Oru Indian Pranayakatha

My review: Oru Indian Pranayakatha

"Oru Indian Pranayakatha" follows the template of a regular feel-good Sathyan Anthikad movie. Seasoned film-maker has directed this movie written by Ikbal Kuttipuram. Movie gives you a masala feel with romance, family sentiments, politics, comedy and morality issues spiced up proportionally aimed at providing a wholesome fare to the family audience which is Sathyan's target audience. He succeeds in this regard. But the connoisseurs of cinema may feel let down by the end result. 

Enjoyable dialogues replete with sarcasm and wit marks the first half where politics and comedy takes the front seat. Fahad Fazal is in his zone throughout this half, keeping the audience in good humour. Second turns senti but still the humour is always kept in the background. Also the makers have kept the mush and melodrama abeyance which is a big relief.

Fahad makes this movie enjoyable to a large extent. If not for him it would have been difficult to sit through. He is terrific as Siddarth, the youth wing leader of a political party that resembles one of the leading parties in the state. Amala Paul is also good in her role. She gets to play a more matured role and she has done it with perfection. The support cast and the casting has been done nicely, deserves mention. Especially the younger versions of Amala Paul's parents are cast well resembling the older actors. 

Vidyasagar's music is a strong support for this movie. His songs are already a huge hit. Pradeep Nair's cinematography is apt for the story and director's vision on the making. 

Movie is tad too long and the sloppy second half reinforces that feel. Also the making could have been a bit more crisper. On the whole, "Oru Indian Pranayakatha" is a one-time watch mainly for Fahad Fazal. 

Bottomline: Average Katha of a contrived Pranaya.   

2.5/5