Finally Two years after I bought the movie I finally saw it.
The movie is a story of a real life rowdy called "Aadu Thomas", played by Mohanlal. Let me first start with the name of the movie, I absolutely love the fact that many Malayalam movies have well thought out names ( contrast that too the barrage of names with pyar mohabbat dil etc. in Bollywood ). It's a simple story with no shenanigans. Son of an acclaimed Math teacher, Thomas runs away from home at an early age, unable to bear the atrocities of his strict father who wants him to become a math scholar. He returns many years later, still unaccepted by his father, ends up becoming a rowdy almost revered by the people he helps. A corrupt police officer makes life miserable for Thomas and most of the movie is his rebellion against the system.
What's interesting about the movie is the way it weaves the friction between the father and the son as a backdrop amidst all the action.
While the story is simple, the storytelling is fast paced and interesting. Without much melodrama, Mohanlal gives a superbly restrained performance and carries the entire movie on his shoulder. And of course it stars the original Silk Smitha ;)
Watch it like you are reading a short story.
The DVD is available with Moser baer with subtitles - Moserbaer - Spatikam
Can Watch.
The movie is a story of a real life rowdy called "Aadu Thomas", played by Mohanlal. Let me first start with the name of the movie, I absolutely love the fact that many Malayalam movies have well thought out names ( contrast that too the barrage of names with pyar mohabbat dil etc. in Bollywood ). It's a simple story with no shenanigans. Son of an acclaimed Math teacher, Thomas runs away from home at an early age, unable to bear the atrocities of his strict father who wants him to become a math scholar. He returns many years later, still unaccepted by his father, ends up becoming a rowdy almost revered by the people he helps. A corrupt police officer makes life miserable for Thomas and most of the movie is his rebellion against the system.
What's interesting about the movie is the way it weaves the friction between the father and the son as a backdrop amidst all the action.
Watch it like you are reading a short story.
The DVD is available with Moser baer with subtitles - Moserbaer - Spatikam
Can Watch.
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