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Panjamirtham– Movie Review |
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Starring:
Prakash Raj, Nasser, Jayaram, Samiksha, Saranya Mohan,
Arvind
Direction: Raju Eswaran
Music:
Sundar C Babu
Production: Abhirami Ramanathan |
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If you thought teaching the morals of Hindu mythologies to
kids are a far cry in this be-fast-or-get-run-over corporate
world, Panjamirtham is worth a try. Laced with a decent and
inventive storyline that blends easily from good-old-Ramayana
to the modern-day, Panjamirtham has the ability to hold the
attention of pre-teenagers, although it doesn’t come
anywhere close to the choicest of animated series they see
on television and the video games they live on. |
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storyline is taken from the Ramayana. Mareesan, Ravana’s
brother, who disguises himself as a deer to attract
Seetha’s attention gets killed by Rama with a
curse and becomes a rock.
Cut to Kalyug, Nasser is a millionaire businessman who
lives in Ooty. His domestic helps Ilavarasan, M S Baskar
and Mayilsamy live on him and siphon his finances off.
Under these circumstances, Saranya Mohan joins as Nasser’s
Personal Assistant and puts check on the cash flow.
Now Ilavarasan and Co hire the dimwit hit men Karunas
and Kanja Karuppu to kill Saranya. She gets pushed off
a cliff and lands straight on the Mareesan rock. Mareesan
gets his life back and, to show his gratitude, agrees
to serve Saranya. Now it’s upto Saranya to employ
Mareesan, who is only visible to her vision, to save
her life and bring the swindlers to justice.
Panjamirtham also has a few sub-plots to make the proceedings
of the movie interesting - significant one being the
Idumban’s story. And there is also a love story
for Mareesan . |
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Prakash Raj plays Ravanaa and Jeyaram, Mareesan. Mayilsamy,
Kanja Karuppu and Karunas are nothing short of a riot. Director
Raju Iswaran dons the role of Idumban, a demon who gets
punished by Mareesan. Graphics and animation scenes are
just about average while the music is passable.
The target audience of Panjamirtham is kids below 14 years
and the movie is honest enough not to try anything more.
Except for Nasser’s dance with skimpily clad women,
the movie is largely watchable and entertaining –
from a pre-teenager’s perspective. And the fact that
the movie is released in a long Christmas weekend could
favor its opening, if not returns in the long run.
Director Raju Iswaran’s intention is not to preach
but to amuse people, and he took a cue from Ramayana conveniently
to achieve the purpose. Only fewer questions on logic could
be raised since the movie falls in the fantasy genre. Worth
a watch with family and boisterous kids over the weekend,
at least the movie doesn’t have anything queasy that
makes you squirm while watching it.
Verdict – Family and Kids
only!
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