Adaminte Makan Abu - Critic Review of Salim Kumar's National Award Winning Malayalam Movie
Adaminte Makan Abu Malayalam Movie review is given here as the film released on June 23 with an average opening in all major releasing centers. The film bagged four National Awards and State Awards in 2010 including the Best actor Award for the versatile performance of Salim Kumar.Read the review of Adaminte Makan Abu with a deep analysis of the major positives and negatives in the performances of the stars and the direction.Read more to know how Spider Kerala gives the movie a rating and verdict.
Adaminte Makan Abu- Commerical or Art Film ? - A clear Judgement from a Normal Film Viewer
We, normal people always keep a distance from films that recognized as a film which got some awards. It is a true fact that the normal intelligent people can't understand what the film is all about. The whole film will be a mystery to us, but only understandable to the Award Judging panel and the makers of the film. It is needless to say this fact because we already seen such films. We don't want to criticize any films that bagged some Awards as worst films, but what we are trying to say is the narration of such films. The film may contain a good story or may contain a good performance from the acting side. But normal people can't enjoy the film because of its slow or worst narration which is really boring and inevitable. So, it is high time to rethink about films that are digestible to normal film viewers, but with a good story or concept.
Most of the time, The National or State Awards were given only to movies of Veteran Directors. There are also exceptional cases in some years, but majority is like this. The judging panel( even the State Panel who selects the movies for National level) practiced to avoids films of new directors which may have new ideas and concepts. This Year, 2011 witnessed a major change in the judgment of National Awards. The judging panel ( which did not includes any Member from Kerala) selects films of new directors and honored them with the prestigious awards which they really deserved. One of such Film is Adaminte Makan Abu. The film directed by debutant Salim Ahammed bagged Four National Awards for Best Actor, Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Background Music. The film also bagged four State Awards for the year of 2010. We, normal people have a tendency to watch few of the Award films to know how the film deserves this award ?, whether the Actor really deserved it ? and many other questions. After knowing that Salim Kumar,known for his comic roles in Malayalam films, selected as the Best Actor, we are eagerly waiting for the release of this film. The producers and distributors of the film had faced many circumstances to release the film on June 23. Salim Kumar himself takes the distribution of the film under the banner of Laughing Villa and finally arrived the theatres in Kerala this week. The versatile actor also gets help from Manjunatha Release of Dileep to get the theaters. The Megastar Mammootty also helps the actor by shifting the release of his latest movie Bombay March 12 1993 to next week.
After Watching the movie Adaminte Makan Abu, we leaved the theaters with little tears in eyes which not because of the sad ending as you guessed, but because of the happiness that the film provided to us in the ending. Now it is the time to check whether the film is a commercial film or art film. Many of us have some facts in our mind when telling about art films. The film may be very slow, it may not be understandable, the direction may be waste, the film may be a tragedy. It may not provide any entertainment to you etc. Adaminte Makan Abu definitely overrides these predefined concepts about an art film and so we can't considered this as an Art film. Now the question is that is it a commercial film ? The answer may depend on the tastes of the viewers. If entertainment( as we saw in films like Pokkiriraja, Christian Brothers, Seniors etc) is the only factor you considered in a commercial film, Adaminte Makan Abu is not a commercial cinema for you. Apart from this factor, all other factors which needed for a commercial film is there in this film. So, normal people can watch Adaminte Makan Abu from Theaters. But many peoples looking for the pirated copies of the movie which may available online. So they start to search with the terms Adaminte Makan Abu Movie Online, Adaminte Makan Abu DVD RIP, Adaminte Makan Abu Movie Torrent etc. What we have to say to all of those peoples that Piracy is a criminal act and to the least we stop this for such a good film. Salim Ahamed and Salim Kumar- A good chemistry that really worked in Adaminte Makan Abu
How we rate the direction of a new comer whose first film itself a box office hit? We will poured him with good words for his commercial success in the debut venture. There are also directors who really dedicated to their profession and given us true memorable and heart touching films like Adaminte Makan Abu. We have to give a hand to them at least by watching such films. The direction of Salim Ahammed is very good and he really deserved the award for the best film. Coming to the performances, every actor in this film came with their career best performances. Zareena Wahab, known for her good roles in Malayalam and also a former Model, coming with a career best performance as Aiyushumma, the wife of Abu. In every frame she appeared, she gets the attention of the viewers and gave a good support to Salim Kumar throughout the film. Other supporting actors, all of them have small, but important roles in the film, performed their part well. The dialogs they are saying, the innocence of the characters, all such factors really touched our hearts. Even Suraaj Venjarammood have a good role in the film which he handled well unlike his other films. This may be the career best performance of Suraj till date. The roles of Nedumudi Venu ( as school master), Kalabhavan Mani ( as mill owner), Mukesh ( as travel agent) are apt and the selection of cast is really appreciable. What to say about the award winning performance of Salim Kumar as Adaminte Makan Abu. He proved his mettle to do serious roles with the film Achanurangaatha Veedu directed by Lal Jose. But every one is doubtful to accept the transformation and he also didn't get such roles thereafter. Salim Ahammed is very lucky in the fact that he got the real person for fulfilling his dream movie as Salim Kumar lived in the film as Abu. Even though he is excelled in the role, some time we may feel a little artificiality especially when he coughs. This may considered as a minor minus point to his acting, other than that we can't see comic Salim Kumar even in minute parts of the film.
The technical department of Adaminte Makan Abu also equally compliments with the direction. The songs of the film from Rafeeq Ahamed and Ramesh Narayanan is suits to the mood of the film. Even the climax song will not bored you, but will make a deep hole in your mind. The Background music from Issac Thomas Kattukappally which got the National Award for Best Background Music is mind blowing. Coming to the climax scenes, the film takes you to another world with this BGM. The film has something to say to the society which you feel in each and every frame of the film. Cinematographer Madhu Ambaatt need to appreciated for his sincere effort to make this film a watchable one in every frame.
Spider Kerala Verdict and Rating of Adaminte Makan Abu
Films like Adaminte Makan Abu needs to be promoted by every Malayalee who complained about the lacking of good Malayalam films. The recognition the film got from the national level will be a welcome approach to all the new persons who would like to come with their own ideas to experiment in the film industry. Hope that the efforts made to release Adaminte Makan Abu will definitely followed in future projects too. Spider Kerala is given the film a VERY GOOD verdict and a rating of 4.5 out of 5
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