Well after Innathe Chintha Vishayam (INC) and now Madambi, Mohanlal can slowly relax as he's broken the long spell of flops. But its now time to introspect & come up with novel themes. Madambi directed by B.Unnikrishnan does not really have anything new to say. Mohanlal plays a strict money lender who is only passionate about money.
His mother( K.P.A.C.Lalitha) and younger brother ( Ajmal) feel that he does not care for them. Earlier in his childhood his father ( Saikumar) disappears one day under the strain of huge debts and after being insulted. Lalettan's companions are Jagathy ( lawyer), Innocent ( Karyogam President) and Suraj Venjaranmoodu ( sells foreign cosmetics to women).
Mohanlal's rival is Sriraman another money lender who had cheated his father & taken over the property when young. Now Sriraman's sons especially Siddique are against Mohanlal. Things take a turn when Ajmal falls in love with Sriraman's daughter ( Mallika Kapoor). Now they instigate Ajmal against Lal & it then becomes a family saga.Of course in between you also have Kavya Madhavan playing a bank manager setting up operations in the village.
How Lal ettan goes about managing the show is what the rest of the movie is all about.The movie is similar to earlier efforts like Balettan,Vesham etc but what keeps it going is Lal ettan.He is cool and composed and makes his fans happy. Ajmal does a decent job, Kavya and Mallika have nothing much to do.Music by M.Jayachandran suits the film.Overall an average fare.
Rating- 2.5/5
3 comments:
God, u seem to be so passionate about movies...great....
Deepti
I watched Madambi recently During my visit to Kerala. Agree with you just an average film.
Will go through your other write-ups some time later in leisure....
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