Iruvattam Manavatty

Cast: Kunchakko Boban, Kalabhavan Mani, Kavya, Madhu Warrier
Language: Malayalam
Director: Sanal
Lyrics: Kaithapram
Music: Alphonse
Distribution: Sagariga Release
Year: 2005

Kunchakko Boban and director Sanal last made Priyam which was a light hearted romantic entertainer ripped off from the Aamir Khan-Juhi Chawla starrer Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Kaa which was a big hit. Now after three years they are back with Iruvattam Manavatty which looks like a simpler version of Lingusamy’s Tamil film Run.

Sanal completely skewers the brain with his expositions (on the lack of it) on love and violence. It is hard to tell you what the film is all about. Here’s why…. Gautham (Boban) is a veterinary doctor who goes to Kannur on election duty as he is a government servant. During the elections he meets Bhumika (Kavya) and as in many potboilers, it is love at first sight.

But Bhumika does not reciprocate Gautham’s approaches even after our doctor dreams two duets with her! And you don’t have to be Albert Einstein to guess that the girl is not ready for romance as she has a tough father Korathu Raghavan(Kalabhavan Mani), a local MLA and a communist who has promised rowdy Hareendran (Madhu Warrier) that he will get Bhumika married to him!

Hareendran is in hiding as he has killed Raghavan’s opponents and our heroine is scared of him and is slow in responding to Gautham’s overtures. Meanwhile there is another suitor, a medical doctor Sudhir (Nishant Sagar) but when he knows that Bhumika is in love with Gautham, he sequels to the MLA and he soon fixes the marriage with Hareendran. But on the wedding day, the lovers elope with the girl’s father and fiancée hot on their trail which leads to a violent climax.

Kaithapuram’s lyrics tuned by Alphonse are largely influenced by Tamil hits. Kalabhavan Mani is reduced to a buffoon villain these days, while Madhu Warrier just can’t look tough as he is expected to be. Boban is good as a cool guy who turns serious in the climax and Kavya is just ok. But pray, why do Malayalam directors try to ape Tamil and Bollywood films shamelessly?

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