‘Varshangalkku Shesham’ movie review: Vineeth Sreenivasan’s humour holds together this ode to cinema and friendship
11 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Varshangalkku Shesham’ movie review: Vineeth Sreenivasan’s humour holds together this ode to cinema and friendship

The Hindu  

Vineeth Sreenivasan, from the wealth of his experience, appears to be acutely aware of the barbs that would be coming his way after a film’s release. The emotional core of Varshangalkku Shesham is written around the changing shades of the relationship between these two men and the evolution of the film industry in the intervening years, but somehow it is not a deeply affecting tale especially because of the weakly-written conflicts. Varshangalkku Shesham Director: Vineeth Sreenivasan Cast: Pranav Mohanlal, Dhyan Sreenivasan, Nivin Pauly, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Neeta Pillai Storyline: In the 1970s, two Malayali youths with celluloid dreams head to Madras with dreams of making it big in the industry Runtime: 165 minutes The flimsy reasons for their drifting apart or even the characterisation of Murali, as someone who seems to look down on commercial cinema music, but at the same time rues his missed opportunity in the industry, just do not sit well. Varshangalkku Shesham ends up as an earnest ode to cinema and friendship, which would have punched much lower if not for the humour that holds it together, and at times elevates it.

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