Meghamalhar

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{mosimage}Nanditha (Samyukta Varma) is one of the best budding talent in the literary world, blessed with a happy family comprising of a kid and husband working in Gulf. Same can be said for Rajeevan (Biju Menon) an advocate, with two kids and a working wife. Nanditha and Rajeevan bump into each other 2-3 times accidentally and discover that they share a common ground - strong inclination towards literature. Nanditha discovers that Rajeevan happens to be her childhood crush and faces a shock before revealing it - Rajeevan had fallen in love with her now. Disgusted by this sick thought, Nanditha stops all interactions with him. When Rajeevan comes to know about his childhood friend, to resolve the complications, he now offers to distance himself from her. Before they part their ways, they go to Kanyakumari to collect their nostalgic moments and the unexpected happens - Nanditha also falls in love with Rajeevan.

{mosimage}Admitted the story sounds crude at the paper but so much had gone into developing this plot an interesting and clean for family viewing. Scripted by Dr. Iqbal Kuttipuram with dialogues and screenplay by Kamal, the narrative format is simply realistic. If you are expecting for cheap thrills and fast paced movie, keep out of it. It is not for you. The dialogues are almost out of everyday life. The characters in this literary movie the speak way a common man speak. Rajeevan longs for a companionship that understands his penchant for literature and music, unfortunately his wife is working busy in a bank. Nanditha's husband is clueless about what she writes and other stuffs, obviously she feeling comfortable with Rajeevan who understands and discusses her creations at length. Can you feel that similiarity between "Sindhu Bhairavi" and "Meghamalhar", surprisingly both named after raagas? When compared with Sindhu Bhairavi, Meghamalhar is still more subtle and real.

As usual the movie belongs to Samyukta, one of her best performances till date in her short & significant career. She was every bit a writer and slips with ease into the role of a volcano of talent that erupts with standard literary works. Kamal had etched a the mannerisms of this role sharply that she carried off those histronics beautifully. She looked matured yet pretty in those crisp cotton saree and churidars sans make up. The cottony soft way she spoke all over the movie was wonderful. At the outset it is like that anybody could have done this role but if you watch it more than once carefully, you can catch up with the subtle acting skills. Infact subtlety is the beauty of this movie. She shared a a comfortable vibe with Biju Menon and they got married after this movie.

Biju Menon as lonely Rajeevan was a delight to watch on screen. He performed one of his best acts in this movie under the aegis of Kamal. He displayed that falling in extra marital affair very convincingly and portayed that dilemma between holding back his love and expressing it naturally. There is scene where he gets up from the bed and phones Samyukta at night. Seeing that the time was 11:30 at night, he disconnects the phone and goes to bed. His wife asks him whether he was not doing well, he takes a deep sigh and gives her a tight hug. This one simple scene has layers of complexities to convey - his fantacising towards Samyukta and at the same time hit by the reality, trying to plant himself on the soil showing that passion towards his wife - I don't know how Kamal managed to bring out everything in a single scene.