Onam and King Mahabali

Long long back
We had this King called Mahabali
When he was ruling,
there was no sins.
No looting, no cheating
No lies, no killings
No rapes, no beatings
No double standards,
No scheming treachery
No shortage of food
No rich and poor
No sorrows, no pain
No one was afraid of anyone
No one was doubtful about any one
No one was expecting trouble from any one
No locks and safe lockers
No jails and no police
Every one was loving and caring
Every one was helpful
Every one was there when you need help
Every one loved every one
In our land, every year
We still celebrate ten days of festival
remembering those old days of happiness
Dreaming with no reason,
those dreamy days will come back.
Dreaming that our old King Mahabali
Will come back from death
and rule us again
with no looting, cheating
with no lies and killings
with no rapes and beatings
with no shortage of food
with no rich and poor
with no sorrows and pain.
We call those ten days
Onam festival days
Onam days of King Mahabali

#Pranayam-an asset to Malayalam film

When I saw the posters of two old men chatting with a middle aged lady with Pranayam written in a circle style,all I could guess about the film were these:

1.It must be a story of old style Pranayam of these old style people.So,not worth watching

2.Mohan lal has done many remarkable films.But his recent films have him as Mohan Lal with very little to act but to do sort of posture to present himself as simply a super star.All his super star glories are good for him and actors who live in awe of him.Why a commoner like me go and see his super start”jada” paying ticket charges?

So naturally I was not keen on watching the film even though name of Blessy prompted me to try the film.

Pranayam in the old concept was practically foolish with neither of the partners bothering enough to know each other before tying the knot.So after marriage,when reality stares at them with heat of life  burning them differences crop up.A divorce and another marriage,two children in each marriage.Blessy tells all these story mile stones without bothering to convince us on why and what.

Then suddenly after 40 years all actors in the drama meet together and they act together a new drama.Pain of a mother when she finds that her son hate her too much,pain of the first lover when he knows that another man loves and claims his original love as precious in spite of understanding her previous life alien to him,all these are well picturised.

But the story has more lively scenes than that boring scene shown by posters.If only promoters of the film made people aware that this is not a boring film as is made out? But who cares for marketing of film? This film for the first time made me cry.Credit goes to both Anupam Kher and Jayapradha who lived as characters along with Director Blessy.Mohan Lal could not be that impressive and I could notice the superstar showing up disturbing mind of viewer off and on.

A film definitely worth watching and cannot be missed.Malayalam film industry can be proud of this film,# pranayam even though the film is more about relationships than about pranayam