‘Enkilum Chandrike’ movie review: The humour falls flat in this old-fashioned tale – The Hindu

The movie’s title may need the title of a lady, however Enkilum Chandrike is about males; some, desperate to get married, and others, making an attempt arduous to foil the wedding plans of one among their associates. It’s fairly evident that debutant director Adithyan Chandrasekhar isn’t a creator with lofty goals, however somebody who had got down to make a median, light-hearted entertainer. However, if you intention for common, you’re sure to finish up someplace beneath par, and that occurs to be the case with Enkilum Chandrike.

Abhi (Saiju Kurup), Kiran (Basil Joseph) and Amal (Aswin Vijayan) are in a state of shock after listening to concerning the marriage of their fellow membership member Bibeesh (Abhiram Radhakrishnan). All of them are perplexed by the secrecy that their pal is sustaining across the marriage, prompting them to dig deeper. They resolve to do all the things of their energy to cease the wedding, once they be taught concerning the identification of the bride, Chandrika (Niranjana Anoop). A lot confusion ensues because the senior-most membership member Pavithran (Suraj Venjaramoodu) can also be working in the direction of the identical objective, with the intention of marrying Chandrika’s sister Sujina (Tanvi Ram).

Adithyan Chandrasekhar is understood for conceiving a number of internet sequence with contemporary themes, particularly the profitable Common Ambili. Nevertheless, in Enkilum Chandrik, which he has scripted together with Arjun Narayanan, he sticks to telling an old school story in an old school method. The everyday tropes one would discover in such a movie are additionally current; all the things from an imaginary village to an arts membership the place the protagonists congregate, and to not point out, the pleasant and kind-hearted villagers. It’s a throwback to the milieu which was the staple in Malayalam movies from the Nineteen Nineties.

The makers have toyed with a wafer-thin storyline, milking all of the attainable jokes out of this situation. However sadly for them, solely a few of them work. Regardless of having such a star-studded forged stuffed with confirmed performers, the dearth of fabric to help their effort is obvious. Even Basil Joseph, who has hardly had a below-par efficiency, struggles with the tried humour right here. His character of an aspiring filmmaker — who attracts inspiration from throughout and messes up when he tries it out on his personal — might have been a lot extra if these jokes had really labored.

Although it was a breath of contemporary air to see Suraj Venjaramoodu in a mildly humourous position after a slew of significant characters, he doesn’t actually have a lot to do. Newcomer Aswin Vijayan, however, makes an impression with a few of his gags. However, each the feminine characters get sidelined in what (ultimately) turns into a story of male bonding and envy.

Enkilum Chandrike is at the moment operating in theatres

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