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Movie Review : Chattambi Naadu (2009)
   
Producer: Anto Joseph, Naushad
Director: Shafi
Cast: Mammootty, Saikumar, Salimkumar, Suraj Venjaaranmoodu, Vijaya Raghav, Vinu Mohan
Music: Alex Paul


Sometimes a film leaves you with a question that may bother you for a while: Do megastars do formula stuff eyeing acceptance at the box office? Why else would an actor like Mammootty do a Malayalam film like Chattanmbinadu? The film is a rehash of Rajamanikyam, with a few changes. And this, coming from the successful team of writer Benny P Nayarambalam and director Shafi, only doubles the disappointment. This is just a star project without any originality.

So any effort to dwell into the premise of this film will be futile. But for people who need something tangible to make up their minds, here it is; Chattanmbinadu tells the story of a village on the border of Tamil Nadu (or is it Karnataka [ Images ]?), which is ruled by hoodlums because of a fight between two feudal lords.

Our hero Veerendra Mallaya (Mammootty), the biggest goon of them all, comes here on the behest of the weaker lord Mallachira Chandramohan (Manoj K Jayan), a drunk. The bad guy Kattapilli Nagendran (Siddique) blocks the sale of his ancestral property to tide over his financial difficulties.

There are the stock comic subplots involving Salim Kumar, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Janardhanan. Then there is the back story, which pops up in bits and pieces, in black and white. Everything comes together in a prolonged climax.

Chattanmbinadu succeeds in its basic purpose ie. cashing in on Mammootty's aura by making him look stylish with a designer beard, white outfits and expensive sunglasses (again reminiscent of Rajamanikyam). Instead of dialogue laced with the Thiruvananthapuram accent, as in Rajamanikyam, here his dialogues have a Kannada flavour.

The supporting cast of Vinu Mohan's Murugan as Mallaya's educated stooge (very similar to the role played by Rahman in the original) has a few comic gags and is also instrumental in making the second half heavy.

The female lead Lakshmi Rai does not have anything more than ornamental value. Mythili, as the second lead, plays Murugan's mute love interest and is not much of a consequence in the scheme of things.

Though Benny P Nayarambalam's script relies heavily on humour, it lacks the sharpness of his previous works.

In the final analysis, we can say that law of averages has caught up with Mammootty, whose last few outings before Chattanmbinadu were very good.

Originality and New Theme are the last things that you expect in a commercial festival movie like 'Chattambi Nadu' and that is exactly what it renders. Shafi who has made some better commercial movies like 'Kalyanaraman', 'Chocolate' and 'Mayavi' this time ends up with a rehash of some previous Malayalam movies. At strict 2 hours of length, 'Chattambi Nadu' won't bore you to death but neither will impress you much.

Theme
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The theme is oft repeated. The hero returning to village with which he has a past. Two warring groups and families in the village and the hero stealing the show. 'Rajamanikyam' is still fresh in all our memories hence the similarity is so obvious. Even 'Aaram Thampuran' and so many other movies have had this kind of a story in which a hero with a past returns to his village and so on. Even though expected, theme wise, 'Chattambi Nadu' is a major disappointment. Shafi is capable of bringing out some interesting themes within the commercial format like say in 'Chocolate'. Nothing of that sort happens here.

Mammotty and the Rest
--------------------------------The saving grace of the whole affair is Mammotty who is once again superb in using diction and dialect to perfection. Even though the 'RajaManikyam' hangover is obvious, Mammotty lifts an ordinary role to a notable one with his use of the diction and flexibility in presentation. The rest of the cast is ho-hum except for Suraj and Salim Kumar. Suraj's antics are worth a few chuckles and Salim Kumar though looks jaded, manages to hold on with some one liners.