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Idukki Gold Review|
- 10/17/2013 11:17:22 PM
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On the verandah of St. Aloysius High School, as five young boys get ready to face the ire of their folks for having committed an unthinkable crime, one among them, Michael wonders aloud if they will ever be able to meet each other again. Thirty five years later, Michael (Prathap Pothan) returns from the Czech Republic to meet up with his estranged school mates again.
Aashiq Abu's 'Idukki Gold' tells their story - of Ravi (Raveendran), Madan (Maniyanpillai Raju), Antony (Babu Antony) and Raman (Viajayaraghavan) - and of how life had led them along diverse paths only to furnish their union yet again. As the days have given way to months, and the months to years, the spark, as Madan points out has gone missing from their lives
It's a journey back to a childhood that had marked several firsts in their lives - love, politics and passion being just a few of them. Perched on the edge of a gigantic cavern that opens out to an endless earth, they pay heed to the statement of a visitor that there is always a first for everything. Drawing in puffs of Idukki Gold, they are induced to a world of haziness where joy coagulates with ecstasy, and where colors drip down in darker shades than ever.
I wonder if it's necessary to categorize 'Idukki Gold' as a stoner film, since it's not all about being stoned alone. Nostalgia works better on aged brains than a cloud of invigorating smoke, and each one of the men from the nameless gang, seems to have realized it.
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