Oru Mexican Aparatha (2017) User Reviews

Oru Mexican Aparatha is a realistic portrayal of Student wars in Kerala with terrific performances but dragging screenplay.

[shobanchittuprolu · 6/10 · 28 May 2017]

Oru Mexican Aparatha (2017): Student Politics are always an interesting premise for Cinema.College youth likes these kind of movies as they can be easily related to the situations.Oru Mexican Aparatha is one such film released this March in Malayalam.So how is it?

Plot:

The story begins during the emergency era, when an SFY leader Kochaniyan is murdered by the police inside the prestigious Maharaja campus. Cut to the current times when the college is ruled by KSQ, led by the firebrand Roopesh (Roopesh Peethambaran).Subhash (Neeraj Madhav) has been designated by the Left party to initiate a base for SFY at Maharaja College. He teams up with Paul Varghese (Tovino Thomas) and a few other friends to find a place for their outfit within the campus. This enrages KSQ and in turn, begins a series of violent fights between the two.

Plus Points:

1)Realistic portrayal: Debutant director Tom Emmatty has narrated the story with lot of humour in a highly engaging way and quite evidently, it would be nothing less than a thrilling experience for all those have studied in Kerala. Be it in the campus, hostel, canteen, college functions and cultural festivals- everything looks so real and you can easily identify with it.

2)Performances: With amazing screen presence and confidence Tovino Thomas makes his mark as a hero in a brilliant way. He is earnest and has a pleasing persona. Filmmaker Roopesh Peethambaran, who has played the young Mohanlal in Spadikam, comes up with a brilliant show as the KSQ leader. Neeraj Madhav is top class as Subhash the fiery leaser while Jino John and Vishnu Govindan as Jomy is very impressive. Many newcomers in relatively small character roles are excellent Heroine, Gayatri Suresh, has nothing much to do though.

Minus Points:

1)Duration: This movie has duration of 2hr 23 min and drags a lot in between the crucial scenes.

So,Oru Mexican Aparatha is a realistic portrayal of Student wars in Kerala with terrific performances but dragging screenplay.

My rating 6.25/10

A political campus movie!!!

[akb007 · 6/10 · 8 March 2017]

The film tells the journey of two friends Paul & Subhash and their attempt to bring a change in the campus politics that has run under the control of KSQ students. KSQ has the final words in the campus and the freedom of other party students are denied by them.

It's a political campus movie with mass scenes and some nice acting. Most of the punch dialogue that is seen in the trailer failed to make an impact on big screen. Even though it's a movie that should watch in the theatre to experience the craziness of the audience. Another interesting thing that I witness while watching the film is some party guys take it personal and starts fighting with each other.

Tovino once again proves his caliber and theatre response for his intro was massive. Roopesh in his comeback movie was superb in the negative role and Neeraj Madhav also shows some maturity in his role. The film has a pathetic love story and Gopi Sunder's music was not that likable. The ending was satisfying and Tom Emmatty has delivered a mass entertainer. Apart from these negatives the film is watchable and please don't create problems in the theatre based on your political view.

Breakthrough for Tovino Thomas but awful film .....

[PimpinAinttEasy · 3/10 · 29 May 2017]

Oru Mexican Aparatha marks the emergence of Tovino Thomas as a box office star. Tovino's screen presence is remarkable and his performances in the action sequences deserve special mention. While he still has a long way to go as an actor, there is enough evidence in the film that he will become a force to reckon with in Malayalam cinema.

But the film itself is mediocre at best. It is about how hostel rivalries between juniors and seniors deteriorate into a murderous political rivalry. The film is quite honest about the dirty and unjust machinations of the KSU and the SFI. But the cringe-worthy scenes where the main characters cloyingly express their fascination for the communist ideology (even though they are a bunch of hard drinking no good wannabe wasters) is what makes the film truly pathetic. At no point in the film are the characters portrayed as scholarly or idealistic youngsters who read up on Marx or Che Guevara. They are a bunch of goofy no good idiots who live on impulse and jump onto the communist bandwagon to settle scores with their rivals. The writer-director adds scenes where the characters are shown as being inspired by Che. But what exactly about Che attracts them? This is very vague. If the film was set in Uttar Pradesh, these directionless youth might have ended up as Gau-Rakshaks.

To make matters worse, the scenes from the hostel life are revolting and unwatchable. The ugly rooms, dirty toilets and filthy canteen brought back horrible memories of my own life in a men's hostel. The token love story was uninspired and unnecessary. The director had no interest in character development. I am not sure why some of the characters like the fat guy were included. Maybe for comic relief? The comedy scenes were lackluster and the comedians unfunny. I am surprised that this film became a success at the box office, especially since it released on the same day as the vastly superior Angamaly Diaries. I will not be looking forward to the next Tom Emmatty film.

Stupid movie which twisted facts

[arunvattakkadu · 1/10 · 12 August 2019]

This movie is an example that lies don't last long. The script itself is a twisted real life story to praise SFI were actual heroes are KSU. Such a waste of time and money.