Swapnakoodu

Cast: Boban Kunchacko, Pritviraj, Jayasurya, Meera Jasmine, Bhavana
Language: Malayalam
Banner: Vaishakh Movies
Director: Kamal
Producer: P.Rajan
Camera: P.Sukumar
Story: Iqbal Kuttipuram, Kamal
Screenplay: Iqbal Kuttipuram
Dialogue: Iqbal Kuttipuram
Lyrics: Kaithapram
Music: Mohan Sithara
Distribution: Lal Release
Year: 2003

Kamal has always given the best films. He is a sort of trendsetter for making films that appeal to the youth in Kerala with young heroes. His latest film Swapnakoodu, inspired by Farhan Aktar's Dil Chahta Hai, is all about three friends and how they fall in love. Basically this film has a strong foundation of friendship as the storyline.

The story goes this way. There are three catering college students. They vibe well and share a unique relation. These three friends are known for their mischievous behavior in Pondicherry. Quite often they get thrown out of their accommodation. Lastly, a close friend finds them an accommodation. Now they have to stay with a lady who has two teenage daughters.

The three guys are- Kunjukunju (Prithviraj), the Kanjirapally achayan who is a swaggering thick shinned Casanova who makes a pass at every girl whom he meets, Deepu (Kunchakko Boban), the calm and cool guy who is never able to express his true feelings and Ashtamoorthy (Jayasurya), a playful, jolly good fellow who flips over every second girl who crosses his path.

Enter the two sisters Kamala (Meera Jasmine) and Padma (Bhavana). The three guys come to stay in their house as paying guests. Initially all three have a soft corner for Kamala who is a florist and is strikingly sweet and subdued. Deepu buys flowers from her almost everyday and is madly in love with her, but does not express it. Astamoorthy makes a fool out of himself and ends up as her rakhi brother. Meanwhile Kunjukunju who starts on the wrong foot with her finds himself bowled over by her charms.

But Kamala thinks that Kunjukunju is a flirt but slowly gets attracted to him and the rest of the story is quite predictable as Kunjukunju and Deepu have a fall out and a drunken Asthamoorthy brings them back. Finally there are no losers, and Deepu even gets a beautiful girl (Laila in a special appearance). All the three guys are shown always romancing and having fun but never attending classes. The narrative is interspersed with sumptuous song 'n' dance numbers as Kamal tries to pass off Vienna as part of Pondicherry!

No one impresses in the film except for Meera and Jaisurya. Prithviraj as Kunjukunju tries to let his hair down and even tries to copy his father Sukumaran's style of dialogue delivery. Kunchakko Boban has a very insipid role. Jayasurya has proved his natural flair for comedy and out beats the other two in most of the scenes. Meera Jasmine as Kamala has given a stunning performance, while Bhavana has nothing much to do.

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