After 36 years, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha ,one of the best ever malayalam movies arrived in theaters in a digitally remastered 4K Atmos version. The movie is based on the medieval ballad “Vadakkan Pattukal” from North Malabar where the warriors were hailed as super heroes . Though many Malayalam movies have in the past portrayed the Vadakkann pattukal stories to our screens , this movie stays apart for the story screenplay , direction , kalarippayattu fights, songs and the extra ordinary performance of the large number of actors in the movie . It was an exquisite storytelling by MT Vasudevan Nair who could brilliantly transform the character of Chandu from a cheater, deceiver, womanizer, betrayer, murderer (which we have read in the folk stories) to an innocent scapegoat by detailing the perception of events from Chandus point of view . Some dialogues in the movie are still fresh in the minds of the Malayalees.
Apart from the engaging plots and memorable performances, I was awestruck by the detailing of each and every scene by the Director Hariharan . One such detailing is the song sequence of CHANDANA LEPA SUGANDHAM …… The melodious tracks complemented the expressive tone of the scenes with the eyes of Mammooty (as Chandu) and Madhavi (as Unniyarcha) enhancing their emotional depth and attachment. Throughout the song sequence there is an indescribable connection, attraction, affection , excitement , invitation and lust expressed in their eyes. When I first saw this movie as a teenager , I was awestruck by the electrifying exchange of these emotions when their eyes met , with flow of passions in equal strength and measure in both the directions. I haven’t seen any other movie which has depicted the depth of emotional sentiments of unspoken attraction, human desires and excitement so strongly through the eyes of Hero and Heroine.
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha is a classic which was ahead of times and will stay ahead of any epic movie to come in our cinema Industry . Chanduvine tolpikkan Avilla Makkale
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