Venue ~ Deepa, Thrissur
Showtime ~ 10:00 AM
Status ~ 60%
Out of the Xmas trailer, My Santa aayirunnu ettavum mikacha trailer. Dileepinte nalla kaalathaannekil ee padam sure blockbuster aakum ennu aa trailer ninnu thane urappikaam. Oru clean commercial target athil thane kaanam. Xmas Season, Santa, Kids etc. My Santa kaanaan ente suhurthu pidichu kondu pooyapol (athum kaalathe ezhunelpichu 10-12 km oodipichu), ente expectations oru fantasy kids movie thanne aayirunnu. Plus Sugeeth aayathu kondu ee cinemayku udaneelam oru feel good colourful approach njaan pratheekshichu.
First Half padam aa expectations cherunna reethiyil aayirunnu. Nammal “My Dear Kuttichathan”, “O Faby”, “Saakshal Sreeman Chathunni” cinemakal kaanunna oru fantasy movie. Ithil oru Aisa enna kuttye kendrakadhapaathram aakumbol, “My Dear Kuttichathan” cinemayude athe story format aanu. Ithe format Disney movies palathilum nammalku kaanum. Oru valiya gap shesham ingane oru cinema Malayalathil varunnathu ente abhiprayathil nalloru change aanu (Idaykku oru Angel John vannu pooyathu njaan oorkunilla). First Half full Aisa base cheyythaanu. Avarude life, issues etc. Inganathe kadhakalil kuttikal oru anaadharaayo allenkil ottapettu jeevikkunavare aayitaanu kaanikaarullathu. Athum ivide follow cheyythu. Trailer kandapoole oru wishlist aayi irikkunna Aisaye aanu Santa (Dileep) ethunnathum, pinne angottu Santayum, Aisayude fun filled journey pratheekshichu kondaanu first half samaapikkunathu. Ente abhiprayathil oru nalla colourful first half. “Pookalam Varavaayi” cinema okke njaan kuttykaalathu kanda oru emotional connect ee cinemayiloode enne oormpichu.
Cinema second half thudangumbol oru absolute Disney fantasy feel cheyyunna reethiyil gambheeramaayirunnu especially the song. Sathyam paranjal ee cinema aa oru predictable format thane follow cheyythalum oru sure shot super hit aanu kayyil ullathu. Pakshe ivide thottaanu issues varunnathu. Aisayude wishes niravettunna samayathu oru serious case of bad writing kaanaam. Pillerude padamaayitum oru “interesting factor” missing aayirunnu (Pillerude mindset vere aayirikaam). First half feel cheyytha oru rasam (which ran close to 90 minutes) ithil undaayirunnilla and 60+ minutes aayitum second half was dragging. Oru scene ninnu mattoru scene (like for eg – jeeraka soda kazhikkunna scene ninnu adutha scene) oru editing flaw feel cheyythirunnu. Athu pinnedu pala scenes feel cheyythirunnu. Ennaalum kuttyum, Dileep chemistry aanu cinemaye pidichu vechathu. Idaykku undaakunna izhachal ozhichu oru veezhcha ee cinemaykundaayirunnilla. Pakshe climax vannapol, director and writerinte (Jemin Cyriac) oru “twist” ente abhipraayathil aake koodi kulamaaki. Kuttichathan cinemayil oru villain konduvannathu athinte climax vendi aanu. Ithil angane oru villain illenkilum, they could opted for an open ending regarding the credibility of Santa.Click to show spoiler
. Climax undaayirunna melodrama okke disney nilavarathil ninnu serial nilavarathil ethichu. Ithu oru kuttykalude padamaanu…ennitum ee twist obsession enthina ennu oru pidikittiyilla. Oru nalla feel good fantasy kids movie sherikkum kondu pooyi kulamaaki ith last 10-15 minutes.
Aisa aayi abhinayicha Manaswi dialogue delivery valare artificial (filmy style) ananekilum cuteness kondu aa character bhangiyaaki. Chila cute expressions okke valare rasamaayirunnu. First Half Dileep illaathe ee cinema rasakaramaakiyathil Aisakku nalla pankunde. Dileep kuttikale ishtapedunna reethiyil abhinayam kaazhcha vechu. Sunny Wayne as school teacher nannayirunnu. Saikumar as Grandpa was superb while Siddhique was completely wasted. Dharmajan ithil veruppichilla which is a relief. Anushree & Shine Tom Chacko were good in their cameos while Suresh Krishna & Irshad played blink n miss roles. Anna aayi abhinayicha kuttyum valare cute aayirunnu. Kootathil Shajon, Indrans undaayirunnu.
Vidyasagarinte Songs and Score nanayirunnu. “Oh Bullemma..” & “Muthe Nee..” songs oru oru pazhaya Vidyaji touch feel cheyyaam. Sherikkum oru quality musiciante oru class ithil kaanam. Faizal Aliyude cinematography sherikkum nammale oru fantasy worldil kondu varum along with the support of art direction by Suresh Kollam. V Saajante editing kurichu njaan already paraamarshichu.
Oru twist paali pooyathu kondaanu ee cinema enikku oru nalla feel good movie ninnu average to below average stage ethichathu. Oru commercial cinema enna nilayil ee cinemaykku nalla success aakanulla chance undaayirunnu. Pillere ethra maathram attract cheyyunathilaanu ee padathinte commercial success. Athinullathunde ennu thoonunnu.
Ratings – 6.5/10