The Goat Life’ an ‘original Malayalam movie’ following his controversial review about ‘Manjummel Boys’

Author and critic B. Jeyamohan confronted backlash as a consequence of a delicate remark he made concerning the highest-grossing Malayalam movie ever, ‘Manjummel Boys’, final month. In his assessment, he referred to as it ‘A Frenzy of Alcoholic Rowdies’ and described it as a portrayal of philistine angle amongst Kerala’s youth. Because the movie was profitable in Tamil Nadu, the Tamil viewers additionally hated this remark from the author. Now, Jeyamohan is again with a assessment for Prithviraj Sukumaran’s ‘Aadujeevitham – The Goat Life’.

He praised the movie and acknowledged Malayalam cinema trade’s potential. He referred to as Aadujeevitham an authentic Malayalam cinema and delved deep into the historical past of the trade. He talked about legendary filmmakers comparable to P. Bhaskaran, Okay.S. Sethumadhavan, A. Vincent, P.N. Menon, M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Bharathan, Padmarajan, A.Okay. Lohithadas, Mohan, I.V. Sasi, and Sibi Malayil, and the way they delivered content material about peculiar individuals.

His write-up reads, “Aadujeevitham can be thought to be one of many classics of Malayalam cinema for generations to come back. No trade in Indian cinema as we speak, besides Malayalam, can seize the form of inventive perfection that this movie reveals. Bengali movies used to have this. At this time that Bengali custom has been destroyed by Hindi dominance.”

He additional added, “Adujeevitham can by no means be taken like this (like the way it presently seems to be) in Tamil or Telugu or every other Indian languages. A Tamil fan will instantly say that the movie is boring, monotonous, the story doesn’t transfer excitingly, nothing new occurs within the second half or that solely the desert is proven.”

“This movie portrays the inexhaustible interior potential of man. It reveals how the deer overcomes any state of affairs with its vitality. It depicts nice human moments shaped by friendship and wrestle. Malayalam masterpieces have featured many such nice human moments earlier than,” he continued.

“Aadujeevitham has a climax with out synthetic last pleasure and over-emotional expression. A second of silence through which humanity emerges, that’s all it has. This can be a true Malayalam movie. Malayalees have a character of their very own. We will name them nice explorers and survivors. Aadujeevitham is a superb Malayalam film as a result of it reveals that mind-set,” he concluded.

Jeyamohan was the co-writer of Mani Ratnam’s ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ franchise and, ‘Viduthalai Half 1’. His upcoming challenge is Kamal Haasan’s ‘Indian 2’. He has a historical past of working in Malayalam movies like ‘Ozhimuri’, ‘Kaanchi’, ‘1 By Two’, and ‘Naku Penda Naku Taka’.