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Bharya Onnu Makkal MoonnuCast: Rajasenan, Sithara. Jagathy Sreekumar, Kalpana, Mukesh, Rahman, Indrans, Sindhu Menon, Janett, Drishya, Sumithra
Language: Malayalam
Director: Rajasenan
Producer: Alex
Camera: Salu George
Story: Reji Photopark
Screenplay: Kishore
Dialogue: Kishore
Lyrics: Rajeev Alunkal
Music: M Jayachandran
Distribution: Jini Cinema Release
Year: 2009
This film marks the entry of director Rajasenan, well known for his light hearted family entertainers, as an actor. The film is all about his own character named Chandramohan Thampy, who is a devoted son, husband and father. It is a tearjerker with an idealistic premise that ends up more of a TV serial than a feature film!
The story unfolds as a flashback, when retired IG Sachidanandan Thampy (Sivaji Guruvayur) is waiting with his grandson at the airport. Now the action shifts to those old times when Chandramohan had earned the wrath of his father for falling in love with a Christian girl from a poor family, Lisamma (Sithara). He becomes a post master and walks out of his home, to marry the girl of his choice.
Lisamma has a heart ailment and Chandramohan borrows a heavy sum to treat her. Sometime later, the couple has three children and is living happily. All along, his respect and love for his father remains intact, though Sachidanandan Thampy is not ready to forgive his son.
Meanwhile things are going from bad to worse for Chandramohan, as his debts pile up. Now his schoolmate GK (Mukesh) takes him to the Gulf and he hopes that he can tide over the crises in his life.
Twenty five years ago, this plot would have worked just fine but with similar stories in plenty in virtually every TV serial. The film turns out to be grossly outdated and melodramatic to the core. Of course, there is no problem in narrating the tale of a highly virtuous man and his love for his family, but the problem is the way it has been done.
The character is too heavy for Rajasenan and his acting is rather amateurish, to say the least. The dialogues and situations in the film are evidently contrived and it never helps in making things better.
Among the rest of the cast, it is Sivaji Guruvayur (remember his stellar performance in Lal Jose’ Arabikkadha) who looks quite convincing in his role. Yesteryear heroine Sithara too has come up with a decent performance. Rahman, who plays Rajasenan’s younger brother in the film, has nothing much to do.
Surprisingly, the comedy situations in the film, which has always been Rajasenan’s strength in most of his earlier films, fall flat. Salu George’s camera and M.Jayachandran’s music are ok.
Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu is perhaps meant for all those who are addicted to the potboilers on the various TV channels and not actually for the youth. Rajasenan has done some really nice films in the past and this one is just not in that league.
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