Ayal Sasi Malayalam Movie
A quest for eternal satisfaction and the desperation of a soul to get rid of the ennui of life is predominant in "Ayaal Sassi."Even after realizing that his death is imminent, the protagonist is wary of how to celebrate it! Interestingly, the restless Sassi Namboothiri (Sreenivasan) epitomizes the vanity and show-off of certain people even in the threshold of death.
Sajin Baabu in his second outing takes a journey through the life of Sassi, who leads a nomadic life and holds a fickle attitude in his profession. In the city, Sassi is at ease in the company of his friends Ranjith (S.P. Sreekumar), Sreelatha (Divya Gopinath) and Mansoor (Anil Nedumangad), among others. His return to his village with the intention of spending the final phase of his life does not offer any kind of solace for him.
Starting from the name of the protagonist, who belongs to a lower caste, the tussle of media, intolerance, religion, morbid curiosity and hypocrisy in the society are being discussed to exude the satirical effect in the movie. But apart from scattering these scenes, Sajin forgets to adopt innovative narration or jazz up the scenes while presenting satire on society.
Films like "Panchavadippalam," and "Sandesham" enjoy the towering status in the satire genre in Malayalam Cinema. But this film lags behind in achieving its intent. Albeit the state-of-the-art 'smart coffin' evokes laughter, other events that crop up as satirical elements have similarity to the milieu of the films of Sajin's peers. However, the filmmaker scores emphatically in portraying the plight of Sassi and reminding the futility of materialistic life.
It's an attempt of the satiric presentation of the society coalesced with the bizarre life of Sassi, which may not digest well, except by a discerning audience.
True to the lead character, Sreenivasan's presence gives life to the film. He immaculately essays the dejected and hopeless Sassi. His feeble body and tiring eyes transform the emotions of a character, who is almost stranded in the coast of life despite having a host of sincere friends.
Cinematography of Pappu is noteworthy and it contributes well to the story premises.
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