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Aami Review: A Slow Pace Censored Version Of Madhavikutty
Aami- Framing the unbounded woman within boundaries. A soulless Madhavikutty in the frame.
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Kamal’s much-awaited movie Aami, a biopic of Madhavikutty, lacks nothing but Aami in it. The woman who lived and penned for truth is placed in the movie in a sanitized plot. The woman who was not afraid of writing the truth is portrayed in a censored arena. The movie starts with a scene in which a bird gets crushed in between the leaves of the fan, where Madhavikutty is hospitalized. The movie looks spectacular with the Charismatic frames of Madhu Neelakandan.
Kamal’s Aami is lacking the soul. The woman we see on screen is none other than Manju Warrier itself. If Kamal wanted to visualize Madhavikutty on screen but didn’t want to get immersed in controversy he could have used the third-person narrative in the screenplay. Here the story is said in Madhavikutty’s perspective but each and every fact is wrapped inside a controversy-free panorama. Madhavikutty’s pen never feared of controversies. So using the first-person narrative and hiding all the facts is a matter of vain. If Kamal employed the third-person narrative and made this censored version, it could have at least been a good strategy of film-making.
The Neermathalam plays an important role throughout her life in the film. Her POV of the tree is visualized in variant forms based on her age. The use of Mahavikutty’s insane fantasies helped to build some sense as a film. Her secret lover Lord Krishna, is delivered beautifully. The screenplay is poorly constructed. The placement of scenes where the story travels from past to present and intercutting in between was the poor choice of plot. The film could have been much better if the story had a slow progression from Aami’s childhood to old age. The use of some characters like Janu amma, Valli, who were helpers at her ancestral home helped to show the changes in the timeline, even though the placement was tangled.
The dialogue construction was good to an extent, but the similarity of dialogue delivery made them flat. The plasticity of laugh that Kamal portrayed is pathetic to someone who has heard Madhavikutty’s, so is the dialogue modulation. However, the selection of words for Aami needs to be appreciated. The lyrics of Rafeeq Ahamed and scores of Bijibal are far beyond description. The casting was somewhat good, even though the protagonist failed to amuse the audience. Manju Warrier, known as a Female Superstar, fails to bring any facial expressions for her character. Her smile, tears, anger everything has a plastic nature and hence Pattanam Rasheed’s effort went vain. The old and young women who played Nalapat Balamani Amma should be praised. Madhav Das remains a good character throughout the film. Lord Krishna and Akbar Ali are mesmerizing.
The bond between Aami and Das is something hard to crack. Das’s relation with his gay partner neither creates any emotional struggle that Aami had nor generates any sympathy for her. As Kamal tried to drive away from controversies he failed to portray her relationship with some of her lovers. Carlo and Rahul Madhav became some unwanted elements in the storyline. However, Kamal succeeded to depict Kamala’s love for Lord Krishna. Her conversion to Islam is well crafted so that it won’t hurt any religion. Trying to portray Madhavikutty without creating controversy is futile like diving into a river without knowing to swim. Those audiences who would experience Aami without a knowledge of who she is, would definitely ask that why she is so special because you won’t even get a glimpse of the renowned writer Madhavikutty from Aami.
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