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NEENA....... A TALE OF TWO WOMEN ....A REAL ATTITUDE OF TODAY'S WOMANHOOD....

A complex tale of emotional interplays ,that is Neena. Neena is actually tagged as a female oriented film with a message to convey in promotions .It is a film that starts up with a crafted manner and ends up in the tip of an iceberg.It does convey a message ,albeit in a bit of didactic manner but the female oriented one was surely termed as a hogwash state ,since the perception is absolutely male.Nee-Na is a detour from the kind of films that we see around and Lal Jose had succeeded in telling a triangular tale of 3 persons in showcasing a way of live,not much explored in Malayalam Cinema.Through this flick,we find human mind as unfathomably deep and emotions have more to it than meets the eye.

Lal Jose had made films from different backgrounds ,most of the Malayalis had take a follow up through all his films ...and what we find the execution of his film is different from the another.

Neena is totally a Lal Jose Urban tale,

CAST

Talking about the casting of the characters ...Deepthi Sathi who made her debut through this film is a sure shot winner and I think I am shocked by seeing a loud applause of an intro of the female protagonist than any other actor that too in her first film .. Deepthi had found her place safe to stay in the industry. Lal Jose had introduced many faces to Mollywood right from Kavya Madhavan,Samvritha Sunil,Meera Mandhan,Archana Kavi,Ann Augustine,Reenu Mathews,Anusree,...to Deepthi Sathi who had broke all perceptions of a normal heroine and it is proud moment for the film maker like to hold his collar red in this moment.Playing into the shoes of an unconventional woman ,a chronic alcoholic and smoker was the challenging part for the evil act performed by Deepthi

Another Lal Jose discovery towards Mollywood ...the veteran actor Late Augustine's daughter ,State Award Winner and now Cinematographer Jomon T Johns wife Ann Augustine well we  have never seen Ann in such a beautiful way as the frames have been handled by her loving husband the lights and shades the outfits she wore were made picture perfect. Ann's Nalini is one character which all married girls should look out for today as there were many egos and quarrels made through their lives by making a big sound in family courts. Nalini shows the power of a normal orthodox woman who took the situation faced in her life in a very sensible way so it is a moral page for any girl who takes her step in deciding things and making solutions and also by showering her power by giving love and care to the surroundings will reflect one day by understanding what she is and how it should be kept as nowadays in real life everything changes nothing stays concrete 

When landing on the hero part ...Vijay Babu took the character Vinay Panikker in such a realistic way that the subtle and claps for Vijay for keeping the character as intensity and intrigue one especially in theinterval part which we saw Vijay giving a stunning performance as we see him not buckled on a film location but he lives up with Vinay Panikker.

Well the rest casting has given their parts well if it is Lena,Vinu Mohan,Chemban Vinod Jose or the surprise cameo of directer Martin Prakkat in an interesting role was happy to watch out ..

A family drama with all relationships essence painted in true colors make the normal viewer to hit back to watch out the film.

SCRIPT AND DIRECTION 

This is lyricist Venugopal Nair's first movie as scenarist and to the edge he had really digged gold for portraying the actual happenings that takes place between a normal family and that too without adding more taboos was the brilliant movement in execution such  a film in  a very decent way.Nowadays rarely films make u sit back and makes impact and makes us asking questions or discussing on each scenes why,how and which made happen and totally it is Lal Jose's bravest films he had ever made.When he produced many village filmed backgrounds and some films settled in other backgrounds many maniacs had sticked the maker thought that he would break the shell one day and today when taking a rewind on his films...from where he began  and where he is now standing by giving a stylish movie of love and thrills on ur seats..A film maker should taste all his films through different genres but it is rare to see such directer as we count we can find Mani Ratnam,Vidhu Vinod Chopra,Padmarajan, etc..but now it is time to announce LJ's name as he had not only directed this flick but had also produced this motion picture with sincere manner without giving any disappointments to his followers.

TECHNICAL PARTS

Setting the locations St Petersberg to Kochi  does not shake your eyebrows but when it comes from Jomon T John's frames there are certain to watch out with the lights,night colors,city lights,exotic landscapes or the frame ideas innovated in adding the beauty towards the over all materialization.Ranjan Abraham's Cuts are very fine and accurate ones that didn't spoil the flow of narration.Relationships are the movies essence and that has been highlighted by the characters bgm scores and Bijibal had given a very decent score which takes us to some other levels.The debutant Nikhil J Menon's music department had proved the language has no barriers whether we hear the English song or Malayalam Song this had reflected the city trends and mix of languages reflecting a flux and intermingling of cultures .

Neena on the whole is all about human relationships and the portrayal of relationships felt honest to the core.So many scenes seems to be looked as it is been ripped from the real life incidents. Lal Jose and the scribe Venugopal has looked at certain man -woman relationships that defies definitions and the story unravels trying to slot and the mess and given them a defined boundary while stressing that passion is a complicated thing .Viewers can feel divided about the kind of impact such a movie may bring upon many may find the second half the kind of dull with the addictions of Neena being focused on. Neena leaves a lot of questions unanswered,but then it tries to take a slice out of life shorn of gloss.

Neena is not the kind of film that you would come across everyday.It has the stamp of the directer who is in charge.The Laljose movie takes its own time to unfold and there are some avoidable digressions and characters.But it is an ode to emotions,it denies nothing and takes no sides and is not preachy.Neena drives home the fact that human emotions are complicated and man woman relationships can't easily be given definitions.A fall from the summit and an ascent from the nadir are equal possibilities in an individual's life.Concluding my words by noting that Neena might not be everyone's cup of tea but it slightly takes hold of the discerning viewer ends up leaving a lump in the throat.