Another Mohanlal movie...Vishwam (Mohanlal) is a reformed thug living in Mumbai with his close friend Johnny (Lal). Though Vishwam earns an honest living, the police don't leave him alone and keep on troubling him. Johnny on the other hand is still true to the old ways and works as a pimp.
One day while waiting for Johnny, a guy gets into Vishwam's taxi and forces him and Johnny to drive on. A fight ensues, and the guy ends up dead. Vishwam and Johnny flee from the scene. Vishwam realizes that the guy left a bag in the car and goes through its contents. Along with some money and gold he discovers some letters from Damu's (the dead guy) sister Bhanu (Manju Warrier), imploring him o come home quickly as they are under severe debt and bank is threatening to take away their land. He also learns that Damu was cheated by a visa guy.
Feeling morally obligated, Vishwam, decides to go to the native village of Damu and help his family. On reaching there, he realizes that Damu’s three sisters and grandparents are living in abject poverty with some nasty villagers teasing the girls and making there life miserable. The second sister, Bhanu is carrying the burden of the family on her shoulders and thus is very harsh and bitter.
Vishwam slowly mingles with them and repays all their debts. Going is good till his good-for-nothing friend Johnny comes from Mumbai in search of him.
A slow paced, very non melodramatic movie. Mohanlal has of course done a good job but kudos to Manju Warrier as well. At times, I could feel the helplessness, the doomed existence, the cynicism that she portrayed on screen.
Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea.
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