Dear A.K.Sajan,
Puthiya Niyamam was an ambitious film that slowly degenerated into a preachy and tedious urban middle class revenge fantasy. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those people who looks down upon the Indian middle class. The film had a lot going for it. A successful modern Indian woman (Nayanthara) suddenly turns distant and brooding much to the surprise of her easy going husband (Mamootty). The part where Nayanthara reveals that she was raped using flashbacks was edited quite well. You did attempt some directorial flourishes ..... all of which were crap. The rapists were nothing more than caricatures. It could have been an interesting scene in the hands of a better writer/director. I have not seen such a prolonged rape scene in a Malayalam film for a long time. So you do deserve appreciation for trying to do something really provocative in what was clearly a commercial film. I watched this with my wife and two grandmothers. All of them were riveted. As for me, I went to sleep after an hour. I could not stand Nayanthara's preachy and whiny performance (voice dubbed of course) or even worse ..... Mamootty phoning it in.
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(3/10)
Puthiya Niyamam was an ambitious film that slowly degenerated into a preachy and tedious urban middle class revenge fantasy. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those people who looks down upon the Indian middle class. The film had a lot going for it. A successful modern Indian woman (Nayanthara) suddenly turns distant and brooding much to the surprise of her easy going husband (Mamootty). The part where Nayanthara reveals that she was raped using flashbacks was edited quite well. You did attempt some directorial flourishes ..... all of which were crap. The rapists were nothing more than caricatures. It could have been an interesting scene in the hands of a better writer/director. I have not seen such a prolonged rape scene in a Malayalam film for a long time. So you do deserve appreciation for trying to do something really provocative in what was clearly a commercial film. I watched this with my wife and two grandmothers. All of them were riveted. As for me, I went to sleep after an hour. I could not stand Nayanthara's preachy and whiny performance (voice dubbed of course) or even worse ..... Mamootty phoning it in.
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(3/10)