Manjummel Boys Movie Review By Baradwaj Rangan | Soubin Shahir | Sreenath Bhasi | Chidambaram
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Manjummel Boys Movie Review By Baradwaj Rangan | Soubin Shahir | Sreenath Bhasi
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We must also salute Malayalam audience who are the most refined and mature audience.
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In the country today 💯
@@Hercules_1234 As a Malayali still flying in air from last week 😍😍🤪🤪
Yeah look at the failure of malaikottai valiban. Not the most refined just going with the crowd kinda.
In another interview, an anchor questioned director Chidambaram on his decision to include all the original 11 actors in the film. The anchor suggested he could have reduced the cast to just 5 or 6 characters. Chidambaram explained that since this is a real issue that happened, and all 11 guys are still together after all these years. He felt like each and every one is important, and that's why he planned to go with that. For me, it really worked, especially after learning about the real Manjummel boys ❤
I was going to comment this
ya it works for me. not every time a film has to have that trio friends folmulae. this feels more organic.
I came here to comment on this...... So Baradwaj Rangan is an overrated reviewer.
Baradwaj Sir, the director had stated in an interview that the reason why he chose not to cut down the number of characters in the friends group was because he knew all the friends personally and when the film releases they would feel sad if they were not included in the film, considering that Chidambaram chose to include everyone even though he stated that it would be much easier filming 6 or 7 characters and even though they had many issues while filming all the 11 people in a single frame he was still firm on including everyone in the film.
They could be included and honoured at end of the movie ,with real photos and all,
If too much ingredients spoil the dish,then don't use that much,
@@mohammedsalah8611Even i had the same opinion after watching the movie that at least half the gang could be cut down. But later from his interviews and after knowing more about the real incedent i was convinced that it can be ignored, because avoiding a few characters would not give justice, or else the entire story should have been modified on a way it's more just a cinema than the real incedent itself. In that case there were more possibilities of adding new situations and making it more punchy but then it's not a tribute to them but just a movie inspired from that incedent. Now with what we see it's almost fully the real incedent that is portrayed and that makes its own cinnect with the people. Even the character played by chandu seems to hide some potential for a surprising impact towards the end but does nothing special, it was another piece I felt not satisfying but considering again it's the real character who got sort of stuck and did not even talk for weeks in real, that is justified
I would say as long as they have the intent of showing the real story, it's done perfectly, but there was a possibility of doing it just as a "movie inspired from this incedent", and then it could be something entirely different
This is a Malayalam movie based on a true event. Reducing to 5 or 6, adding a heroine and fight etc., will happen only in other languages.
@@Chithambaranno one asked to include heroine and fight scene
We only talked about reducing the number of characters
Don't spread negativity about other industries no one asked to include heroine or fight scene or item song in manjummel
No this is a friendship story and it's based on true story so itll be bad if they don't include everyone
Everything in the movie actually happened, even revering him as God in the end by the villagers, it's not just an inclusion to make it more dramatic.
Yes it's what happened in real. Such situations are the toned down versions of what happened in real
The main reason this film emotionally connected with me is because it's based on a real story. After watching interviews with the real Manjummel boys, I loved how the director kept 95% of the original story intact. The police station incident and their behavior with the real boys, childhood and 11 guys all are true. So, why was there a need to cut any parts of the real story?
Chidambaram said in an interview that the cruelty of police showing in the film were much worse in the real incident. They beat them and took their money and left them with only sufficient money to reach home. Also in that journey back to home, they got in a road accident because of the driver and none of them were slept that night.
The police station sequence seems unnecessary until you realise it actually happened. Similarly the lake sequence is also based on a real incident from their lives
Could you pls tell which is the lake sequence? Is it the childhood sequence where one child helped another from drowning?
@@aswathysanthosh2767 yes
@@aswathysanthosh2767 yess
@@aswathysanthosh2767 yes the swimming scene
The boys were constantly talking from above with real-life Subhash after he fell, just to keep him awake during the rescue process. While then Subhash was replying with incidents that took place in their childhood. That's what metaphorically shown in the movie. Also Subhash is not aware of any of the things he said after rescue..
Irrespective of how people may take it, the Police station portions and the lack of help they got from the authorities is an integral part of the story. It is not merely inserted in just to show people in bad light, but to emphasize the trouble they boys had to go through to save their friend. This kind of attitude from the authorities can happen to any of us, from any town, any city. And the movie talks about the determination and fight as friends or well wishers that we have to put thru to save a dear one.
WHATS SHOWN IS LESS , TAN POLICE AND AUTHORITIES TREATED THE BOYS VERY BAD , JUST THAT THEY DIDNT SHOW THE GRUESOME OF THAT POLICE SI
The no.of characters can be reduced for a real life event😂😂😂.. really??
Yes.
this is a real-life incident. so why should they reduce it.
this is called a review. Don't know why he is a celebrated so much
Because he analyses it logically like a proper film critique should be doing and not pander to popular sensibilities. He says the characters of the other friends were cinematically not etched well and I completely agree. Except for a few, none of the friends gets a significant character sketch. Weather it is real story or not that is an undeniable factor which I also felt. The film is hugely successful despite all of this and BR also acknowledges that aspect too. But it is by no means cinematically even close to perfect as many imply here.
Ohh what he meant was it has to be only two person one will be in that cave and the other have to save him so that it will be a edge seat thrilling movie....
Have not seen much of his reviews so can't say its his worst review but i have to say it's one of the worst reviews of manjummel boys in any language.
1. Dude found the cops beating to be cliche ... Bruh it f ing happened for real and was even worse (as per the OG Manjummel boys)
2. Dude wants to cut down the head count lol (bruh it's a real incident and these many people actually were there 😢)
3. The OG boys returned to their native and kept quiet for months before it was found by the locals which then became a big news as no one ever survived the guna caves fall. Its not for cinematic value its actually what happened
Please take what you're doing more seriously and research more
He only loves mani ratnam . Others movies are waste for him
True
I think police beating them was not fully real as I understood from one of their (real Manjummel Boys) interview. One of them got slapped but not like as in the movie. And there are other things, they did not show in the movie like the police snatched their money. Nevertheless the scene shown in the movie, even though it was predictable got us engaged and I think that is what matters.
Well said
1. Okay it happened for real. So call it a documentary then? If they are showing everything as it is without caring about entertainment.
Can’t right? They would have added or deleted scenes according to the story and entertainment.
So it is absolutely right for him to feel it is cliche.
2. Yes again, it is a real life incident. I appreciate the director valuing the real friendship and casted 11 people. But honestly for a film, it was too much to digest. Could have cut to half and developed each characters well rather than 11 characters simply being there.
3. Haha, again bro! WE GO TO THEATRE FOR THE CINEMATIC VALUE. I pay my money to get cinematic experience, visuals and dramatic story. If you are showing it as a real story, show it as it is and call it a documentary. I wouldn’t watch it in the theatres.
"The number of people in the group could have been reduced"
Really? This movie is based on real incident dude. And why you want to know about every character when Thats not the indention of the movie?
🤣🤣BADDIE ALWAYS DOWNTRODDEN GOOD MOVIES AND CALL EPIC SHIT MOVIES OF KAMAL AWESOME
THEN WILL NOT BECOME A DOCUMENTARY@@darkroomentertainment5882
@@gandhimahaangovbro what are the epic shit films of kamal ???
Yaara neenga Elam? 😂
EVERYTHING @@Rc42796
The initial setting of the newspaper cutting also really happened, it was not scripted for the movie. Balu Varghese who played Sixon's character is cousin of Lal Jr , director of Driving License, Actor Lal's son and sister's son. That's another real life brotherhood as well. Director Chidambaram and Casting director/ actor Ganapathy are brothers.
The number of characters or events cannot be reduced because its not just a fantasy story but a real event happened to real people in real life. Writing something brilliant out a real event leaving nothing behind but again giving the audience a high is a brilliant skill.
The very questions that BR raises in this review has already been addressed by the Director Chidambaram in many interviews. Those were valid constructive criticism. Personally i feel the film was as perfect it could get. Eventhough many scenes play to the gallery those were needed to celebrate that act of bravery by Kuttan even more. Overall a very good cinematic experience, something that even 200cr budget movies fail to give us these days.
This is based on a true story. Before writing or filming the movie, they documented all 11 real-life characters separately and recorded each person's perspective. I'm glad you enjoyed the movie, but you'll likely appreciate it even more after watching the documentary. I hope they release it soon.
Looks like BR didn't get an interview or was snubbed by the Manjummel Boys team and he's taking his frustration out in the review
😂
This is not overhyped comment. This is calculated speculation.
‘Malyali cinema will be the first indian film to win best foreign Film Oscars’
I think you were asked to specifically point out negatives as everyone are celebrating this movie...but you should do that after proper research...police station ,number of boys , end scene... everything happened in real which they wanted to bring it on screen, without made up fights or love scenes like other real story inspired cinemas...
Yeah i too think he is jelous of the love towards our industry
@@cineenthusiast1234don't think so, its his opinion ❤
After going through the comment section, i felt that the viewers are more informed than the host of the show himself 🧐. Personally, am following this movie from 24 th Feb onwards, covering reviews one after the another both in Tamil and Malayalam. On 2 nd , watched the movie in Thrissur. I missed that overwhelming Tamil theatre response 😢.
These characters are real. The so called ' drama ' you attributed to the movie is because "Truth is stranger than fiction".
This dude doesn't even care that this is an actual event and they were actually 11 people in the trip including the driver.. And he expected the movie to have lesser members for effective cinema making.. What an intellectually dishonest stand it would have been for a director to cut down a few people from the actual ordeal that happened in their lives.
Poor review bro...
Yes there were 11 guys, but his point is that because of the decision to include all of them, the film looses individual character building for all of them. As a result only some of them register.
Baddy's point is about the film as a whole, the director wanted to include all of the boys, but we can't deny that including the 11 boys sacrifices somethings from the film
Film is not the incident, the incident is not the fil.
@@thewayiseeit01123 dude.. This is an actual story of 11 people who stood for their friend. Think from their point of view. Not even one man's mere presence there shouldn't be omitted for making an 'enjoyable' film. That will be brutal injustice to the very source of this whole movie is made from and the people who were involved. Movie is not above life. And in life truth in more valuable than cinematic experiences.
@@thewayiseeit01123then what's point of making this film with the same story...
@@thewayiseeit01123 There is no need in establishing there characters and dragging the film. Audience got the emotion the director tried to convey end of the day that matters the most.
@@dheerajpv9911 you are considering it as a movie only, your opinion is valid but you need to consider the fact that this is a true story if anyone made a film about you and your 4 friends and he ommitted your portions how could it be
I hope the next one on your cards is a "Light Camera Analysis" with Director Chidambaram
That should include Khalid Rahman and Ajay Chalissery.
Waiting!
4:40 buddy that happened in real life. Also the villagers helped them with the cold by giving their own firewood (which is a crutial fuel) to burn. Tht was not included
The flaws you mentioned in the review are right. As of a director POV, he could cut the number of friends and remove unwanted dramatic sequences for the better results of the movie. But as it is an real life story,he tried to portray the same as he could, and he succeeded in it. If he avoided such things, he could make a marvellous piece of work. But he stayed to stick with the original. And it won't be loyal to claim this movie as based on real life story. If he portrayed it as a normal survival thriller... the flaws might be double more than the current one, and logically, it won't easily connect to the audience in the theatres.
Its based on a true story sir, the police scenes were reduced as the real manjummel boys had said that the movie only showed 10 to 20% of what the cops had actually done to them. How can you even think about cutting down the number of characters when it is a story about team work and friendship? Every single person in that friends group and the local tamil residents worked tirelessly in rescuing subash. It will defeat the purpose of the film if the characters were reduced. The cutaways to the larger rock formation and hills helped the story telling a lot. Showing the claustrophobia wasn't the main intention of the film. As the director Mahesh Narayanan said for his film Malayankunju, showing the constant claustrophobia distanced the audience from his film. Whereas Manjummel boys handled it perfectly by showing both equally, Subash's suffering and what the boys were going through inorder to save him. The end where the old lady comes and says to subash that you are like a god as he survived the cave where no one had survived before happened in real life and it was not added as gallery pleasing melodrama like you think. Sir you should have at least read or watched some videos about the incident before doing this review.
💯 perfectly said
Yep, I’m also pissed off of his ignorance and the confidence he shows his conveyance
Your mention about khalid rahman and lal jr was great...actually nobody really noticed this comradeship in our industry
The flash back river incident is also a real incident happened to real Manjummel boys. How could the director cut that down not showing the bonding of friends?
And the director portrayed the real story with 11 real friends .. and do you want to portray that as a 5 friends movie with a girls item dance played to seduce police men?? Here the bromance is not the hightlighted emotion. Its about humanity
does he not believe that it actually happened? 😂
I think so 😂
Sir, you'd be shocked to know that whatever you wrote off as 'Gallery pleasing melodrama' literally happened! Be it Subash becoming God, the town folks in their native knowing about the incident much later, the police reference, everything happened. Intfact in the movie they've mellowed down a bit so that the audience don't feel extremely claustrophobic. I really wish you watch the documentary once it releases.
I have a small disagreement.. I have seen the interviews with Original Manjummal Boys.. They said, After the incident, They were surpriced to see the Local woman compared him to God, Since he is the only one to came back from the trap of death to Life. It was some kind of belief for the local people there. It happened in real incident. And it is not the view point of the Writer or director, And no intention to endorse such a belief in any way. And remember, the Main hero in rescue is Siju David, and people didnt call him God, instead it was Subash who was called God by certain locals.. As I said The makers didn't endorse it in any way, but portrayed it as it is, to maintain the intensity of situation. This is not a Melodrama..
I think, He did lot of research to find out negtive in the movie🤣🤣🤣
Sir, Sentimentalising the rescued man as a god is NOT gallery pleasing melodrama, this was happened in real. Also the chat about god is NOT a setup with very person who is going to be reminded of god, its bcos he was an atheist (others not).
This movie is a sincere portrayal of true story by writer/director, rather than making it cinematic for entertainment/fun loving audience, or cut down the unbelievable real incidents to please the so called “Critics”.
Thank god at least audience appreciated and made this film, Premalu and Bramayugham succesfull. Audience needs to evolve and support next generation of writers and directors.
@ BADDIE ABOUT THE GOD SCENE , SUBASH IS A PERSON WHO DOESNT BELIEVE OR LACK IN BELIEF IN GOD SO HE STAYED BACK MENAWHILE OTHER EXPLORED THE PAZHANI LOCALITY ..ALSO DRIVER IS TIRED OF DRIVING AND HE STAYED BACK AS WELL ,, SO THEY GOT ALONG AND THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION TOOK BETWEEN THEM THERE IS " NO GALLERY MELODRAMA " 😅
This time BR didn't do homework. Too many good movies this month.
That bit you told about the fraternity existing in the Malayalam industry is to the point. And this makes the Manjummel boys success all the more sweeter, (compared to the likes of Premalu and Bramayugam, both brilliant movies btw!) as the story is metaphorical to the camaraderie existing in the whole industry.
1:25 the real incident in police station was much worse than in the movie.
I can see whole malayalis assembled here to answer if any mistakes BR found😀
Do you know that when the original Manjummal boys returned to their hometown, they also met with an accident? However, these events were not included in the movie. In fact, only a fraction of the incidents faced by the original boys were portrayed. If all these events were included, the movie might have been perceived as overly dramatic.
മഞ്ഞുമ്മൽ എന്ന് ഇങ്ങേരു correct ആയി പറയും എന്ന് അറിയാം ആയിരുന്നു
ബാക്കി ഒക്കെ മഞ്ജുമ്മൽ 😊
2:49 director clearly specified that its made for pure theatre experience so that they used cuts to reduce the impact of claustrophobia, since its made on a high budget they used cinemayic freedom to make this more enjoyable rather than an art film
4:12 what you are saying baradwaj, please reasearch more becore posting some random comments, the explanation of god: it was a dialogue used by one of the real manjummal boys, its a real incident
6:06 how can he reduce number of individual in areal life incident? Hope you dont direct any real stories .
Manjummel Boys planned trip with GT Holidays 🥳
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Did expect you to say something negative about this movie.. was wondering what would you highlight 😄All your criticisms could have been valid if it was not a true story. As per the real boys, the police scene was worse in real life situation, than what it was shown in the movie.You just cannot accept that a Malayalam movie has had such a heartwarming reception in Tamilnadu.
Its afictionalised adaptation of a real incident
@@prasanthpathiyil which part of the movie was fictionalised? Details pls
Read the disclaimer before the movie.
@@prasanthpathiyil right.. but why should the facts be improvised when it doesn’t serve a purpose?
@@prasanthpathiyildirector and the real manjumal boys said that 95% were real
Everything in the including the police station incident...was happened to the real manjumal boys... how can they can reduce the characters...when they portraying the real life incident...??ur point make no sense
Ok so i love Baddy & have been waiting for his take on Manjummel Boys. Many times i listen to his reviews not because i always agree to them but cos its a different & interesting point of view. But im a tad bit disappointed with this review cos he seems to have missed the fact that this is INDEED a true story. 11 members, survivor seen as God, police beating up the boys are part of the reality. I enjoyed the movie but i can understand if u say the characters arc could have been developed better but trashing a lot of the genuinity of the movie claiming these are added for drama is not something that i expected from the likes of BR.. Looks like Baddy dint want to review this movie but got forced to do so after the reception it got and then saw it the same day as Premalu ( he seems to be comparing a romcom with a survival drama, like ??). I smell Kjo all over the channel recently.. now makes me wonder if its anything else. Waiting for real BR -respect-worthy reviews!
In 2028 movie, I remember BD saying something around the pregnant lady airlifting sequence being needless. Except for the incident actually happened.
Here police incident happened in real life. "gallery pleasing of Tamil cinema" actually happened in Kodaikanal (may be bcoz such gallery pleasing movies are such a big part of their lives )
I agree with BD's ctrique that except Soubin rest are one or zero note characters though
5:20 I personally think,that the supporting cast being one trait characters or not being registered properly is a huge positive, because it doubles down the fact that all of them were just 11 ordinary people who achieved the extraordinary feat.
I felt the movie was overhyped when I watched it in the theatre.. I’m glad it’s doing very well.. but I personally felt, it could’ve been better, I’m aware it’s based on true story, I’m not sure if it was the choice of actors or what, I thought it lacked soul. The film “Malooty” a survival story made decades ago came to mind and I remember it to this day, because of how well it was shot, I’m talking about the scenes where she was stuck in the well, it made me feel claustrophobic just seeing shamili stuck in there..
The only scene I liked from manjummel boys was when subhash suddenly slips and falls into the cave and the look on his friends faces and the utter shock at what just happened.. I felt it in my gut.
While I appreciate and respect individual views...felt its their story..and the director did justice of including them all ..and they too would be sharing with their known groups..which character played their role..and remains close to heart.. thank god..nobody felt left out.. probably the screenplay was too engaging and exactly trimmed and crisp..we need to watch it over again to check each and every detail regarding the characters..but dont mind doing so..its a good movie and great to watch real time experience.
Vaathiyare, The apathy and the threatening nature of the cops was required for us to rrot for the character harder. They were trespassing a restricted area and got in troubel, so some people may not instantly root for them. an external force is definitely required. The original Manjummel boys have mentioned somewhere that the cops were much worse irl and the movie has a much toned down version.
So beautifully articulated baddie. Not many are going to like this review as seen on the comments. But u articulated everything I felt about the the “cinematic form ” of this real incident while watching. the funny thing is despite all of the flaws, its high moments that are inorganic, just works and I too left the theatre with a lump in my throat.
What are movies without a little bit of drama and high stakes thrown in!
most things you didnt like including the scene in the police station, are all real life incidents, so difficult to avoid those scene when you make a movie from real life incident
They just tried to play the real life characters..if they reduced the number of characters how could they stay true to a story that actually happened in the year 2006..sir, these actors were not loud in their portrayal as they had studied the actual mannerisms and nuances of the real life characters and even spent time with them at their homes to perfect the role..
ABSOLUTE DISAPPOINTED REVIEW, ....1.5/5 RATING FOR YOU....
Hahaha
Goosebumps at the end when BR mentions Malayalam movie fraternity
This is a true story where 11 people went on to trip then how can in film it could be shown as 5 or 6 persons. Apart from that it's a Malayalam movie, where we try to show almost maximum possibility of reality.
This movie is a real story and we ( malayali audience) wont accept if characters reduced for the convenience of movie... when I watched the movie I loved how they kept it real with every scene....
Animal review kandappozhe iyaalu mandanannu manasilayatha. Ippo confirm aayi 😅
it was not a melodrama for exiting tamil audience showing the victim as a god in the 3rd act, rather these were real incidence that had occurred as per the information shared by the group long before through several mediums and also the director himself. also, sharing directors words, this bit was what made the director wanted to make it a movie, the movie of a person who, an atheist turned into a god himself, which i think is interesting. not pushed too hard but showcased subtly.
looking forward for a video of #Baradwaj_Rangan sir with #director_Chidambaram
What to say about this movie...story is very simple and nothing different from such kind of survival movies... the wonderful things about this movie is mainly its cinematography, a decent screenplay, emotional connect ...being a true events, it has brught out the emotion well... the movie has it drag in its side story of winning and practicing for tug of war which is well understood in the flow of story...but the movie sometimes was monotonous in identifying the victim is alive but understandable... definitely worth a watch for its making
Actually BR needs to watch it for a second time ,i too felt that their bonding was not shot perfectly in the first half that strong.Because of it second half was not convincing enough for me .I watched it on the release day first show .But yeasterday i watched again peacefully in a less packed theatre now i had enjoyed it very well .even flash back scenes in between the rescue like hide and seek ,swiming in the river was giving me the missing bonding in the first half.Hatsoff to the director,shyju khalid ,sushin,Ajayettan.Wonderfull movie .Music was exceptional slowly slowly sushin made me watch the movie again.Hatsoff guys .Proud to be from kerala where these masterpieces are born.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Before doing a review just do some research and then comment about the movie.
Last show in village cinema in Melbourne,finished work and went straight to cinema to see it on big screen.Loved it.
Pls bring Chidambaram for a Light Camera Action session
I think first one to have this much laws for this movie...
and also may be he forced to review this one😊😊😊
that too after two weeks of release and had immense response since day 1 or after 4 days in tamilnadu...!!!
Sir the fact that this is a real story and the mentioning of God and the number of characters can't be changed because that is what really happened
the added drama and emphasis on each emotion forcing the audience to feel a certain way was very unlike Malayalam Cinema. that's what makes this film, a regular survival drama with some exquisite cinematography and nothing else (to me).
The film depicts original incidents and characters. The incidents that happened to those friends on that day was dramatic and cinematic. If they have depicted the incidents as such you would have said it was over dramatic
One such incident is the survivor being considered a god by the local villagers and rituals they performed after seeing the survivor.
Another incident is the rain and the friends trying desperately to not let go water into the pit, these were real incident and looks dramatic for someone who watches and criticizes these scenes without even knowing what happened in real
The actual incident had a lot of drama thats why the makers found a movie out of it but bardwaj wanted less drama to make it more 'REAL' what the f*** dude😂
You are a guy who likes and appreciates movie like Animal, what else can we expect from you. This movie doesn’t deserve reviews from reviewers like you
It’s a real story. So that many people had to be there. Director said this in an interview. The post rescue scenes really happened. The church did discuss and the public acknowledged Kuttan. Muttan also got a reward from the then chief minister in Kerala ! So… yea!
Its a real story and all of them are alive understable why no one is emitted the god reference is by tamil people over there and ut too was a real incident
This review is subpar. Director faithfully followed all the real life incidents, including what happened at the police station
damn this guy needs to do some research first
I think the only part where they took liberty in the script is in the age of the characters.
It's based on real life story...Then how can you say the crowd doesn't work for you....Why should the interpersonal elements needs to be highlighted....Really not to the point 😏
Mr.Bharadwaj 11 is a team number in a tug war .The entire movie is in itself a tug of war.😅
It's funny how sometimes real life can be more unbelievable than movies! Many of the things that Bharadwaj Sir found to be implausible or for dramatic effect turned out to be real events. Knowing that all the events that happened in the movie are real just enhanced my cinematic experience further!
I agree that the childhood scenes were a stretch. I felt the same. And I personally didn't like the Guna song at the end; it took away the rawness of it. But the movie gave me goosebumps and tears.
Subash was completely blacked out after the fall and he was having his childhood memories and was also shouting abt his childhood, based on their interview.This was the relevance of the parallel childhood scenes constructed in the movie.
Ayya that sentimentalization of the rescued man as God coz he came back from the dead is Anbe Sivam tribute'nga ya. "Mala mela potti kada vechuruka oru amma sonnanga, annilendhu nambiten".
Kaml fan in me was melting.
Even for narrations sake we reduce characters, police would have removed them easily. And BR, ordinary people's lives often at disaster sites are melodramatic be it malayalam Or tamil. And tamil nadu has all those little Gods and beliefs that add colour.
People saying he is God and rouse from dead and showing that scene is important as it happened in Tamil nadu. It seems like you haven't done much research for this movie. This is a real story and the team spend days with the real men who were 11 of them and got the facts about what happened during their plight. The last few sentences you said about Malayalam industry is right though.
I was expecting this mixed review from Baradwaj, and he delivered! Often noticed that he bring different strokes in his reviews, just to stay different (after all he need to stand out and make the review a blockbuster). But in this case it would have been nice if he had done a bit more research / study (or even watch some interviews) before giving out some lines which borderlines stupidity. For e.g., should have reduced the no. of friends who do the trip, the feet touching scenes towards the climax, or the extended closure after the rescue act. 10+1 was the original no. of friends who did the trip, and the other incidents were all what they experienced. Diluting that will make the movie totally pointless. As a seasoned movie journalist, I wish he had at least given some thoughts into the finer aspects of the movie, instead of dismissing those as melodrama. See you soon at the movies!
This will be the highest grossing Malayalam film (without any Super stars) with a miniscule budget of 20 Crores
I do not agree with your statement about inclusion of that ‘God scene’ at the end.
There is more criticism in here than appreciation 🤦♂️ or is it just me?
I loved this movie and all the criticism pointed out here with flowery English didn’t resonate with me. Like a thali all good things were peppered in the right (not for Maddy though) quantity that the movie deserved. Hence packed houses everywhere 👍 Loved it
Looks like BR is tired of redoing malayalam reviews that are already done by someone else. Some of his review comments on this movie are borderline absurd coming from a seasoned online reviewer. I felt the same when he did the review of Bramayugam as well. How can he conveniently ignore that it is based on a true incident and start poking stupid comments. Or is he still suffering from jet lag. #galattaplusreview #manjummelboys
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Just cus you liked the movie more than him doesnt mean his experience isn't valid
@@aalifmohd7502 how can you justify his findings since itsn areal life incident of 11 friends how can he say that they could have reduced number of members
@@cineenthusiast1234 it's a movie dude, this guy is commenting on a movie. Just because its based on real life does not mean it's immune to criticism. You can make bad movie choices on any real life events and if he feels like it he will point it out.
@@aalifmohd7502 not sure if I liked the movie more than him. What I didn't like is the lack of homework that was done ( Not sure when did ridiculing's real life events as 'Gallery pleasing melodrama' became an acceptable practice) . Neither is it fair to have different standards or yardsticks while reviewing movies based on the language or the lead actor in a movie. I just expressed my disappointment at BR lowering his bar a bit too much.
@@joice73 it is okay to ridicule real life events as much as it is okay to appreciate it when it is presented as cinema, the makers probably know this as well. He didn't ridicule the incident even, he probably knows that it's based on real events just like 2018. Doesn't mean he has to be reverent to it. He can express his opinion and it's not lowering the bar one tiny bit
Interesting viewpoint. Maybe it's the lack of experience on my side that didn't see those things as flaws. Not spending time to flesh out every character makes it more engaging as you need to pay more attention.
Dude you don't need to justify, your review was spot on, Mr Rangan is over scrutinizing this and blabbering stuffs and failed to do proper research
7:12 chidambarams Jan.e.man is a masterpiece film with many layers and Soubin shahirs directorial Parava is also a great film
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I think, some of these Indian men who group in 80s don’t think had a great boys gang concept! So I think for ppl like BR and some other older men I met, didn’t find anything great in the movie. Just think it’s because they belong to a time where it was all about settling etc and not about friendships or even the longing for a great gang friendship
first of all, we don't need a critic to tell how the film is, despite of our experience in watching so many films of so many industries , we have built our own sense of judging a film by its trailer or looking at its makers, a critic is just a guy blabbering his opinion, why we need to consider him as holy preacher of films, its just a spur of a moment we decide whether to watch a film or not, our later confusions lead to these kind of people, once a confusion, always a confusion. its just like asking horoscope with a astrologer even though we decide our fate, friends, decision taking is our built in nature. I can't say stop watching critics, but I can stop watching critics,
Thank you😊
You are overcomplicating everything. Seems like this guy got mental after going to the film festival
Absolutely honest review. I loved the movie, had a great time in the theatre, but apart from the scenes that do work, much of it was forced, and very targeted to make you feel a certain way than organically getting there. But no denying, the emotional high the movie leaves you with cannot be ignored.
P.S: for those saying BR can't stand when a Malayalam movie does well or hating on this review, do watch his reviews on premalu and bramayugam, and the interview with Rahul Sadasivan; you can't be further away from the truth. This movie is about a real incident, but it's still a feature film, not a documentary. So the priority is on getting the craft part right(which they brilliantly did with the art direction and music choices), than the facts.
I'm gonna say something out loud. Love Baddy and all his conversations + perspectives/masterclass on cinema. I watch this channel for his videos. But lately I smell KJo all over. Maybe that's where the funds for the channel growth and international festivals come from? I'm not sure. I just wish/hope that they are able to uphold the integrity of the channel independant of how the financing is done. We have enough channels doing pr service we don't need a national award winning film critic in that mix. BRs work ethics have been top notch and I want to believe in that.
Reduce the numbers? you serious bro?first of all its a true story. second, i felt the director has used the most of having the whole gang by his set piece instances like the VADAM VALI(tug of war)scene..which was done for cinematic value (loose adi scene)it worked for most of us.i think the 2nd half worked big time every where thats why you see the big number of people turning out to theater even in Tamil nadu. Personal felt like your worst review 👎
The real guy who went into the pit was atheist, so no wrong in establishing a sense of miracle to this incident(No one has historically escaped from that hole, even the corpse), who knows how the universe or fate works :(
The negative points which you have said was the real incidents which happened that couldnt have been avoided..
Cynical review to undermine a magical film. There is so much wrong about this review. Let me point one of them. Director mentioned in reality cops were a lot harsher and he had to tone it down. Please do not judge not knowing the facts. 2nd - Director justified the 5mins post received climax. Please see directors interviews and real manjummel boys videos before you are cynical about the mivie