I had no idea what the story
was… I had not read any reviews… Like a blank white paper, I went to watch Annayum Rasoolum directed by Rajeev
Ravi.
This is a story of Anna and
Rasool… Their life… friends and love! It is yet another normal love story you
would have heard innumerous times. Chritain girl and Muslim boy… Religious
difference… Cultural differences… Gang fights… Family related problems…
Problems in the life of friends… Problems on account of friends… Problems,
problems and more problems!
Rasool’s character is something
that anyone would associate with. He is a taxi driver who holds high moral
values. He is quite and very innocent. His characterization has no heroism attached
with it; and that is where the charm lies.
Anna works for a textile
showroom. All through the movie she is portrayed like an enigmatic angel. She
comes across wearing sari and looks very simple. Her no-make up compliments the
complex character she is made to portray.
All other characters like the
three friends of Rasool… Rasool’s friend’s wife… His brother and father.. His
father’s wife and their three daughters… The guy who helps him make home along with the
help of his wife… Anna’s parents and brother… The Boat jetties and busy streets
of Cochin… The Malayalam slang they use and the simplicity of the characters…
All these linger in our mind. The director has gone out of his ways to give us
all the intricate details.
But the other side of the
coin lies in the fact that the story unravels in a very slow pace. Dialogs are
minimal. There are too detailing about the lives of almost all the characters.
As audience, we feel like the movie drags eternally. We wonder why they are showing
so much and why they are talking so less. The songs are not that good either
and there is not much of background score either. To put it in one word, we
feel BORED. We feel DRAGGED. We feel SLEEPY.
It could very well be one
time watch though. I suggest only because I loved the characters. They seem so
real. And I am a fan of such movies that narrates a few random moments from our
day to day life. The entire movie is narrated from the point of view of Rasool’s
friend Ashley and how Ashley’s life changes forever. I found that idea to be fresh.
So let me conclude this way…
Watch the movie at your risk. And you may very well watch this if you like
watching all genres of movies… From good ones to bad ones! I believe that this
would qualify to become a overtly pampered baby because the I feel as if the
script had got too much attention. This story would have been a very good
novel! But alas… This is made into a lagging movie L
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