Devasuram (1993) :
Brief Review -
More than critics, it's An Audience friendly classic. A Mohanlal phrenesis in the tale of retaliation and redemption. Devasuram is one of the most popular Malayalam film of 90s and highly successful as well and the reasons for it are definitely appropriate. Like i mentioned earlier, this is a film for audience more than critics because the ultimate goal of the film was to meet up the expectations and assumptions of audience's mind during the narration. See, it looks familiar to many gangster flicks of Hollywood made in 40s or for more popular instance we have many South flicks made in late 80s and early 90s just before this. While most of the films clearly mentioned their protagonist as a gangster which i feel leaves a very negative impact, Devasuram makes the protagonist look like a postive character despite his wrongdoings. The film is about Neelakanthan, who squanders away the inheritance left by his father. However, his life turns upside down when his mother reveals a terrible secret on her deathbed that changes the course of his life. His battle against his existence teaches him the value of life and goodwill which ultimately turns him into a Messiah kind of guy. Now of course because it is a 90s flick and very much in mainstream zone, it has those elements like Fights, Rivalry and Love-story to make it a commercial film. Thankfully, these factors don't cross the limits and main structure of the storyline remains unchanged. Mohanlal is like on a riot mode in the film. This is yet another powerful act from him whereas Revathi also leaves a solid impact. The rest of the cast is very supportive, music is Decent, dialogues are good, screenplay is engaging and the best thing is I. V. Sasi's direction. His grip on his storytelling leaves no loopes, in fact, it does much better than its potential just because Sasi understood the limits of the script and then explored it beautifully.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.
More than critics, it's An Audience friendly classic. A Mohanlal phrenesis in the tale of retaliation and redemption. Devasuram is one of the most popular Malayalam film of 90s and highly successful as well and the reasons for it are definitely appropriate. Like i mentioned earlier, this is a film for audience more than critics because the ultimate goal of the film was to meet up the expectations and assumptions of audience's mind during the narration. See, it looks familiar to many gangster flicks of Hollywood made in 40s or for more popular instance we have many South flicks made in late 80s and early 90s just before this. While most of the films clearly mentioned their protagonist as a gangster which i feel leaves a very negative impact, Devasuram makes the protagonist look like a postive character despite his wrongdoings. The film is about Neelakanthan, who squanders away the inheritance left by his father. However, his life turns upside down when his mother reveals a terrible secret on her deathbed that changes the course of his life. His battle against his existence teaches him the value of life and goodwill which ultimately turns him into a Messiah kind of guy. Now of course because it is a 90s flick and very much in mainstream zone, it has those elements like Fights, Rivalry and Love-story to make it a commercial film. Thankfully, these factors don't cross the limits and main structure of the storyline remains unchanged. Mohanlal is like on a riot mode in the film. This is yet another powerful act from him whereas Revathi also leaves a solid impact. The rest of the cast is very supportive, music is Decent, dialogues are good, screenplay is engaging and the best thing is I. V. Sasi's direction. His grip on his storytelling leaves no loopes, in fact, it does much better than its potential just because Sasi understood the limits of the script and then explored it beautifully.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.