Bhramaram (2009)

Too much of everything

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

After Kazhcha and Tanmathra I had great expectation from a Blessy movie.Bhramaram is yet another masterpiece from this brilliant director that will leave you with an impact. The only flaw in the movie is lack of strong side characters. Suresh Menon is a great mimic and comedy artist however didn't fit the role perfectly. The movie might not appeal to everyone due to the theme and low life of the main protagonist. Howeverif you are a serious cinema lover Bhramaram will not disappoint you. Again the reason is Lalettan, Bhramaram belongs to our greatest actor. Bhramaram presented him with a perfect opportunity to display all the emotions and to be in his elements. He depicts the innocence,madness,ruthless cruelty, anger, frustration of ShivanKutty, a poor man ; victim of his circumstances. The actor continues to mesmerize me with such performances and make me realize that I am too lucky to witness him. Watch Bhramaram for this Mahanadan :)

Blessy's previous movies featured ordinary human beings caught in natural situations in a refreshing way. But Bhramaram story was centred on a rather extraordinary crime and the hero's response to it was even more extraordinary. The beginning of the movie did have a Hitchcockian flavour, but the second half was slow paced - more Adoor than Hitchcock. A striking quality of Blessy's first movies were the speed and flow of the narrative - the economy of dialogue and the agility with which one scene gave way to the next - with Thanmatra and Kazhcha, the flow was swift - there was never a bump or breakdown - giving no chance for boredom to raise its head in the viewer at any time. I felt this was not the case with Bhramaram. The mature romance between the portly Mohanlal and the nubile Bhoomika and the surrealistic (belly) dance number in a supposedly rustic village lacked the authenticity of similar scenes of Kazhcha and Thanmatra. There was hardly any suspense in the second half. In both Kazhcha and Thanmatra, the movie ended leaving the viewer with positive and warm reflections on human nature and convincingly showed that love could get the better of adversity - but in Bhramaram, the ending was not nearly as heartwarming- though the director may have tried to bring in a positive feeling by projecting the goodness of forgiveness.

Bhramaram is not just a movie....its a magic show by Mohanlal...who just delivers a magical performance you cant imagine or u just wont expect....Bhramaram is not at all a great movie...It starts off with good expectations and eventually falls out off track...But it has a good story...The casting is not very good..Especially the villains(are new comers) are not at all up to the notch...It should have been performed by some experienced actors..The camera is the second thing in this movie that can be highlighted after Mohanlal...The locations(marayoor etc)are really beautiful....The songs are also good...Overall this movie may not entertain you much..However Mohanlal once again proves why he is the greatest actor in India....You should see this if you don't want to miss Mohanlal's magical performance...

First and foremost before criticizing the movie "Bhramaram", let me emphasize and applaud Ayjan Vincent who had enriched one of the best camera work in the recent years.Blessy had bounced back with flare by presenting a simple story with emotions, fabulous frames, hunting moments and above all with mohanlal power packed performance which is said to be the potency of the movie. No doubt that it is one of the best mohanlal performances which remain long and even after a decade in all viewers of good cinema.In the technical side, the movie had remained of the best movie by achieving highest level of beauty in severely extreme conditions which suits the mood of the story in a huge way. The music and BG scores by Mohan Sithara which is remarkable and adds to the tempo of the proceedings with the song "Annarakanna"-will make you hum to its tunes and perfection of the movie.Even though the worst part I feel in the movie is casting like Bhoomika, as Mohanlal's wife, and the child actor as mohanlal daughter fail to make any impact on audience, which is the one of the central character of the movie. The subject of the movie is different from the oft-repeated tales in Malayalam films. Even though, there are few holes in the plot and the director fail to maintain the continuity of thriller. Blessy's directorial skills and his sense of picturesque presentation are amazing in some frames of the movie. But in some other frames, he failed to create the mood suitable enough for an experimental genre. The movie is said to be lagging and crawl in certain portion. If he had a taut script, the movie could have been even better.Albeit, the movie is a watchable movie for all who love that good middle stream movies promulgate in the eighties by Padmarajan, Bhrathan and co.