Mini Molude Achan - Movie Review
The present day 'Minimol' is all grown up and lives with her paternal uncle. The house belongs to her dad but the uncle is keeping custody of both the house and her since 'Minimolude Achan' is confined in a mental institution (rightly so). She is relegated to the role of a servant in her own house and is also at the receiving end of taunts by the bachelor tenants of her uncle. Every Monday she goes to the hospital to meet her dad who fails to recognize her. However, the doctors have promised that the patient will be discharged once he is able to identify his Minimol. In an apparent situation where she is free of homely chores and errands, Minimol picks up her dad's diary. And thus begins the flashback of a lifetime.
In the flashback, the now-madman Pandit is Aditya Varma, a hot shot civil engineer working for the number one company in Kerala(!). While in the flashback, young man Pandit goes back to his childhood and we get to see a young boy (three year old, as per the script) wearing Pandit's patented T-Shirt. Please note that mobile phones were quite popular then. Also, Christopher Nolan may take notes on flashbacks within flashbacks.
In many ways than one, Minimolude Achan resembles Santhosh Pandit's first movie Krishnanum Radhayum. Be it the number of heroines or songs or the actors involved, it is more or less a rehash of his debut. The dialogues are cringe worthy and the action laughable. His first wife (two songs for her) gets killed so he marries another woman (three songs). His lady boss whose bulk would put Shakeela to shame has the hots for him and so does her anorexic assistant. Yup, a combo song follows. Lyrics of most songs are inaudible and hence saves us a lot of energy.
A young Minimol (Pandit's real-life niece) and Pandit's second wife are given enough screen space but it is the older Minimol that scores big time with her acting. Pandit pays homage to Tony Jaa by using elbows every now and then in the fight scenes, albeit in a way none of us would want to see. Make-up takes the cake, literally, on the face(s). All in all, a full blooded ludicrous product from the Pandit stable that meets the expectations. Go watch it and have a good time.
Cheers....
Chax