#FilmyFriday: Chithram: Vishnus golden rule to life is ‘living in the moment’ – Times of India

We are back with yet another exciting episode of #FilmyFriday.ETimes presents - #FilmyFriday, wherein we recommend our readers one Malayalam movie, every week.And for this week, we have picked a screwball comedy helmed by Priyadarshan, starring Mohanlal! Well, the dynamic duo always creates magic on screen and this movie is no different.And we have chosen the evergreen movie Chithram for this week.

Director: Priyadarshan

Cast: Mohanlal, Ranjini, Nedumudi Venu, Poornam Vishwanathan, Lissy, Sreenivasan, Jagadish, Maniyanpillai Raju, KB Ganesh Kumar, MG Soman, Unni Mary, Shanavas, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Sukumari

Release year: 1988

The film opens with the visuals of a city, where Adv. Purushothama Kaimal (Nedumudi Venu) lives with his friend Ramachandran Menons (Poornam Vishwanathan) daughter Kalyani (Ranjini). Kaimal is a caretaker and more like a father figure for Kalyani as her dad lives abroad.

The camera moves into Kaimals room, and one can see a dozen or two alarm clocks ringing. Kaimal surely has trouble waking up in the morning. And now we see Kalyani, who is decked up in workout outfits, asking her Kaimal uncle to wake up. Although Kalyani is a fitness freak, her uncle seems to be not so keen, especially waking up in the morning and going for a jog. The title cards start changing as they hit the road.

Kaimal is almost done with the days workout and tells Kalyani that this wont last for so long as her dad will take her abroad soon, or marry her off to the Mangalyapuzha, her dads hometown, which is apparently in a remote village.

Although we dont affirm the Adivasi reference made by Kaimal, the dialogue that follows is something that transports the audience immediately to Mangalyapuzha. Avide Mangalam kaavund, manjadi kaadund, mangalya deviyund, mangalya puzhayund,(Kalyani- pinne ente ammavan Mamapurathe Bhaskaran Nambiyarumund), Kaimal says and the editor N Gopalakrishnan translocates the audience to Mangalyapuzha.

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#FilmyFriday: Chithram: Vishnus golden rule to life is 'living in the moment' - Times of India