MILI.....A Rajesh Pillai Magic
Rajesh Pillai came into the limelight with Traffic , a film that set a new pattern and benchmark in Malayalam film industry. Though Hridayathil Sookshikaan is the first work from him, people and the industry more often relate the name of Rajesh Pillai to Traffic. But it took him another four years to come up with another film though the making time is just close to one year and he was busy with the Bollywood remake of Traffic.
Now coming to Mili , the film is a female oriented movie where Amala Paul appear as the title protagonist and Nivin Pauly supporting her as the male lead. About the movie, here we have a feel good film that makes us happy, sad and also makes us think. Yes, Mili is performance oriented film nicely scripted by editor Mahesh Narayanan.
The film focus on Mili ( Amala Paul) who is an introvert and everyone finds her character an odd one. Mili, the movie show us how she overcome her fears and rises to stand of her own. Couple of factors and people are responsible making Mili change.
The film begins on a slow note and gradually move forward settling in with an okay first half and picks up the momentum in the second half. The highlight of course is a thought provoking ending. But at the same time, the best and touching moments of the film is the portion where Mili share the screen with her father. The film had its share of little preaching towards the end but that is acceptable considering the overall storyline. Direction from Rajesh Pillai has been positive and for that the screenplay played a large part.
On the acting side, Nivin Pauly did the not so important role in the best possible way. All credits to Amala Paul for pulling up a special show totalling meeting the demands of the title character. Sai Kumar is another actor who made a lasting impression appearing as father of Mili. Ambika, Sija Rose, Sanusha, Praveena and Devi Ajith are also part of the cast who all did the roles they enacted in a convincing manner.The heart melting scene I felt personally was the conversation of Sai Kumar & Amala Paul on the way and also the climax speech by Amala which we all forget ourselves by giving huge claps in theatres.
Background score from Gopisundar and the songs were soothing for the ears. My personal picks are the Kanmani song (Gopi Sundar) and Meghamay number composed and sung by Shaan Rahman. Cinematography and cuts were on the brighter side. Mili is a motivational and appealing movie and I go with four out of five for the movie as my personal rating..... smile emoticon
Now coming to Mili , the film is a female oriented movie where Amala Paul appear as the title protagonist and Nivin Pauly supporting her as the male lead. About the movie, here we have a feel good film that makes us happy, sad and also makes us think. Yes, Mili is performance oriented film nicely scripted by editor Mahesh Narayanan.
The film focus on Mili ( Amala Paul) who is an introvert and everyone finds her character an odd one. Mili, the movie show us how she overcome her fears and rises to stand of her own. Couple of factors and people are responsible making Mili change.
The film begins on a slow note and gradually move forward settling in with an okay first half and picks up the momentum in the second half. The highlight of course is a thought provoking ending. But at the same time, the best and touching moments of the film is the portion where Mili share the screen with her father. The film had its share of little preaching towards the end but that is acceptable considering the overall storyline. Direction from Rajesh Pillai has been positive and for that the screenplay played a large part.
On the acting side, Nivin Pauly did the not so important role in the best possible way. All credits to Amala Paul for pulling up a special show totalling meeting the demands of the title character. Sai Kumar is another actor who made a lasting impression appearing as father of Mili. Ambika, Sija Rose, Sanusha, Praveena and Devi Ajith are also part of the cast who all did the roles they enacted in a convincing manner.The heart melting scene I felt personally was the conversation of Sai Kumar & Amala Paul on the way and also the climax speech by Amala which we all forget ourselves by giving huge claps in theatres.
Background score from Gopisundar and the songs were soothing for the ears. My personal picks are the Kanmani song (Gopi Sundar) and Meghamay number composed and sung by Shaan Rahman. Cinematography and cuts were on the brighter side. Mili is a motivational and appealing movie and I go with four out of five for the movie as my personal rating..... smile emoticon
Rating - 4 / 5
