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Uthara Chemmeen (2015) (Malayalam
- 8/18/2015 10:45:40 PM
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'Uthara Chemmeen' starts off where 'Chemmeen' ends, and Karuthamma's son Azhagan (Beyon Gemini) grows up into a young man, who falls in love with Neelipennu (Ansiba), much against the wishes of the girl's parents. Brought up by Panchami (Geetha Vijayan), Azhagan also has a difficult choice to make when a surprise visitor lands on the shore with an offer that he would find difficult to refuse.
I am aghast at the nerve to name the film as 'Uthara Chemmeen' suggesting probably that it's a sequel to the much adored classic. With quite recognizable characters from the original film making an appearance in 'Uthara Chemmeen', it does look like the film has an intention to term itself as an epilogue of sorts, if not anything else.
Where it fails miserably though, is when it does not succeed to regain even a jot of the warmth and tenderness that had made the Ramu Kariat film one of the greatest films that have ever been made in Malayalam. With characters like Karuthamma, Palani and Pareekkutty etched in the viewer hearts, it becomes a colossal task for any film maker to conceive a sequel; something which Benny Ashamsa has aspired to do but with appalling consequences.
Panchami and Azhagan are told to be on the run, ever since the man's love tale took a wrong turn. They seek asylum on a new shore, where Azhakan buys a canoe and emerges as a skilled fisherman. Sounds good,
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