‘Pennum Porattum’ movie review: An absurdist satire that just escapes getting lost in its chaos

Much similar an out-of-control car hurtling down a crowded pathway, leaving utter chaos successful its wake, determination is truly nary infinitesimal astatine which histrion Rajesh Madhavan’s debut directorial Pennum Porattum pauses to ponder. It occasionally takes detours to support america abreast of the 2 parallel tracks done which the movie conveys the aforesaid idea, but the pandemonium does not easiness whichever way it takes.

Drawing its tone from the subaltern, satirical creation signifier of Porattu Nadakam, the movie attempts to enactment quality behaviour nether the lens successful a fictional colony determination successful Palakkad. The lens it uses initially is that of an animal, the favored canine Suttu, who dilatory realises immoderate achy existential truths.

The screenplay written by Ravi Sankar deals with however the full colony reacts to a precise backstage connection betwixt 2 individuals. A young antheral makes a proposition, which Charulata (Raina Radhakrishnan) promptly rejects. However, connection gets to the villagers, and promptly a mob casts its judgmental eyes connected the woman. Another mob is retired to hunt the favored dog, pursuing rumours of it being rabies-infected

In its mounting and the taxable that it handles, Pennum Porattum is reminiscent of Senna Hegde’s ‘Avihitham’ and ‘Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam’. But this movie is simply a antithetic beast, infused with manic energy. Absurd situations travel 1 another, with heightened humour. Exaggerated antics further upwind up the quirkiness quotient.

In a confounding bid of events wrong a location wherever a solemnisation is taking place, 2 groups violently onslaught each other, lone for them to get astatine an knowing starring to yet different bout of frenzied celebration. Just that the lone 1 who tin spot done the absurdity of the full play is the pistillate astatine the centre of it all. Most of the caller acceptable of actors enactment up commendable performances.

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As we seen successful experimental films, Rajesh Madhavan does falter erstwhile successful a portion erstwhile the attempts to make oregon support chaos go repetitive. Sequences agelong retired beyond bearable limits, oregon things are done conscionable for the involvement of absurdity. But helium manages to neatly necktie it unneurotic successful the end, truthful that what helium intends to accidental done the movie is not mislaid successful the din.

Through the prologue and the closing sequences, helium explicitly states the film’s authorities by coating contrasting images of quality and carnal nature. With these borderline preachy sequences, the movie hints astatine the cosmopolitan themes that it is reaching for successful its hyper-local setting. Rajesh Madhavan is palmy to an grade successful that endeavour, adjacent though the movie concisely loses its way.

Pennum Porattum is presently moving successful theatres