Manikya Kallu Malayalam Movie Review

Manikyakallu Malayalam Movie

M.Mohanan is a director who has a potential to deliver good stories with a natural feeling. He has only one film in his credit, Kadha Parayumbol, but it is always remembered for its genuine theme and presentation. The movie which told the story of friendship between a film star and a normal man is considered as one of the finest movie in that genre. The success of Kadha Parayumbol proved that story and screenplay is the real star in film, even though the film has big names like Mammootty and Sreenivasan in casting list. The film later remade in Tamil and Hindi were also criticized for its concept. The director is back with his new movie Manikya kallu which also considered to be a family movie. The director himself writes the story, screen play and dialogue for the movie. The film now creates high expectation with its posters which have beautiful quotes.


Prithviraj and Samvritha Sunil are the lead actors in manikyakallu. Prithviraj is Vinayachandran, a school teacher in Manikyakallu. Samvritha Sunil acts as a sports teacher in the film Manikyakallu. The film has a rich star cast which includes mukesh, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Salim kumar, Indrans, Kottayam nasir, anoop chandran, p.sreekumar, Anil Murali, Manuraj, Samvritha sunil, K.P.A.C Lalitha, Bindu panikar and Sona Nair. The songs are written by the team of Anil Panachooran and Ramesh Kaavil. The music is by M.Jayachandran. All the songs in Manikayakallu gives a pleasant feeling to your ears. The editing is by Ranjan Abraham, while the cinematography done by P Sukumar ISC. The film produced by A.S.Gireesh Lal under the banner of Gowri Meenakshi Movies. The film is distributed by ITL Entertainments hit the theatres on 5th May 2011.

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Review of Manikya Kallu

Manikyakallu, the latest movie of Prithviraj, released in Kerala today, May 5, 2011. The film opened in all major releasing centers with average initial collections, but will surely pick up in the coming days. The film seems to be a family story mainly deals with the deep relationships, also tells a beautiful love story. Prithviraj looks quite beautiful in his look as a school teacher for the first time in his career and delivered an easy performance as Vinayachandran Mash. Samvritha Sunil has also got a strong character in Manikyakallu and her acting quite good in these type of roles. The movie is a bit lengthy of 2.45 hours and could have been edited. The film has 5 songs which are good to hear and picturised well, but few of them can be avoided to reduce the length of the total film. The cinematography of P.Sukumar is quite good that we can see a number of locations pleasant to our eyes. The script has all the ingredients for a simple film with no need for much logic. The supporting cast of the film is also good. Although many of the characters are rehash of old Sathyan films, we simply loved them because of their innocence in the heart. Jagathy Sreekumar's typical local villain character, Nedumudi Venu's School Headmaster etc are instances. In his second movie too, M.Mohanan excelled in the total outing.

This is the best film of Prithviraj in recent times. Manikyakallu is a simple straightforward film for true film lovers.

Verdict: Good

Rating:2.75/5

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