The much awaited remake of the yesteryear cult movie Rathinirvedam was met with bouquets and brickbats, the latter preceding the former. When the two mavericks of the industry Padmarajan and Bharathan, joined hands and went forward to make a movie, sparks flew and a magnificent Rathinirvedam was born.
The flick circles around a lustful adolescent Pappu who is deeply infatuated by his next door neighbor Rathi, an aged spinster. The portrayal of the sensual Rather chechi by jayabharathi created waves among the malayali audience, and still remains as one of the most critically acclaimed roles of all times.
The director TK Rajeev Kumar, has made a languish attempt on duplicating the movie, scene by scene. The audience on perceiving each scene tends to draw an analogy between the old and new versions which is a big blow to the latest version. That intricate love story that titillated the audience of the late seventies fails to do the same with present audience. The director has failed to make the movie as realistic as the effervescent Rathinirvedam, and in nutshell it is a cheap imitation of that cult movie.
Swetha menon plays the role of rathi, and has managed to pull off a mediocre show and is pulling the audience solely due to her luscious charms. She desperately needs to shed a few kilos to look like a 26 year old maiden. Sreejith makes his debut in the show biz world donning the role of pappu, and has made a sincere effort to make his mark, but is overshadowed by poorly adapted movie. Shammi thilakan has made a stand out performance of an army officer whose marital joys are restricted to the two months of leave. The music is below average and fails to captivate the audience; the setting and screenplay are commendable.
This movie on the whole is a warning to the new age film makers who are on the run to make remakes of classic old movies. A PG13 film, and if you have nothing better to do with that 50 bucks in you wallet, give it a shot.
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