Puthiya Mugham-A new trend setter???

 Last Sunday...I happened to go to Trivandrum to meet my friends over there.I reached there by 11 am and one of my friend Chops went for the movie 'Puthiya Mugham".Though I wasn't in a mood to watch a Prithvi movie,I went along with Chingu,another friend for the movie Puthiya Mugham.Personally,I don't like the movies of Prithvi as one feels that he is not having talents of a born-actor.Also,one comes to a conclusion that he is trying to imitate the Big M's in most of his movies.

   The introduction song was over when we went in.The theatre was crowded and we had to be in the first class and had occupied one of the front row seats.Chingu saw the film before.As he is mad about the movies,this is not a special thing for him,watching movies a dozen times.But I am always reluctant to watch a Malayalam movie in theatres,except some like..@ Harihar Nagar and all due to their publicity and expectations.Moreover our Mallu hit movies most often paints the same colour.A tharavadu,a small pond,gang of friends of Hero who all looks like pigs,twisting moustaches and walking in slow motion after defeating the so called villains and punch dialogues.These things always acts as a flavour for the fans of the big M's.So most of the people are irritated with the movies of same wave length.

 Ok..let's back to our point.Puhiya Mugham can be called as Mallu movie taken using gimmicks of Tamil movies.Though many scenes resembles of previous hits in Tamil like Ghajini,Run,Anniyan and all,it was a movie for youngsters.One may or may not like the film.All according to one's mind set.There were lots of claps for the film..during Prithvi's entry,Bala's scenes and even during fights,Though the film appeared to be logic less(scenes like beating the policemen in Police station ) and all.So it can't be considered as a valuable piece of art or so.

   But it showed the other directors that the youngsters in Kerala are not aged much just to watch the so called family movies and some comedy craps of Dileep and Jayaram.Actor's like Prithvi should now stick up to the roles that suits his age,rather than become the father of a 3 year old girl(Vellinakshatram) or so.He is an actor in his mid 20's and he have some roles that he could do himself.The action scenes were really good and the stunt men in that deserves real appreciation along aith the stunt master.

 The music by Deepak Dev was mind blowing ,especially with the song "Picha Vacha Naal" and also the song by Prithvi himself "Kaane Kaane"..it also showed the real spirit of this movie.Then the new director Diphan who was an associate ti Shaji Kailas showed that he is having talent within him.The dance scenes were average..anyway much better than that in the movies of Big M's and all.The story line is  that a guy from an Ayengar family in Palakad comes to an engineering college in Ernakulam and the challenges he faced there and the conversion of Prithvi into an action hero.The first half was ok.But if you are a fan of action movies (not Hollywood) you will like the action scenes as Prithvi excelled in that,Also that his physique is excellent to do such movies.

   In all,after getting out of the theatre,I am happy to see a film for youngsters in Malayalam.This movie don't have any class or a sharp story line.But this film is worth watching if you are ready to tale out your brains onto your hands for two and a half hours.I heard that Prithvi now have Superstar status.Though some of his movies in which he played the central character were hits,but their credits were all gone to others.Considering this,this is the first Superhit/hit of Prithvi which goes into his credit.He cannot be called as a superstar with this movie.Because,he lacks flexibility in acting such as doing senti scenes and humor.Rather than that he is having some good features of a good artist.So it's only time to call him a 'Next generation superstar" and not a superstar positions which the Big M's holds...

  I rate the movie as 6/10

Direction and other ingredients 6.5/10 and for Prithvi for hhis screen presence as 7/10.....

verdict:-This movie is only for the one's who don't consider the stuffs in the movie as real life.If you are going to spend some time in a theatre,watch this movie and please don't hawl at the heroes.They are having gutts to be in front of camera,while most of us lacks it.