Poomaram Malayalam Movie
Myriad expressions of art are blossomed on the branches of "Poomaram" to be absorbed by youngsters. They imbibe the art forms with full of passion and dedication. Director Abrid Shine hinges on a plethora of university youth festival visuals to showcase their efforts and preparations for success. But the overloaded collage of visuals makes every branch of "Poomaram" feeble.
The candid visuals and songs are the cornerstones of this movie solely because they eclipse the tenuous story written by the filmmaker. Abrid explored the unfamiliar milieu in a police station with astute intensity in his previous outing. Here he presents the familiar premise of a youth festival in a rather peripheral way. There is little sneak peek into the backstage games or criticism against the wrong practices prevailing in such fests. Albeit the treatment is simple and realistic, apparently the real essence of a campus drama is elusive.
The zest and emotion is at its peak when two major colleges-Maharajas College and St. Treesa College- vie for the first place in the MG University youth festival. College union chairman Gouthaman (Kalidas Jayaram) leads the Maharajas team while Irene (Neeta Pillai) is the leader of St. Treesa College. The whole action, which is fully wrapped by candid visuals, revolves around these two colleges. Thanks to art that subsides the rage and rave of teenagers in the tale.
Kalidas as a soft-spoken youth is powerful in his performance and he safeguards the riveting nostalgia factor in the film. He has more song lines to enact than trying out his emotional outbursts. Indeed, the songs and music are simply hard to ignore for they elevate us to the nostalgic realms of serenity and love. The poetic mood gets a prompt shift once the commotion of the fest sets in. The scenes at the police station and Joju George's inspector character provide some respite from the tiresome visuals.
Abrid has a message to convey by adopting a soft method in the action and treatment but he misses the substance once he focuses more on to the premise. It's poetic in parts though the ignored plot is jostling for space among the cluster of visuals.