Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam movie review: A genuinely funny drama

In Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam, a person flies from Dubai to tie the knot with an “harmless” (learn docile) lady, who grew up in Kerala’s countryside. The person meets the potential bride and instantly likes her. He has written a set of questions on a chunk of paper. One of many questions is whether or not she believes in God? The lady says “sure.”

The person provides, “Even I’m a believer. I typically go to the temple.” The lady, in flip, responds, “Me too. Right this moment morning I visited the temple. Subsequent yr, I wish to go to Sabarimala temple.” Increase! The person is caught off-guard and the deeply misogynistic man could go away now, by no means to return. That is the purpose he realises that the lady shouldn’t be that docile in spite of everything.

However, the person manages to get better from the shock rapidly and gathers his wit. “You’re teasing me proper?” He sees by her solutions. As if he is aware of that rising up underneath the thumb of an authoritarian father, she wouldn’t know the very first thing about free will. Because it seems, Suja is certainly mendacity about visiting Sabarimala temple. In a while within the film, she even apologizes to Lord Ayyappa, for her impertinence. All she needed was to trick the person into believing that the rising tide of feminism in Kerala has corrupted her thoughts and she or he is unlikely to be content material along with her place within the kitchen. That she could even demand equal rights. However, her efforts are in useless.

For Suja’s father Vijayan, this engagement is a matter of his delight and re-establishing his authority, which took a beating when his elder daughter rebelled towards him to marry the person of her selection. For free of charge, he’s keen to simply accept the defeat within the marriage of his youthful daughter. He needs to point out everybody who’s in cost in his home. His home, his guidelines.

Vijayan doesn’t even hassle to know whether or not or not Suja appreciated the potential groom. The groom’s household okays the lady and asks Vijayan to repair the engagement in two days because the groom must return to Dubai quickly. Vijayan calls in all favours to make the engagement occur at such a brief discover, forcing Suja to make some harsh and life-altering choices.

Director Senna Hegde has infused each body with a number of power and unique pondering, providing a recent perspective to a really acquainted premise. Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam, which implies ‘Monday is the engagement’, shouldn’t be the primary movie with a woman planning to elope along with her lover. However, the ingenious writing captures the refined however endless move of humour in mundane issues, making this movie surprisingly participating and refreshing.

Cinematographer Sreeraj Raveendran’s frames are at all times bustling with actions whereas giving us an aesthetically nearer view of life within the countryside. A number of the scenes play out at the hours of darkness. Whereas we really feel anxious, the characters are completely comfy with transferring round in pitch darkness. The director needs us to additionally expertise their lifestyle.

Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam is deeply ingrained in Kerala’s nadan (conventional) life-style. The slang, the dense inexperienced cowl round the home, the meals habits, the on a regular basis delicacies, friendships, politics within the household, politics in society and the lifestyle. It’s not a movie a few father doing evil issues for the sake of his masculine delight. As an alternative, it’s the story of a person who firmly believes within the tenets of patriarchal society, however is lastly beginning to settle for that the occasions have modified and he’s not entitled to regulate the desire and want of his youngsters.

Extra importantly, Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam has no common faces. And but, each actor has delivered a realized and relatable efficiency. Not that we’ve had sufficient of the excellent performances of the actors introduced in by the brand new wave of Malayalam cinema. However, it’s refreshing to find such new and promising abilities and revel in a Malayalam movie with out the likes of Fahadh Faasil, Suraj Venjaramoodu, or Nimisha Sajayan in it.

Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam had bagged two Kerala State Movie Awards within the Second Greatest Movie and the Greatest Story classes.

Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam is now streaming on SonyLiv.