Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Arabikkatha : Srinivasan at his Best


Lal Jose, the director with a difference has always surprised his audience with a variety in story telling and presentation. His movie Arabikkatha which tells the story of a hard core communist is one such surprise. In the movie Arabikkatha Srinivasan enacts the lead role as Mukundan always caleed Cuba Mukundan as he is a fan of Cuba and its communist outlook.
The film deals with contemporary Kerala politics and also brings to the screen, the problems of pravasi malayalees and fight for justice. The story also demonstrates the destiny of a man who strongly upholds justice and how he becomes incompetent in the current political scenario.
Mukundans father, who was a core communist was trapped in a cheating case and his father dies in grief. The burden of paying back the huge debt becomes Mukundan’s duty. The plot develops this way and the strong script offers Sreenivasan the great actor an opportunity to perform at his best. Mukundan , the character enacted by Srinivasan is thus forced to leave for Dubai in search of a Job. In Dubai, Mukundan is subjected to harsh work environment and is forced to do things which he hated and against which he has always fought against .
There he meets a girl (Chang Shu Min) and the story revolves among these characters.
The cast of the movie includes, Samvritha Sunil, Jagathy Sreekumar, Indrajeeth, Jayasurya, Saadique, Suraaj, Nedumudi Venu and salim Kumar.

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