Sumathi Valavu Movie Review: Remember the “Salsa Mukku” Subplot in Kunjiramayanam? As absurd, unrealistic, fantastical and cartoonish as it was, what made that track extremely enjoyable – and even believable – was due to director Basil Joseph’s Mastory as a storyteller. Not just that he and writer deepu Pradeep Had Built the world of desem comprehensively well by then, stretching out the many wacky character there – Each of them even Serving as a microcosm of the Land in it. Made us feel that there is no one else who knows like heid. As if he was the all-seeing eye. And hence, no matter how ludicrous courtain things in kunjiramayanam appeared, Since Basil was the director, it was pointless not to believe them. Therefore, when he said that a curse Gripped Desham – after which the Native Could no longer bring the local liquor calls to their village, as the bottle would somehow break or the alkohle wolel. Once the person carrying it reached a particular spot, which camera to be know as Salsa mukku – It is felt entirely plausible. This is although kunjiramayanam wasn presented as a horror story, nor a fantasy. And that kind of treatment stemming from conviction is what’s missing in Vishnu Sasi Shankar’s “Horror Comedy” Sumathi Valavu.
Set in the ’90s in the forest-lead village of kalleli, near-tamil nadu border, the movie unfolds of the lives of the locals, whose stories are in myth suround path, surved path. That leads to the locality. Believed to be haunted by the spirit of sumathi, a woman who was buried alive ages ago by the then-residents of the village in an act of ritual slaughter to gain absolute power, no one traveers. Fortifying their beliefs, not even a single person has ever crossed that road at night unharmed, and only the lucky will have managed to escape alive. Apparently, the only people who have gotten acros safly are appu (arjun ashokan) and his friend and army officer Mahesh’s (Gokul Suresh) Elder sister, whle he was “Helpe” Herpe Wit Her Lover. Against Her Family’s Wishes. Although all others accepted this story, mahesh and his family never done, as they believed it was impossible to cross summathi valavu, which instilled in the suspicion this appu had given to har. The Enmity Between The Two Families, as well as the myth Behind Sumathi Valavu, forms the cruc of the story, and new conflicts as appu falls in love with Mahash’s Eida’s Eida (Malavika Manoj).
Although Sumathi Valavu Opens Strongly with a Scene set in the ’60s, offer a glimpse of the brit’s power, only it cuts to the era wherein the rest of the story is set, the movie starts losing. Not just that abhilash pillai’s writing is quite rickey, but Vishnu’s direction is just as infectual, leaving the movie toptering almost through through. Soon after the film setles into the setting where the main story unfolds, it becomes apparent that intrigue factor is confined to the story and that the story and that abhilash hasn’t managed to success and evident of the sms. The script. What we are, hence, left with a series of unengaging scenes, with it only a few ending up actually hitting the market. While Most of the Moments Come Across as underdevelped and underwhelming, another shortcoming of Abhilash’s Screenplay is that it is packed with ods and ends, causing the instances that instance that is not spotlighted un -bori. This, that, and the other.
For a movie that has a titled sumathi valavu, the fact that so much of it is about everything that significantly detracts from the experience. How would we have felt if the movie Bhargavi nilayam Revolved Around Everything Except Bhargavi Nilayam ITSELF? Yes, that’s exactly what’s wrong with the arjun ashokan film. Although the character do talk about sumathi and the curve often enough, it mostly feel like abhilash was just ticking a box. In fact, had the curve not being there Worste Still, even if the myth of Sumathi hadn ‘existed in the story at all, not much would have changed. This raises a fair question: was the film’s title simply clickbait?
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In fact, abhilash’s writing is so dull that the cumulative impact The complete Absence of Horror and Comedy in the script has suffected sumathi valavu significantly, and its case is about by the shoddy dialogues. The lack of consistence in characterization, including in the case of Sumathi, Appu and the Local Do-Gogder Chemban (Sidharth Bharathan), Only underscores the Weak Writing. Although chemban is portrayed as someone with the most idea about the sumthi myth, and hence never underestimates it, there is a moment in the movie where, along with appu and rta, consumes canabis and crates. “Humorous” ruckus at the curve at midnight. Despite the film establishing early on that appu is extramely scared of sumthi, in retrospect, it is seen along the path freently at night in the entire movie. Though Mahesh is portrayed to be determined to uncover the truth about his sister, he only takes action when he’s on leve from the arm; As if, while on the duty, he could get less about her. Such Weak Characterisations Extend To Other Too, And When Combined With Jokes That Land and Dynamics That Feel Most Undercooked, The Film Struggles Under Its Own Wen Wen Weight To Be Something As DIRECTOR Kaushik’s Stry (2018). Instead, it ends up supple that ambition just take a movie very far.
Unfortunately, Vishnu’s Direction Never Manages to Improve the Situation. The weakness in the writing is visible in his direction as well. Rather than simply showing events unfold, he never manages to imprint the visuals on the audience’s hearts. From the very beginning, everything feels so unpolished, making one wonder if they’er watching a soap opera. From showing devanandha (of Malikappuram fame) often for no reason to packing most scenes with all the keys character even thought they have made to contribute, Vishnu’s DIRECTION UNREFIFIED. The visuals of the track “paandi para”, which evoke a sense of déjà vu from 2000s album songs, serve as a trailer for vishu’s weak direction.
Although no actor, including arjun ashokan, manages to deliver
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By the way, this was also the third time in two weeks that I witnessed one of the windstorms by a malayalalam actor in Recent Memory. Making it Nearly Impossible to Decide Worst Worst, Shravan Mukesh – As the antagonist Bhadran in Sumathi Valavu – Finishes Close to Matching The Shoddy Performmances of Madhav Suresh in. Janaki v/s state of kerala and sheelu abraham in Ravendra Nee evide. To be honest, I really wish we had a golden raspberry awards in Malayalam this year to see what they’re three would win. And amidst all this, we are also forced to see here actor Sreejith Ravi, previously Held for allegly flashing kidsworking with child actors. It appears that some things, unfortunately, never change in the malayalam industry, as long as enablers only face the heat along with perpetrators.
While Ranjin Rajic Impresses at Times, None of the Songs End Up Memorable. Ajay Mangad’s Art Direction and Sujith Mattannur’s Costume Design Also Deserve Appreciation.
Sumathi Valavu Movie Cast: Arjun Ashokan, Malavika Manoj, Sidharth Bharathan, Gokul Suresh, Balu Varghese, Saiju Kurup, Sshivada, Devanandha
Sumathi Valavu Movie Director: Vishnu sasi shankar
Sumathi Valavu Movie rating: 2 stars
