IndiaGlitz [Saturday, December 11, 2010]
Fashion photographer turned film director Martin Prakkat is off to a
very good start with the new flick 'Best Actor'. An intimate realistic
experience about an ordinary man who is ready to go to any extent to
realize his dreams, the movie really scores well with its fluid
narratives and balancing of emotions.
The movie has the megastar Mammootty as Mohan, a U P school teacher,
whose ultimate dream is to get into films. His wife Savithry and their
only son believes much in Mohan's qualifications for making it big and
don't mind him spending much of his time meeting directors and
pleading for roles.
Amidst his hardships, he faces a big humiliating experience in front
of his whole village and is forced to go for some real life
experience, by joining a goonda gang led by Lal. The movie goes on
to tell how the aspiring actor and human in him clashes all through
the events, that he faces to end up an inspiring morale.
The movie has a very nice, simple story which is told just like a
colorful fable. Though the narratives take time to make a safe
landing, thereafter it shows very innate sincerity. The use of Lal
Jose, Renjith and Blessy among others in the casting lends a bulk of
believability. And the freshness in presentations is evident from
the very different title cards to the climax and anti-climax that the
director experiments with appreciable success.
In the acting front, Mammooty is continuing with success stories in
selecting roles of élan and here too he gives his best as a character
with extreme dimensions, a man of humility in the former half and a
non conventional hero in the later. Lal, Nedumudi Venu, Salim Kumar
and Vinayakan, presented with the Kochy slang and the needed
exaggerations, pace up the plot. Shruthy Ramakrishan in her Malayalam
debut as Savithry also does a fine job.
The technical sides of the movie too are very good with neatly done
cinematography by Ajayan Vincent. The art direction by Joseph
Nellikkal, costumes by Sameera saneesh and Makeup by Pattanam Rasheed
are top class. The songs are also choreographed well. Among the songs
by Bijibal,'Swapnam oru chakara' is a chart topper.
All in all, Mammootty and Martin Prakkat definitely have a winner in
'Best Actor'. The movie which is almost sure to work well with the
family audiences and the fans is definitely a right start for a
promising director.
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