Silence

SILENCE

As a child, the word I hated the most
The association with disciple everyone boast
Unnatural and artificial expression ever taught

Silence, I hated the most!!

A block to freedom and a threat to perfection
An eerie feeling and a sense of inaction
Loneliness, fear and a downpour of emotion
Silence, I hated the most!!

Finally came a day, the day of revelation
Silence, I chose by miracle, an urge of creation
A choice  of mine became a thing of elation
Silence, I chose by myself!!

Seconds, minutes and hours, can't recollect
The experience of bliss can't recreate
Complete awareness and sense of existence, that was it
Silence, I marvel at it!!

Reality as never experienced before
Joy, the word it seems scarcely meager
The me, expanding bigger and wider
Silence, the infinity I realized!!

A behavior, to be taught with freedom
An action, one must choose with wisdom
A character, to climb a higher kingdom
Silence, the answer extending births and deaths!!!

Review of Njan, Self Portrait

Rating :4.0/5

As always for a Ranjith film, I went to see Njan with so much of expectations. I must say the film kept up my expectations. I would suggest everyone to watch this movie.

Ravi (Dulquer Salman) a software professional, is also a popular blogger posting blogs in the pseudonym Kottoor. The initial half an hour of the film is wasted by elaborating the hype of Kottoor which I felt too elaborate and unnecessary. I also felt some dialogues between Ravi and his friends quite intellectually loud and an effort to prove themselves to be so called 'intellectuals' . Ravi found the life of KTN Kottoor fascinating and started his journey of unearthing the details in the life of an early malabar freedom fighter, or rather an individual with a distinct identity. Ravi has friends  associated with modern theatre who decide to make Ravi's work on KTN Kottoor for the company's next production. Then, the film portrays the story of KTN with an already watched formula of alternating between past and present.

The relevance of the story of KTN, as I personally felt was his independence of thought and not following the ideals of any articular political organization. The film is a beutiful portrait of T.P.Rajeean's novel, 'KTN Kottoor-Ezhuthum Jeevithavum'. The film shows the intricate and complex psychology of humans. Here, KPN Kottoor is simply not a hero with  as positives, he is a human being with a unique idea but a man with his weaknesses and complexities. I simply loved this portrayal.

Dulquer Salman has given a mature performance. This will certainly be one of the best characters of Dulquer. There were but too many characters because of which I found the casting a bit over-crowded and clumpsy.  The roles played by other male actors like Ranji Panicker, Joy Mathew, Shaiju Kurup, Bineeshs Kodiyeri were good. Harish Peradi as Nakulan and Sadiq as KPN's uncle requires special mention. The performance of the women artists were overwhelming. The protagonist's aunt played by Muthumani, Sajitha Madathil as Kurathi and Anumol requires an applause. Jyothi Krishna and Mythili were also good and apt for their respecive roles. The role played by Suresh Krishna as Kottor's father, even though he has performed quite well, the kind of make-up which he had made the audience laugh. Despite all such individual classy performances, I found an absence of depth in emotional bondage between each characters even though there were many dialogues and scenes which tried to show the depth.

The music by Bijipal is good. The lyrics penned by Rafeeq Ahamed brought tears to my eyes many a times. Also the background score was very engaging. The art direction and cinematography of the film were almost perfect and made me watch the movie with awe. Ranjith again proves himself to be one of the finest directors of Malayalam Cinema, but, the film may be due to its over cautiousness, created many flaws and over exaggeration as an end-product.

Unfortunately, the audience in the theater where I watched the movie were screaming and howling and many left during the interval. I appreciate this piece of work and suggest this movie as one of the classic attempts of recent age Malayalam cinema.