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Kochi RajavuCast: Dileep, kavya Madhavan, Rambha, Jagathy, Harisree Asokan Language: Malayalam Banner: Amith Productions Director: Johny Antony Producer: Amith R.Mohan Story: Uday Krishna, Siby.K.Thomas Screenplay: Uday Krishna, Siby.K.Thomas Dialogue: Uday Krishna, Siby.K.Thomas Lyrics: Kaithapram Music: Vidyasagar Distribution: Kalyan Release Year: 2005
 Wanted desperately- A story! Just wondering what writer-director Johhny
Antony was thinking while writing the story of Kochi Rajavu? Did he ever think
that our Dileep could pass off as a Rajnikanth of Malayalam? Alas the film ends
up as a pale imitation of Baasha, the mass masala entertainer.
Our heart goes out to poor Dileep after watching Kochi Rajavu, as an actor
and distributor. There is nothing wrong in being inspired from movies of other
languages, but the idea has to be nourished and executed carefully if it has to
click with the Kerala audience. And what happened to Dileep who was always
considered to be a man with great capacity to choose scripts as he himself was
an assistant director?
Surayanarayana Varma (Dileep) is a member of the royal family of Kochi. His
father (Murali) is an officer in the Home ministry and Surya is a student leader
in Law College. He gets involved in a violent agitation that results in the
buses of Karimparakkal family getting damaged. Surya is in love with Aswathy
(Kavya) a member of the same family which results in some misunderstandings.
Meanwhile Surya’s father threatens and throws him out of the house and he
becomes an auto driver!
On the day he plans to elope with Aswathy, Surya accidentally kills one
of her relative (Irshad) and lands up in jail. After he comes out he resumes his
education in Chennai Law College, where he meets Meenakshi (Rambha) daughter of
political kingmaker Parthasarathy (Vijayan). When his marriage with Meenakshi is
fixed, Surya comes to know that Aswathy is still waiting for him and hence he
comes back to Kochi. But by the time the nasty politician joins hands with
Karimparakkal family baying for Surya’s blood!
It is one of Dileep’s worst films in recent times. The story is illogical and
the presentation is idiotic. Johnny Antony thinks that the audience will accept
Dileep as an action hero, ends up with egg on his face. Some of the old comedy
tracks of CID Moosa is rehashed to make it a Kichadi.
Vidyasagar’s music is a major disappointment as there is not even one
hummable song. However Dileep shines in comedy scenes, a department in which he
is unbeatable. Harisree Asokan hams throughout and is a pain to watch. Jagathy
is stiff, Kavya and Rambha sleep walks. On a whole, an avoidable film.
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