Kadha parayumbol fame director mohanan is back with this film which revolves around a school infamous for it's dipping success ration in SSLC . with no basic infrastructure , irresponsible teachers and a bunch hopeless students the school is one big mess .
here comes freshly appointed teacher , vinayachandran (prithviraj) to the village who is on a one man mission to elevate the school to next level and how he manages to do that wraps the film .the basic plot of the film is strikingly similar to satyan-sreeni cult doore doore oru koodu kootam which includes the characterization largely caricatures like a HM more seen on fields , under wear selling physics sir , over made up madam , politically inclined sir and so many.
the first half is pure mediocre what with when prithviraj not busy preaching we are subjected to cliched humor , dialogues , scenes and dumb sentiments . all blame to the screenplay written by the director himself which is lame and refuses to be innovative .
on comparison second half is likable as the serious scenes becomes bit effective making the proceedings engaging and despite the climax being extremely predictable it might bring a smile or two on your face . but then again we cannot ignore unintentionally funny scenes like the saluting scene . lmao
as film maker mohanan fails the test as he lacks the X factor quite evident the way he has handled many a scenes and agonizingly picturized songs .
and what's his strange fixation with school climax ...
all prithviraj has to do in the film is to preach making the scenes look like a doc and his role is quite larger than life making every one from a minister to DEO numb by his polished speeche . yawn
too bad that he simply sticks to the contrived script rather than pulling it above the draft . samvrutha has a name sake role but she look gorgeous esp in the unwanted duet with prithvi while rest of the characters fails to strike any chord .
songs by jayachandran are quite nice and though the night class song might trash your logic balls it made for a good watch .
on the whole manikyakallu is a film which has it's heart at the right place but a dismantled screenplay takes it just to the passing mark.
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