‘Manjummel Boys’ Review: Soubin Shahir’s survival drama is heartwarming, earnest – India Today
When ‘Manjummel Boys’ trailer was launched, it instantly struck a chord with everybody. It had all of the essence to maintain you invested. It’s the story of 11 children from Kochi’s Manjummel who encounter a tragedy on the Guna Caves in Tamil Nadu’s Kodaikanal. The constructive buzz surrounding the movie mirrored within the pre-sales as effectively. Did ‘Manjummel Boys’ reside as much as expectations?
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Director Chidambaram’s ‘Manjummel Boys’ opens with Kamal Haasan’s ‘Kanmani Anbodu Kadhal’ from the well-known movie, ‘Guna’. Those that are followers of Kamal Haasan and Ilaiyaraaja can by no means skip the music even after a number of a long time. The music has an excellent callback within the climax, which is able to make you hoot and cheer. It’s a movie that talks about friendship, police negligence, survival instincts and religion in easy but comprehensible phrases.
Based mostly on a real-life story that transpired in 2006, ‘Manjummel Boys’ is a survival drama a few man who’s caught within the endless Guna Caves. This isn’t a movie that depends on heavy music or melodrama. As an alternative, it sticks to realism and depends closely on human feelings. When Subhash (Sreenath Bhasi) takes a nasty fall into the Guna caves, it’s his good friend Kuttan (Soubin Shahir), who provides to take the brave step to rescue him. The Guna Caves can be referred to as Satan’s Kitchen and historical past has it that no man/girl who fell into it made it out alive.
This is the trailer:
The preliminary stretch of the movie provides an concept of the 11 boys who’re simply residing their lives ingesting and taking part in tug-of-war. What begins as a tug-of-war between two groups finally turns into a tug-of-war between life and dying. Equally, there’s a dialog with the journey’s driver about God. It has a profound callback later within the movie. ‘Manjummel Boys’ transports you into the world of the 11 boys who undergo a rollercoaster of feelings.
From foolish fights to preventing for all times, from taking to the bottle to dealing with issue as a consequence of rain, the movie has a number of moments that present two extremes. Director and author Chidambaram does an exquisite job of capturing these moments. That mentioned, ‘Manjummel Boys’ additionally has its shortcomings. The movie depends on simplicity and ‘to-the-point’ story and therefore, it is probably not everybody’s cup of tea. Additionally, the stretch with the negligent cops is borderline irritating. Greater than negligence, they give the impression of being dumb as they’re clueless about even the essential formalities.
‘Manjummel Boys’ is a narrative about resilience and the bonds that we kind in our lives. Superlative performances are aided by Shyju Khalid’s cinematography, which captures Kodaikanal in its truest sense. Not simply Soubhin Shahir and Sreenath Bhasi, Deepak Parambol, Khalid Rahman and George Martin delivered good performances too.
Director Chidambaram’s ‘Manjummel Boys’ is a heartwarming thriller which is earnest in its try.
3 out of 5 stars for ‘Manjummel Boys’.
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