Funful college & Boring school
Disclaimer :- This is not a review or criticism. Just some random thoughts on two movies.
Four Friends deciding to go back to their college after 12 years for doing PG. This single line is so attractive and catchy to bring audience to theatre. This is the point where SENIORS score the most. But when you try to justify their comeback with an illogical reason, it destroys the whole spirit of movie. This may be the high and low points of the movie Seniors directed by Vyshakh (Pokkiriraja fame) and written by Sachi-Sethu. But the director has handled the subject so fast pacingly, that there is no room for thinking until the end credits. The suspense with a so called psychological reason is so childish and unbelievable, but the making of the scene using a stage drama compensates with some tension until the end.
Now coming to Manikiakkallu. This is the story of a government high school notorious for zero pecent success in the board exams. A young, good hearted, determined teacher joins the school and turns the impossible to possible. Good intention and honest effort should be appreciated. But the movie turns dry and preachy. A common man’s patience will be tested for sure unless he feels empathetic to the subject.
Two movies, both based in educational institutions. One treated as a masala commercial flick. The other is a straight from the heart social film. People will watch the college fun in theatres with claps and whistles and recommend the school story for awards.
No wonder why MASALAS repeat. Because it has ruined the taste or created a new taste.
