Expectations are just like double edged sword.Some
films come with a lot of expectations but failed to live up to hype.But some
films without any expectations perform well in
boxoffice.Unfortunately,Geethaanjali belongs to the first saga. Although
director confirmed that the film is not a sequel to 1993 blockbuster Manichitrathazhu,the very return of the
character Dr.Sunny Joseph makes the film exciting. Debutant
Keerthy Suresh plays identical twins that are jealous of each other. Geetha and
Anjali fall in love with the same guy, Anup (Nishan). The bad one, Geetha,
supposedly commits suicide after losing the battle of love. But her spirit
continues to trouble Anjali and others around the house. .
Anup calls in Dr Sunny Joseph to do something about this situation, as recommended by Nakul (Suresh Gopi in a guest appearance). The rest of the movie is about how sunny unravels the mystery.
Anup calls in Dr Sunny Joseph to do something about this situation, as recommended by Nakul (Suresh Gopi in a guest appearance). The rest of the movie is about how sunny unravels the mystery.
Priyadarsan had been some sort of
brand for mollywood audience.But Geethaanjali had surely destroyed his
reputation as an entertainer.Everything goes wrong in this movie from casting
to screenplay and direction.Only positive thing about the film is Mohanlal.His
screen presence and combination scenes with innocent may evoke some laughters.Vidyasagars’
music&ONVs’ lyrics are good,though not on par with Manichitrathazhu.
Keerthi Suresh surely got a plum role
in her debut.She did look impressive in the first half.But in the latter half
of the film,her performance was disastrous.
Nishan had his debut in
“Apoorvaragam”.When we see Geethaanjali,actor had not even progressed a bit in
terms of maturity.His acting was disastrous..I don’t know any better words.The
sad part is he had more screen presence than Mohanlal in this flick.
Usually Climax of the film is its
strength(off course for good ones only!).Here we have a predictable climax.20
Minutes into film,any common viewer could predict how its gonna end.
Finally it is plagiarism.I hate it.The
film is copied(not inspired) from “ Charulatha”( a bilingual film starring
Priyamani) which in turn is a remake of thai film “Alone”.If you didn’t
happened to see these,you might have watched “Nadiya Kollapetta rathriyil”.That
would do fine.Save 80 rs.you could do something other useful with that.
To sum up,Geethaanjali is a lackluster
effort. Dr.Sunny Joseph shouldnot have come all the way from Macchu Picchuu to
solve this nursery puzzle.He should have saved his air ticket.
AJ RATING:5/10
VERDICT:two and half hours of hell!
SHOULD BE AVOIDED!
