ENTE-A simple &sober film but again inspired(Movie Review By Yoonus Mohyudhin)

As you may have guessed the movie is inspired from Suresh Gopy’s “Janakan”. But keeping that fact aside, the movie is a simple, sober and clean flick which also has a sweet message to give. In other words its a well adapted movie which is not great, but still good for a family evening. “Janakan” sticks to its crime theme throughout but “ENTE” shifts its emphasis from crime to social issues too. Therefore it cannot be called as a complete crime entertainer.   

The film starts slowly and takes too much time to settle down. The director should have come to the main theme of “Achan” much earlier, but instead he introduces this plot just before the interval. The movie could be more enjoyable if the script was based on this single plot with some more social sequences.

The story revolves around a plot in which Provocative, shocking and surprisingly tender amidst an explosion of unbridled emotions, “Ente…”(Mine…) explores the consequences of sex trafficking, testing the vulnerability of trust in human relations. Srinivas(Siddiq) is a wonderful and devoted father to Durga(Anjali Patil), and he provides her the best.  The first half of the movie is all predictable with repeated scenes seen many times before. The novel theme comes too late which is the major drawback of the movie. After “Achan's” entry, it picks up and that makes the second half much better than the first.

Performance wise Sidheeq plays his part convincingly. But Anjali is just there in the film as the leading lady. Though they both look good together in their scenes and songs. The chemistry between Neena & Suresh was quite similar to “Shreedharante Onnam Thirumurivu” and it entertains in some scenes. Lakshmi Menon looks very descent and elegant. In fact no other actor comes to your mind who can play “Achan” dressed in white suits, other than Swidheeq.  It can be said that everyone has acted his part well but the script is too simple to give any one an opportunity to stand out.

 Songs in the second half were not needed at all as they slow down the pace of the movie. Special Effects are also ok and don’t go over the board.   

The direction is very simple and the director keeps shifting between the crime and social track in the second half. It could have been executed in a far better way. The best part of the movie comes in the last 40 minutes where the narration is inspired from M.Nishad kind of cinema. Interestingly it made me remember one old M.Nishad film “Vairam” starring Pashupathi, where he  fights for justice, as he loses his daughter Vairamani (Dhanya Mary Varghese) who is raped and killed (which was also an inspired one).

Another impressive part of the movie is the message it gives in the last minutes. That makes you feel good about what you have in life and teaches you to be contented always with whatever you get from your life & “Achan”.

So, its not a great movie and gets only average marks. But it is a cute, clean, family movie which can be enjoyed in the festive weekends. It lacks the content of becoming a hit or blockbuster. Rating : 2.5 / 5