Manju Warrier and Mohanlal are two of my favourite actors. Few
can replicate their talent as well as versatility.
Ennum Eppozhum is a simple story of a journalist Vineeth N
Pillai (Mohanlal). He is a senior journalist with a women’s magazine. While he
appears to be lazy, unkempt and late for everything, he is respected journalist
with many path breaking stories to his credit. There are references to his
mother who is portrayed as a larger than life, principled and well respected
lady. Now no more, she was apparently also a friend\colleague of the owner of
the magazine. The publication is now being headed by Kalyani (Reenu Mathews),
the daughter of the owner. She is London educated and has a lot of new ideas
for the success of the magazine. She and Vineeth don’t get along.
One day there is a news about Advocate Deepa (Manju Warrier),
who protested the bad state of roads after falling into a pothole which
prompted the high court to question the government. She is applauded by all and
Kalyani wants to do a cover story about Advocate Deepa. Against her wishes, her
mother tasks Vineeth with this assignment.
Deepa is a conscientious lady who lives with her daughter,
is a lawyer and dancer and stands up for what she believes is right. Her
neighbour is retired postmaster Kariachan (Innocent) and his wife, who dote on
her daughter and always look out for her. She is close to her friend Farah
(Lena Abhilash) who visits her from Palakkad occasionally.
Vineeth tries to interview Deepa but she refuses repeatedly.
This leads to a scuffle between Kalyani and Vineeth and he ends up resigning. Later
he joins back after Kalyani’s mother intervenes. Meanwhile, Deepa and her
daughter meet an accident while she is riding her scooter. Vineeth is near them
at the moment and rushes them to the hospital. There Deepa receives a court
notice from her ex-husband for being an irresponsible mother and the lawyer
takes away her daughter.
Vineeth vows to help her. He by chance bumps into the taxi
who had hit Deepa, and learns that this was all done at the behest of the
ex-husband. Deepa takes it to court and regains the custody of her daughter.
Unfortunately, the movie hardly has any story. There is
nothing wrong in telling the story of two ordinary people, but then for it to
be worthwhile, they must be put in some extraordinary situation. Even
though these roles are a forte of Manju Warrier, unfortunately here she fails
to leave a mark mostly because there is no story. There are some comic moments
but they are also half-hearted and fail to create an impact.
The director, Sathyan Anthikkad failed to utilize a stellar
star cast and misses the mark completely. Music is good and there were a couple
of songs I quite liked.
Not much to watch though except maybe for a feel-good time pass.
Can skip.
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