Before
moving on to express my viewpoints, there are two special things connected with
Pinneyum, from renowned director Adoor Gopalakrishnan.First and foremost, this
is the first chance that I amgetting to review a film that has the golden touch
of the man who is regarded as one of the finest directors of India. Secondly,
this is my first experience watching his film in theatres that too a first day
first show. Of course, I had little memories of watching Anantaram his fifth
film in cinemas, but that happened way back; twenty nineyears down the lane, to
be precise.Now coming to Pinneyum, which is Adoor's twelfthmovie of his
illustrious and glittering career, the film gave a beautiful feel dwelling upon
the importance of relationships, family life, love, romance and greed for
money. A movie sans any noise is a welcome relief these days as Pinneyum is a
typical Adoor Gopalakrishnan film with little mix of some commercial elements
as well that has a family oriented subject as its backbone.I could sense the
story partially inspired from a real incident which I cannot reveal. So
basically thestory has in it focused on Purushothaman Nair, hiswife Devi and
their six year old daughter. Purushothaman'sfather-in-law, his brother-in-law
and Devi's uncle also has some role to play in this family oriented subject.
The protagonist here is jobless inspite of several attempts attending various
interview and this situation leads to unhappiness in his marital life. Pinneyum
move onbased on this situation.The treatment and how the plot is narrated is in
typical AGK style without much noise and pace. A slow treatment with gradual
build up takes some important turn towards the halfway mark. There are nothing
in the film that can stake a claim to be a new generation thing as the director
has adopted a conventional method and style which he is famous for without any
melodrama.There are very limited characters in Pinneyum but each one of them
has been sketched out well in the screenplay. Even some characters like that of
Nandu who just appear in a single scene gets adequate importance in the
totality of plot. The one area where I was a little disappointed was on the
dialogues side which was a bit dramatic and sounded less natural especially
after the post intermission session between Devi and her husband. May be it
happened because of the way it was delivered by the actors. Whatever thats a
small thing which can be ignored for other good things that the film
offers.Audience and critics often complain about the choice of films that
Dileep makes that has little or no substance in them and is full of mass
elements in it. Well here is the answer to it as the actor has chosen a role
that has substance in it but ultimately in an AGK film, screenplay is the main
hero which the director quite often reiterate. A controlled, matured and
balanced act from the actor. Its not a heavy and challenging role but whatever
he has done is as per the demands of the character.Kavya Madhavan in her own
voice played Devi to perfection showing that she has still got in her the
ability to perform even after taking a break from films. As a wife and mother,
she brought out different emotions to distinguish between two important roles
in a women's life after marriage.Nedumudy Venu, Indrans and Vijayaraghavan
supported with notable performances. KPAC Lalita, Srinda, Sudheer Karamana,
Nandu, Ravi Vallathol and some of the familiar faces that we see in AGK's films
also find a place in the story.Veteran and award winning
cinematographerM.J.Radhakrishnan has wielded the camera with apt colour tone
and frames suited for the story and background. Edits were fine. Bijipal has
taken care of the BGM side with soulful and silent tunes that matches with the
story and mood of each scene.Pinneyum has the stamp of the director in every
scene. But it is watchable for all provided you change and adjust the mindset
expecting something that has nothing of the usual elements of a complete
commercial entertainer, something which need not be stressed again since one
who has closely followed the director's track record would know it very well. I
liked the film and Pinneyum was able to create a homely as well as haunting
feel after watching it.
Rating - 3.5 / 5
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