Heartbeats Malayalam Movie

Aug 7, 2007 By Unni Nair

For some time the news that Simran was making a comeback in Malayalam was doing the rounds. It is to be remembered that the first time she played the heroine was in Malayalam. Now that Heartbeats, her comeback vehicle to Malayalam cinema, is finally here, it is a big let down since the film doesn't pack any impact at all.

Heartbeats takes us to a self-financing medical college campus, (which holds much relevance in today's scenario), where we come face-to-face with a gang of four senior students who sort of rule over the campus. The gang, comprising of spoilt sons of rich parents, is led by Binoy John Idicula and comprises of Manu, Rafi and Sasankan. They are a headache to the other students and even to the Principal Dr. John Paul, who cannot take any action against them mainly because he knows that they can even get him sacked.

Idicula and his gang help the management in getting rid of poor students so that the vacant seats can be sold out to the children of rich parents and NRIs. The gang often comes to clash with Haritha, who is a first year student and who is active in politics too. Haritha gets hold of a video tape, which has evidences against the Idicula gang. Idicula decides to retrieve it from her. In the ensuing chase she takes a fall and gets herself injured. The whole episode is witnessed by a first year student Hari, who hails from a village and belongs to a poor family.

In the meantime, certain things happen that make Hari too a member of the Idicula gang. Almost at the same time Idicula and his friends happen to come face-to-face with a lady named Thankam George, first at a meditation centre and then seen being chased by some goons. The entry of the mysterious Thankam George into their lives changes things for them.

Indrajith as Binoy John Idicula has nothing impressive to do. Same is the case with Simran as Thankam George. There is nothing much to mention about the performances of other actors like Manikuttan as Manu, Anoop Chandran as Sasankan, Jagathy Sreekumar as Dr. John Paul etc. Govindankutty, who has been a television anchor, is good as Hari while yet another television anchor Arun V Narayan cuts a poor figure as Rafi. Biju Menon as the Police Officer Basheer Ahmed is disappointing.

Technically too the film is below average. There's nothing much to be mentioned about the songs either, which though well filmed, fail to make much of an impact. The main problem with the film is that it is neither here nor there nor anywhere. We are left wondering as to what the makers had in mind while putting the film together. It is neither a good campus film nor a good thriller. Neither does it make an impact as a musical. So on seeing the film, you are simply left pondering and trying to figure out what it was all about, even though the story is told rather simply.