My God Malayalam Movie

Feature Film | 2015
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'My God' is a film that makes you want to cry out its title loud, at the end of it all. Clearly suffering from a colossal gap between its conception and execution, this is a film that is likely to have a real brief run at the theatres.
Dec 10, 2015 By Veeyen


M Mohanan who had made a promising directorial debut with the elegant 'Katha Parayumbol' a few years back has been going on a downward spiral ever since then, with a rather impressive 'Manikyakallu' and imminently forgettable '916'. With his latest film 'My God' which is replete with long drawn out advices in parenting, he touches a new low and disappoints us big time.


The film is all about an incredibly talented boy named Sam Thottumkal (Adarsh) who has a flair for pretty much everything except studies, much to the chagrin of his parents. Child psychiatrist Arathi (Honey Rose) enters his life at a juncture when the boy gets branded as a juvenile delinquent, and is appalled to find out the harrowing experiences that the youngster has been through.She is soon joined by her husband Aadinarayana Bhattathirippadu (Suresh Gopi) who happens to be an IT tycoon based in New York!


Mohanan and script writer Geo Mathew must have had a film with noble intentions in mind when they set out to film 'My God'. That it ultimately manages to achieve none of these is a tragedy, and the film remains a pale imitation of some of those films that appear doctrinaire, yet inspiring works based on child psychology.


For one, 'My God' is tremendously lengthy and comes across as a never ending saga that never gets tired of offering one counsel after the other. It conveniently forgets that the theme that it dwells on is nothing new and that there have been quite a few films that have successfully managed to leave a mark of their own in the realm.


And thus it runs on for one hundred and twenty nine minutes, at the end of which the exhausted viewer leaves the cinema hall, not sure as to what had hit him. While it should be granted that there is nothing much repulsive about the film, the lack of an initiative to bring in an air of sparkle to the proceedings wholly pulls it down.


The portrayal leaves a lot to be desired as well, with the major characters compartmentalised into conventional boxes of rights and wrongs. While one does try one's best to identify with the boy's plight, his characterization as well as that of several others in the film emerges a bit too hollow to stir up our sympathies.


I wouldn't say there is anything striking about the lead performances either, with Suresh Gopi sleep walking through his role and Honey Rose playing the empathetic doctor without much of a trouble. Adarsh, who plays the child prodigy comes up with an adequate performance and the members of the supporting cast just about manage to scrape through.


There aren't any wonders at work when it comes to the technical department either - Jithu Damodar makes do with a few risk-free frames while it does seem like editor Renjan Abraham could have gone a bit stronger with his editing scissors. In an instance very rare, even music director Bijibal appears unable to cook up some magic of his own.


'My God' is a film that makes you want to cry out its title loud, at the end of it all. Clearly suffering from a colossal gap between its conception and execution, this is a film that is likely to have a real brief run at the theatres.


Veeyen

   

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