Malayalam Movie 2009 Meghatheertham
Cast And Crew
Director: Unnikrishnan
Producer: P T Shaji, Salim Nadesan
Music Director: Sharath
Cast Kaviyoor Ponnamma,Karthika,Saikumar
Release Date: 11 Sep 2009
Genre: Drama
Language: Malayalam
Reviews
‘Meghatheertham’ a new movie directed by Unni made a silent release today. The movie is a musical based on Carnatic music, produced by Shaji Natesan in association with green and bravo films. Featuring Saikumar, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Manikuttan and Siddique in key roles, the movie has some good music by Sharath.
The other highlight of the movie is the presence of Lohithadas who recently met with an untimely death. The prolific screenwriter-director will be in a short but interesting role in the movie. Utpal V Nayanar and Gireesh Puthenchery are also in the crew list of ‘Meghatheertham’, which made an opening in 20 theatres today.
The story clearly belongs to the primitive era, when musician boy (Saikumar) meets musician girl (Kaviyoor Ponnamma), girl gets pregnant, boy and girl get separated, and later meet again with the boy's boy (Siddiq) now grown up into a man. Now the boy's boy has got serious issues with boy, and girl is distraught. Story goes on till misconceptions are cleared and boy and girl are together again.
The loud claims that 'Meghatheertham' makes as the most moving musical to hit the screens after 'Shankarabharanam' are a bit too incredibly tall. Any comparison with the 1979 musical would be fully unfair, as 'Meghatheertham' is not a patch on the classic, content or quality wise.
If you are experiencing difficulties visualizing Ponnamma and Saikumar in the throes of a glorious romance, let me assure you that Manikuuttan and Aparna are around in the flashback scenario.
It rains at last as the Amrithavarshini raga reaches its pinnacle. And thus comes an end to a clutter of events that do not even for a moment move away from its traditional purpose. The 'Shankarabharanam' impact is obvious here with what happens on stage, and you can only cringe at how ridiculous the whole thing has turned out to be.
Could somebody tell me where the son disappeared after making life a hell for his mom? He was nowhere to be seen in the rain scene either. Probably a bit too embarrassed to be a part of this highly dramatic finish, he must have fled for his life.
The script is clunky to the core, and the direction uniformly uneven. There are a few brilliant visuals by Utpal V Nayanar that sadly appear out of place in this otherwise forgettable film. Sharath's music is pleasant on the ears and his rendition out of the world, but 'Meghatheertham' cannot seek to do for him, what K.Viswanath's film did for K.V.Mahadevan. Unfortunately, splendid music in a film that's anything but splendid sums up the affairs here.
'Meghatheertham' revolves around Kaviyoor Ponnamma, but it's Saikumar who steals the show. He is incredibly good, even as there is little that the film offers him. Siddiq has to his credit another top notch performance, though the disappearing act midway through doesn't help the film much.
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