This movie will surely bring down tears in our eyes. With lots of
innocence and honesty written all over, Compartment directed by actor
Salim Kumar will steal your heart and provide a touching experience for
the audience. If you love to watch a good film that will entertain you
in a different way, here is one that will provide an answer to that.
Released only in twenty four cinemas in the state, there won't be many
takers for the movie but at least make an effort to watch it somehow,
either in cinemas or if it is shown in TV or grab the DVD when it is
out.
The movie takes us to the world of the differently abled people (Intellectually
The story is set in a school for the mentally challenged children where Anagha is a differently abled girl whose parents left her at a very young age. She is looked after by her grandmother and once she passes away, she is all alone with none among her close relatives coming to her help. But a motherly attitude from her neighbour was something that came to her at the right moment.
In fact, the story is wafer thin and more than acting it is the behaviour of the mentally challenged children that are captured and shown to us. But everything has a flow in it and never does the movie move in a documentary styled manner. Salim Kumar deserves a good round of applause for filming or capturing his screenplay in the best possible way and therby making us think and also feel for the people around whom the movie is centered around. The final half hour is too touching and the moments shared between Anegha and her neighbour women are golden moments in Compartment.
The area where i felt a slight disagreement is in the process of showing the bad side of certain people who doesn't value relationships has been slightly blown out of proportion. Not that those things are happening around us but it was too cinematic and dramatic.
On the acting side, Angel as Anegha, Arun as Rappayi and rest of the inmates of the school never acted. It was more of a behaviour that was brilliantly portrayed on screen and all of them with their sheer innocence touch our heart.
Now coming to the people who acted, Urmila Unni, Nilamboor Iysha, Kochu Preman, one of the teacher, the neighbour women have all done their part well. Salim Kumar himself act out an important role along with Kalabhavan Shajon. Suresh Gopi appear as himself while Kalabhavan Mani and KPAC Lalitha do good cameos.
Cinematography was well handled and editing was fine. Two songs are there. One sung by Madhu Balakrishnan and the other by Chitra. Both the songs were placed at the right moment in the film and conveyed the message intended. Background score was done matching each and every moment.
So all in all, Compartment as a movie is a sure must watch if you want to experience something touchy. It is pure cinema without all those gimmicks of entertainment. Entertainment has different meaning for different people and I hope the meaning is conveyed here. Some might say the ratings are a bit high but cannot close my eyes towards the innocence displayed by Anegha and the rest of the children. So it is four out of five as my personal rating for the movie.
Rating - 4 / 5
The movie takes us to the world of the differently abled people (Intellectually
The story is set in a school for the mentally challenged children where Anagha is a differently abled girl whose parents left her at a very young age. She is looked after by her grandmother and once she passes away, she is all alone with none among her close relatives coming to her help. But a motherly attitude from her neighbour was something that came to her at the right moment.
In fact, the story is wafer thin and more than acting it is the behaviour of the mentally challenged children that are captured and shown to us. But everything has a flow in it and never does the movie move in a documentary styled manner. Salim Kumar deserves a good round of applause for filming or capturing his screenplay in the best possible way and therby making us think and also feel for the people around whom the movie is centered around. The final half hour is too touching and the moments shared between Anegha and her neighbour women are golden moments in Compartment.
The area where i felt a slight disagreement is in the process of showing the bad side of certain people who doesn't value relationships has been slightly blown out of proportion. Not that those things are happening around us but it was too cinematic and dramatic.
On the acting side, Angel as Anegha, Arun as Rappayi and rest of the inmates of the school never acted. It was more of a behaviour that was brilliantly portrayed on screen and all of them with their sheer innocence touch our heart.
Now coming to the people who acted, Urmila Unni, Nilamboor Iysha, Kochu Preman, one of the teacher, the neighbour women have all done their part well. Salim Kumar himself act out an important role along with Kalabhavan Shajon. Suresh Gopi appear as himself while Kalabhavan Mani and KPAC Lalitha do good cameos.
Cinematography was well handled and editing was fine. Two songs are there. One sung by Madhu Balakrishnan and the other by Chitra. Both the songs were placed at the right moment in the film and conveyed the message intended. Background score was done matching each and every moment.
So all in all, Compartment as a movie is a sure must watch if you want to experience something touchy. It is pure cinema without all those gimmicks of entertainment. Entertainment has different meaning for different people and I hope the meaning is conveyed here. Some might say the ratings are a bit high but cannot close my eyes towards the innocence displayed by Anegha and the rest of the children. So it is four out of five as my personal rating for the movie.
Rating - 4 / 5
I loved this movie...
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