatyam makes an attempt to maintain the temper gentle and humorous even in conditions which might result in excessive drama.
Bharathanatyam
Director: Krishnadas Murali
Forged: Sai Kumar, Saiju Kurup, Kalaranjini, Sreeja Ravi
Period: 121 minutes
Storyline: When Bharathan is confronted with a life-threatening well being situation, he confides a long-held secret to his son, resulting in a peculiar home scenario
Bharathan’s revelation results in an fascinating home scenario involving two households and even lookalikes. Parallel to this occurs the drama involving a temple committee of which Sasi is part. A typical nosy soul within the committee suspects one thing amiss within the household and makes an attempt to dig extra. Bharathanatyam may be seen as a household’s determined wrestle to guard their fame from nosy folks of their neighbourhood, who’re able to even barge in to see what the household is hiding. Greater than the discomfort of the peculiar scenario that they’re caught in, it’s the widespread worry of “what folks would suppose?” that troubles them extra.
However the movie doesn’t have the sort of writing or craft to make use of the potential of this compelling scenario. It’s saved from being completely forgettable by a couple of standout bits. The best way occasions from Bharathan’s previous are revealed in informal discussions or from random trip pictures, a lot to his discomfort, is a kind of. The opposite occurs to be the evolution of the bond between the 2 households, particularly between two younger boys from both facet.
Saiju Kurup selected the film to enterprise into movie manufacturing, in all probability anticipating the humour to hold the movie, however there are usually not many snort out loud moments. Bharathanatyam is without doubt one of the films which doesn’t drive you away, however doesn’t have sufficient to drag you in both.
Bharathanatyam is at the moment operating in theatres
