Words fell short as I start writing about this unimpressive overemotional movie from the director - Lal Jose & his team. Unarguably the film deserves a better rank in worst films for its usual content and for its imperfect execution which scene many times in the Indian Cinema. In fact the impact I felt after viewing it was quite similar to that of watching films of Indian film makers like Santhosh Pandit and T.Rajender.
Lal Jose delivers oposite what was being expected from him, a routine,over emotional, forgetable and dark film which is uncapable of bringing changes in the lives of many families. The film revolves around Dileep who comes to Spain with a group of artists wants to live a new life, so he runs away from the group to find another job. Later, under some circumstances, his talent for cooking gets him the job of a chef for the Spanish ambassador. Spain had been a happening country in our filmdom these days with few Bollywood hits shot in the picturesque country.
Lal Jose is a thinking brain with a heart of gold but here he is failed miserably. He couldn't reach to the level that of expectations that he makes with his past. And if Bollywood can do magic with films like 'Zindagi Na mile Dobara', few from Mollywood including Laljose could have thought, why can't we make a similar attempt. After giving the title with that masala flavour and teaming up with Benny P Nayarambalam, they would have started off with the title character who could be a chef, successfully making Indian masalas at Spain.
And how to fill in the rest is somewhere the entire crew falters making this love'- masala devoid of any big taste.The writer , though attempting his first film to be shot overseas, had but created one story that could be planted on anywhere in the country. Like the recent Thenkasi and Thevar films in Mollywood, all the characters and plot follows that well trodden path and the melodrama takes the 'eighties' way.
In the acting side Dileep looks good and manages to bring in an occasional laugh with is characteristic(?) numbers. But Daniela is asked to behave just like any other Indian girl in the given situations, which looks awkward and unbelievable. Kunchakko Boban's bearded looks and the character is fine while Biju Menon, and others doesn't have anything better to do than to be in their regular roles. The only actor who surprises us is Nelson, who impresses in many sequences, and proves that he will be finding more takers in the coming films in roles ala Salimkumar ( Though his character in the movie is a ditto of what the later has done in 'Pokiriraja'). The lyrics of R.Venugopal are even above than the melodious score given by Vidyasagar. And they both are more impressive while watching the movie.
The movie opens with the return of a Spanish embassy officer to his homeland, after years of service in India. He is going back with sweet memories about India, along with his only daughter and the Indian caretaker who teachers the little girl to sing the lullaby. 'Omanathinkal Kidaavo..'. The movie thus seems to take off to a perfect start, suggesting spaces that will later help the heroine to converse in Malayalam fluently.
Rating2/5.
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