Katha Thudarunu ---- 'Almost a Sathyan movie'

Sathyan Anthkkad has been gambling with family dramas ever since he has stopped attempting movies like Naadodikkattu/kalikkalam and to this day he has managed it quite well.Except for movie soaps like Innathe chinthavishayam most of his films were watchable to good for me.Katha thudarunnu is the latest in the league of the so called Sathyan formula film making.

More of a heroine-centric story, katha thudarunnu starts impressively.The first fifteen minutes may wonder you if satyan is trying something different.A hindu-Muslim love story is climaxed to a marriage by the court intervention after this becoming a social issue.Mamta's character decides to live rest of her life with asifs(rithu fame)character despite protest from both their families.The result is that they end up losing all relations except for their friends.As expected a tragedy follows when asif gets chopped by a quotation team.With Asif leaving behind nothing other than memories for his wife and daughter,the movie then becomes all about a mom and her kid who gets abandoned by her parents and inlaws,finding her chances of survival very minimal.From here on the movie gets predictible and proceeds in the same lines of sathyan movies; with most of the supporting characters though has a tragic background ,tries to live up their lives enjoying their rare happy moments.Jayarams character enters the screen lending a helping hand to the sinking mom and daughter.

Script wise the movie promises in the begining but loses track there after.The humour element except for mamukoyas scenes and the KPAC crying scene is minimal.Direction/story telling follows sathyans recent films like vinodayatra,bhagyadevatha etc...Though this can be repititive,each time this looks apt for the family subjects opted by sathyan.It is his own script that lets most of his movies down from where it actually should have been.The songs by ilayaraja doesnt dissappoint, though not great.The picturization of the first song is commendable ,though i doubt requirement of a song there.Asif -the tragic hero impresses in his sort stint and is the character that might move you a bit.A cakewalk role for Jayaram,innocent,KPAC etc.Mamta,the kid has performed admirably.

On the whole.....The movie is almost sathyanic in the sense that it has lesser humour quotient and the 1st 15 minutes misleading you for something new......Would anyday prefer these sort of movies than stuufs like pokkiriraaaaja!!!!!