Prithvi and Master Govardhan during the shoot After some initial hesitation the
doctor finally decides to ful fill the
last wish of Rashida and thus
lands up in Kerala and finds the
boy under the care of a teacher
(Dhanya Mary Varghese). Then the doctor and the boy
begin the long and difficult
journey to meet the father of
the boy, Abdul Zuban Tariq. From
thereon it becomes a road movie
as the doctor and the boy traverse across states and
across various places like
Jodhpur, Pushkar, Ladakh etc. All
through this journey there is a
silent bond established between
the boy & the doctor.
They also meet a lot of interesting people
during the journey and also have
to risk their lives as their lives
get entwined with the terror ist
network. So the story has a lot
of soul-searching, conveys a lot of emotions and all along
becomes a journey of all sorts. In terms of the story telling
Dr.Biju does a fair job as you are
taken into the journey with the
doctor and the boy. Some of the
characters are also well depicted
in the movie and that’ s also something that Dr.Biju can be
appreciated for.
M.J.Radhakrishnan’ s camera work does ample justice to the
brilliant locales of Kerala,
Rajasthan & Ladakh. Ramesh Narayanan’ s use of the BG score is effective as well. Talking
about the performances
Prithviraj does reasonable justice
to the role of the doctor and
fairly underplays the character. Master Govardhan as the boy in search of his father is very
natural and effective. Indrajith impresses in a small cameo as
Razzak the friend and comrade
of Abdul Zuban Tariq. Now let me
clarify as to why I said VV is a
pan-Indian film at the very
beginning. First and fore most the film
scores by taking us through
various locations in India like
Delhi, Kerala, Jaipur, Ladakh etc
and staying true to the
surroundings. The characters are natural and look and speak the
way they ought to do. Unlike a
lot of films these days where
authenticity goes for a toss VV
addresses it fairly well. Also the
movie isn’ t a full fledged Malayalam movie in terms of the
language spoken in the film.
Nearly 25-30 % of the dialogues
are in Hindi and there is a lot of
Tamil as well. Considering all this
I’ d say that in terms of wanting to show the film as a Pan-Indian
film, the team has been
reasonably successful. But there
are certain situations where you
laugh & feel why they were
needed. Also considering it’ s not an out & out commercial film,
Dr.Biju could have done well to
avoid the kind of spoon feeding
that’ s visible in certain sequences (since the movie is
yet to release it doesn’ t make sense to discuss scenes in detail). It’ s also commendable to see Prithviraj taking on the
responsibility of sub-titling of the
film as well.
That in a way
indicates the kind of importance
he has assigned to this project.
At times you also feel that the movie is trying to shock you just
for effect and that’ s something I don’ t really feel was required. When I look back now & reflect
over the film I do realize that
there’ s some depth that is associated with the journey
shown in the film. It’ s just that the depth takes its own sweet
time to reveal itself to you. Is it
great cinema in the end?
Definitely not, but is it an
attempt to be relished and
remembered- yes indeed.
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