Jan E Man movie review: The Basil Joseph-starrer is an emotional rollercoaster
A small film that got here silently with out a lot hype and claims, Jan E Man turned one of many largest hits of final yr. After its profitable run in theaters, Jan E Man is now streaming on Solar NXT. Directed and written by debutant Chidambaram, Jan E Man is a soulful narrative that begins with loneliness after which passes by way of a spectrum of human feelings like friendship, romance, friction between relations and ends with a love story that stays in viewers’ minds. The film retains us engaged by way of situational comedy, memorable emotional exchanges between characters and a story fashion which retains the stress alive until the very finish. Director Chidambaram hits all the correct notes by completely balancing emotional sequences and situational comedy.
Regardless of an fascinating paradox involving a celebration and funeral, the film proceeds naturally and each character has a job to play on this movement. The film begins in a distant village in Canada the place Joymon (Basil Joseph), a nurse from Kerala, appears to be dwelling a lonely life. He feels trapped in a silent, monotonous and chilly place and even his mom in Kerala doesn’t perceive her son’s emotions. The film involves life when Joymon decides to return to Kerala to rejoice his thirtieth birthday. Joymon doesn’t have many mates in his life attributable to his premature humour and nonsensical behavioUr, which he accepts later within the film. Nevertheless, he invitations few of his tenth commonplace classmates to his celebration. Joymon is acquired by his mates Dr Faizal (Ganapathy) and Sampath (Arjun Ashokan) on the airport. On their method to Sampath’s home to rejoice Joymon’s celebration, the characters of Sampath, Faizal and Joymon are established by the director. As they’re about to start out the celebration, Sampath’s neighbour who’s an outdated man named Palathotathil Ittyavara dies of a coronary heart assault. From then on, the film modifications gear because the birthday celebration of Joymon and Ittyavara’s funeral occurs in homes reverse to one another. With Sampath’s previous feud with Monichan (Balu Varghese), the grandson of Ittyavara, issues get extra eventful. The film quickly introduces extra characters who are available so naturally and match within the narrative.
Extra classmates of Joymon be a part of his birthday celebration and extra relations of Monichan arrive to attend the funeral, making the film a ‘party-of-a-mourning’. The director cuts from one scene to a different with precision because the viewer is taken from a extremely emotional scene to the mindless behaviour of Joymon, which elicits laughter. As Sampath is about to kiss his long-lost lover apart from the lake, and Lal’s character provides a final kiss to his elder brother’s useless physique, fireworks are set off on the stroke of midnight to mark Joymon’s birthday. This is likely one of the many cases the place the director has used the scenario nicely to showcase a number of feelings in a number of frames. There are numerous different characters that can catch your consideration on this film. Be it the humorous Palakkadan goon, performed by Sarath Sabha, who accompanies Joymon’s classmate, Abiram Radhakrishnan’s Akshay Kumar, who’s the occasion supervisor for each the funeral and celebration, the nun performed by Jilu Joseph and Monichan’s sizzling headed good friend Chacko, performed by Prashant Murali, amongst others. And all by way of this paradox of feelings brought on by the birthday and funeral, Chidambaram maintains the stress that makes viewers count on a chaotic unleashment of anger. However the director retains that stress until the very finish and comes up with a superb twist within the climax that melts all the stress away. The film ends with a soothing feeling of everlasting love.
Basil Joseph because the mindless Joymon is likely one of the finest comedy characters written within the latest previous. And Basil delivers the products. Balu Varghese as a tormented Monichan additionally stands out within the movie. Monichan is completely totally different from the roles Balu has accomplished up to now and it was refreshing to see him in a severe position. Arjun Ashokan is convincing as Sampath. As there’s a protracted record of actors taking part in totally different memorable characters, it could be higher to say every of them had been good for his or her components.
Kiran Das’s enhancing wants particular point out for maintaining with tempo and sudden shifts within the film. The cinematography by Vishnu Thandassery additionally enhanced the viewing expertise of this quick paced film. The film additionally makes good use of some golden tracks from the previous.
