V K Prakash's 'Poppins' tells the relationship between a man and a woman, a male and a female, a lad and a lass. There is no villain in between them. Their story is never ending; something which can be enjoyed again and
again without getting bored at all. But will the audience accept his new style of film making?
The film has loopholes aplenty.To start with, the film has been treated in an episodic fashion; VKP's experiment of dividing his story in the first half into three different parts and then merging them together into a single plot has fallen flat,the first 30-35 minutes focus on Indrajith-Padmapriya,Jayas
This division of the first half into three different parts makes the movie quite a drab. Moreover, the pace of the narrative has been deliberately kept slow (perhaps to bring a touch of realism), and the result is that the viewer is less and less involved as the story progresses. The only watchable portion of the movie is the story between Kunchacko Bobban’s and Nithya Menon’s ‘Payasam’.
But what makes matters worse is that V.K.P's storytelling lacks the hammer-strong impact that this genre demands,even though the film does boast of some fine performances. But can the best of performances camouflage the harm inflicted by a weak screenplay? Never!
Jayasuriya and Megna Raj look good together but the romance between the two has been shown in such insipid way that it fails to pluck any chord at viewers' heart. Indrajith gives a controlled performance, Along his side, Padmapriya infuses her character with remarkable intensity.Kunchacko Bobban’s acting in the movie somehow compensates the money spent on movie ticket. The actor looks dashing and quite believable and Nithya Menon looks beautiful and homely in a role that will get her some attention.Shankar Ramakrishnan has given a finely calibrated performance and is smashing.Mythili is surprisingly fresh and sparkling while Ann Augustin has a meaty role and she pitches in her best act.Siddhique is terrific ‘Poppins' blends five dramas by the eminent dramatist Jaiprakash Kuloor.
No doubt that the cinematography handled by Jomon T John and Arun is visually striking and the editing quite free flowing, but the story fails to grip the viewer partly.Director fails completely in keeping the viewer's interest alive. Not only is V.K.P's choice of the subject debatable, even his treatment is not as expected. Frankly,VKP is letdown by the script of the film. The film tries to strike a balance between realism and make-believe, but falls flat from tip to toe.
In a nutshell,‘Poppins’ fails to live upto the expectations that one can have from the maker of films like Beautiful and Trivandrum Lodge .The movie is assorted in the first half, begins to drag in the second half and ends with a climax that hardly leaves any impact.I’m giving 2/5 for this VKP show.Unfortunately, ‘Poppins’ is high on hype, but low on substance.
The film has loopholes aplenty.To start with, the film has been treated in an episodic fashion; VKP's experiment of dividing his story in the first half into three different parts and then merging them together into a single plot has fallen flat,the first 30-35 minutes focus on Indrajith-Padmapriya,Jayas
This division of the first half into three different parts makes the movie quite a drab. Moreover, the pace of the narrative has been deliberately kept slow (perhaps to bring a touch of realism), and the result is that the viewer is less and less involved as the story progresses. The only watchable portion of the movie is the story between Kunchacko Bobban’s and Nithya Menon’s ‘Payasam’.
But what makes matters worse is that V.K.P's storytelling lacks the hammer-strong impact that this genre demands,even though the film does boast of some fine performances. But can the best of performances camouflage the harm inflicted by a weak screenplay? Never!
Jayasuriya and Megna Raj look good together but the romance between the two has been shown in such insipid way that it fails to pluck any chord at viewers' heart. Indrajith gives a controlled performance, Along his side, Padmapriya infuses her character with remarkable intensity.Kunchacko Bobban’s acting in the movie somehow compensates the money spent on movie ticket. The actor looks dashing and quite believable and Nithya Menon looks beautiful and homely in a role that will get her some attention.Shankar Ramakrishnan has given a finely calibrated performance and is smashing.Mythili is surprisingly fresh and sparkling while Ann Augustin has a meaty role and she pitches in her best act.Siddhique is terrific ‘Poppins' blends five dramas by the eminent dramatist Jaiprakash Kuloor.
No doubt that the cinematography handled by Jomon T John and Arun is visually striking and the editing quite free flowing, but the story fails to grip the viewer partly.Director fails completely in keeping the viewer's interest alive. Not only is V.K.P's choice of the subject debatable, even his treatment is not as expected. Frankly,VKP is letdown by the script of the film. The film tries to strike a balance between realism and make-believe, but falls flat from tip to toe.
In a nutshell,‘Poppins’ fails to live upto the expectations that one can have from the maker of films like Beautiful and Trivandrum Lodge .The movie is assorted in the first half, begins to drag in the second half and ends with a climax that hardly leaves any impact.I’m giving 2/5 for this VKP show.Unfortunately, ‘Poppins’ is high on hype, but low on substance.
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