Movie review: Samastha Keralam PO (Mal, Apr 2009)

Movie review: Samastha Keralam PO (Mal, Apr 2009)

A total disaster…! This is how I would describe SKPO. I am not sure what the writer and director wanted to communicate to the audience. The film is a total waste of time and money. It has nothing new to offer and is a clichéd product which has been served stale.

I had high expectations from the writer Girish Kumar when I went to watch the film. My expectation was build from the script that Girish had drafted for Veruthe Oru Bharya. My expectation from Girish post VoB was a story of the common man told in a realistic way in a down to earth manner. However, all my expectations were shattered when I realized what Girish had to offer through SKPO.

The main problem with the film is that there is no focus in the screenplay. The film does not have a proper plot and the development of the plot through the proceedings is staggered and artificial. The characters do not have life in them and many a times seems like dumb caricatures. There is no logic in the proceedings and as a matter of fact, the proceedings are very slow and do not more forward much.

I have not seen any other movies of Bipin and hence do not have any introduction to his attitude and aptitude of filmmaking. I had some positive toughts on his style of film making after understanding the theme of One Way ticket, even though I have not seen it till now. That image has been damaged to a great extent after SKPO. He is successful in creating the mood and ambience. His visual sense is also commendable. I think what he lacks is script sense and needs some work to be done in that area. The way he has shot the song scene with Jayaram and Sera needs to be appreciated.

None of the actors in the film have anything to offer. All of them look disinterested in the whole proceedings. Most of the roles offered to the actors are clichéd and lackluster. None of them have the depth in the roles offered to them and hence turn to be dumb characters onscreen.

The cinematography is good and so is the director’s selection of locales for shoot. The performance of the antagonist is very bad that it projects like a sore thumb. The new girl Sera has a long way to go as far as performance is concerned. She has to do tons of homework if she wants to make a future in films.

One point that I want to emphasize here is that if Girish is trying to be Sreenivasan, then it is a big mistake. He should try to create his own identify rather than trying to adopt some one’s style.

The experience for two hours and half was not at all worth the money and time that I spent for it and hence my rating for Samastha Keralam PO is *. Films like this pull down the intellect of the audience and such films should not be encouraged to be made.

*****Landmark**** Excellent*** Worth a watch** Avoidable*Disaster