Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan movie review: Tale of a messy wedding
After Aishwarya Lekshmi-starrer Archana 31 Not Out, one other Malayalam movie Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan is centered round a marriage. Directed by Arun Vaiga, the film has Saiju Kurup, Sijo Wilson and Shabareesh Varma in lead roles. The good Indian wedding ceremony has been the plot gadget for innumerable motion pictures and this one isn’t any totally different. An ensemble drama, it revolves round a variety of characters, most of them drawn like caricatures, who collect to attend a marriage.
We’re launched to Gunda Jayan (Saiju Kurup), as soon as a feared goon who’s now a decent household man. Jayan could have modified his methods however he’s nonetheless a person who evokes each worry and awe in his household. At his niece’s wedding ceremony, he’s proven as a father determine who takes all the choices. A typical patriarch who doesn’t trouble about his niece’s selections and forces marriage upon her, he desires the marriage to occur with none incident so that he’s relieved of his duties. The film begins a day earlier than the marriage as relations, kinfolk, wedding ceremony caterers and neighbours congregate.
Upacharapoorvam Gunda Jayan collects fairly a menagerie — Hareesh Kanaran is the prepare dinner with psychological well being points, Jonny Antony performs a womanising NRI relative, Sudheer Karamana is a former army man, Biju Sopanam is the person who finds fault with every part, Huge Boss fame Sabumon essays the position of the household drunk, Vijilesh Karayad is irritated with the native cameraman who’s annoyed by one other pompous cameraman performed by Shani Shaki, and Shabareesh Varma is the well-behaved neighbour. Everybody will get equal significance and has a task to play in turning the nuptials into complete chaos.
Sijo Wilson seems as a pal of the bride who builds a rapport with the relations. However, what are his true intentions? We see him deliberately making an attempt to sabotage the marriage. He throws away the keys of the one bathroom on the wedding ceremony venue, leaving the company flummoxed and including bathroom humour to the movie.
Amidst all of the chaos, the marriage nonetheless progresses, as just a few different twists are launched.
Although the film is enjoyable in elements, it has a restricted premise with base humour. No character, together with Gunda Jayan, is given sufficient display area. Saiju Kurup brings vulnerability to his position though story doesn’t give him a lot scope to carry out. All different actors do justice to their characters and make their presence felt all through the film.
Eldo Isaac’s cinematography makes the film partaking. Kiran Das’s enhancing retains up with the chaotic tempo of the film. Songs composed by Bijibal mix nicely with the film.
