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Vallatha Pahayan Review
- 5/21/2013 6:00:54 AM
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Well, the concept is all there in 'Vallatha Pahayan', and it's a sturdy one at that. But it's one that doesn't make news anymore. In fact, it's one that is anything but news these days.
'Vallatha Pahayan' is all about the travails of Balan (Manikandan), a peon at a government high school, to build a house of his own. Sumitra (Rachana Narayanankutty), his wife, is all supportive and gets tremendously excited at the thought of finally moving from the rented house that they have been living in for long. Balan entrusts the construction of the house to builder Prahladan (Sreekumar), who promises to finish off the job at a rate way below the estimate
The 'Marimayam' magic that had worked so wonderfully well on the small screen, does not however repeat its fete on the big screen as well. The chief reason behind the no-show would be that the film fails to offer us anything new.
As I told you already, it has all been seen earlier. The husband who strives a bit too hard, the wife who is all supportive and a bit too naïve, the extremely compassionate neighbors, the caustic colleagues - are all people whom you know like the back of your palm now.
The fun is not entirely missing however, and there are a few hilarious gems here and there, which do make you laugh out in all earnestness. But the effects that are built up aren't entirely side-splitting, and you wish that things were better.
If you had expected some social critique in the film, it is there in abundance.
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