Ivar Vivahitharayaal

I needed some company as i did my kitchen chores on Friday evening and that's how i watched this movie. It is a fairly good movie to pass your time. All about marriage and deciding to get married in early-20's. It had lots of funny and life-like moments. For example: The guy wishing to throw a big party to all his friends and his newly wed bride cooking every single dish :) The quick transition from college life, friends, fun life, day-dreams to a big thud of responsibilities and a new relationship.

I liked the song - "Poomukha Vathilkal", which is, i presume, most Malayalee men's ideal and classical description of "his spouse". My sincere apologies to those who disagree, i too, know a few who don't fit this label. Luckily 'R' did not have it on his wish-list... thank god!!! You won't beleive how i heard about this particular song for the first time. I once spoke to one "Mr. Potential Prospective" over the phone who was from IIT and worked for a top American multinational tech corporation... and i racked my brains to ask something.. so i asked... "What are your thoughts about your future partner-to-be?" hoping to find some common ground or strike an intellectual connection and i was told ... a woman exactly similar to the lyrics of this particular song. It is an Old Malayalam movie song from 1986 so i frankly had no idea, but i did some research after the mini conversation and asked some friends and even my mom for the meaning of the lyrics. It is a great song but when i put it in perspective with the other bits of our small talk, i foresaw big red flags and that was the end of it! Glory to God for his great mercies! Marriage is really not about one individual's whims or dreams but it is about what you have to offer to your partner.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.
~Katherine Hepburn

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”

This movie was a box office hit in 2009. It is a well made movie...worth a watch! Jayasurya is truly like fish taking to water in every character / lead role he is assigned to. He plays it aptly! Whoever has written the story has done a great job too... captured the youthful mood of today's college friendships.

I was playing this song in R's vicinity later on to hear something... anything from him..., he just gave me some dirty cold stares like Really????? :))

Cocktail

My sis, i could nickname her "My Netflix of the real world" as she not only regularly suggests but commands me to watch a certain movie because she liked it and she is confident that we will too. The poor thing has a tough job, because she has to convince not one but two people. Nothing moves in my world without 'R' and 'R' being the certified movie buff, does not watch just any movie!!! If it's a Hollywood movie, the story is very different though.
But luckily, sis is very persistent and patient... she keeps hammering you with the titles of the movies and i would have no idea from the title if it's a Malayalam or Hindi or Telugu or English movie, because i would not have paid attention whenever she mentioned it... i get lost in a distant world when she starts with the movie names and she knows it... so she makes sure 'R' has listened to the titles.
Anyways, this weekend we made some time for it and it was worthwhile... it is a thriller. Normally i can predict and i am 99% right but this story was very unique and intriguing. My predictions went nowhere... i thought it was a story on some kind of a kidnapping. In fact, i was getting very frustrated as the story progressed... wanted to know what was up here!!!

I liked the opening of the movie, it shows a content wife, looking forward to spending some time with her very busy husband, who is away working long hours, but, one who does not forget her birthday. He is very loving, but has become very predictable with his surprises as he has no time to think of new ways. Now, this was a complaint i had with 'R' for a few months in the past and he put some thought and efforts to surprise me this Valentine's. I am truly floored. Now, i am afraid, if the bar has risen up a notch higher :)). Coming back to the movie, the point i was driving at was that, it is scenes such as these that are interwoven into the story, that glues an audience to the movie. Spouse working long hours at work is a scenario every wife in today's world would identify with ,i guess. I am sure today it is no longer limited to corporate America.

The songs were average but the background score was pretty good. The home in the movie was amazing too with a lovely back-yard to-die-for!

Jayasurya's performace is very commendable. Just when you begin to wonder, what happened to the great performers of Malayalam cinema, talented actors like Jayasurya up the ante. Samvritha was as beautiful as ever. All in all, a good movie. The ending was a tad bit sad... thought life was unfair to Jayasurya's character. Watch it. Makes a good thriller.