DRONA 2010 --- Not worth the Wait

Eversince movies like king , truth,or even valyettan,mammootty fans must have been desparately waiting to see thier man in Shaaji's power packed hero mode.Well if that is what you expect in drona you won't be satisfied.Infact the real culprit is not the director but the script of the movie that promises here and there but fails to deliver most of the time.

Movie begins with the introduction of Kunjunni(younger mammootty)who is someone intrested in buying down old Manas to rebulid them as resorts.Once he is drawn to a haunted mana by his rivals(thilakan n family) so as to get rid of him.Kunjunni falls for the trap and gets killed.It is here where the 2nd character is given birth to....and he does come with a bang leaving you hoping for a power packed 2nd half.The 2nd half of the movie sees madhavan in a spree to free the mana from the ghost of Saavithri.

Mammootty as pattazhy maadhavan is the soul of this otherwise lifeless movie.Some punchlines and the heroic gimmicks by both the Mammootty characters really gives a sample of what you were really expecting for.Manoj K Jayan as always excels in a role that has some shades of digambaran of Ananthabhadram.Thilakan puts in another apt performance.Suraj in the second half does what he is expected to.
Kaniha looked as beautiful and innocent as ever...KPAC,Navya,and other casts did not have much to do.Art direction by Saloo geeorge is also worth a mention.
Music dept impacts very slightly with the only one kaniha song.The BGM by Rajamani however, is absolutely thrilling .Shaaji Kailaas seems to have controlled himselves from over using graphical and camera gimmicks that were real headaches in some of his previous ventures.However he fails to create any sort of haunting emotions among the viewers.This actually is aided by a docile script by AK Saajan,who fails to impress for the umpteenth time in the nearby past.

On the whole Drona is not a Bad film to say the least, but isn't anything special either.Average movie.

A short Bonus review... ;-) for Happy husbands

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