The movie has the camaraderie of the driver Suku and the conductor Eravi of a K S R T C ordinary service plying between tribal village of Gavi and Pathanamthitta as its central plot and the scriptwriters, Nishad Koya and Manu Prasad intelligently contribute various incidences of their acclimatization with the silent village life with aplomb. A not so `Ordinary' offering from a debutante, it can be lauded for its sincere, unassuming efforts and packaging that is sure to go well with the viewers.
A movie that wisely uses the maximum of the geographical milieu on which it is planted, this ordinary hardly falls off from its tracks at any point of its narratives. On the whole, one can safely say that Ordinary is a few notches above just being ordinary, but not extraordinary.In the current years of fresh ideas and directors, it's Sugeeth who is scoring some brownie points with his debut offering `Ordinary', this week. Ordinary proves that Kunchacko Boban has ripened enough to break the chocolate boy image and handle characters that require him to be in his late twenties and early thirties.īiju Menon continues his good form and virtually carries the film on his shoulders in the first half while Asif Ali becomes a tad repetitive with his screaming bouts. It's as if the think-tank behind this film is not confident that non-violent resolution of conflict would work. But, what we get in the second half is utterly disappointing, with murder, mayhem and violence going overboard. That would have been an intelligent ploy if it was worked on subtly. There are some pointers in the initial stages that could develop into conflict in the later stages. There are two leading ladies- Ann Augustine as a post lady delivering letters in the region and Shritha Sivadas as Kalayani, a sales representative selling cell phone connections, who provides the requisite romance. Baburaj as a drunkard provides wisecracks at opportune moments (it feels like he has become indispensable in Malayalam films after his appearance as a cook in the path-breaking Salt N' Pepper).Īsif Ali appears as Bhadran, doing odd jobs to help people and is the caretaker of the local dam, a job that he inherited after his father's death. Who is now a panchayat member respected by all, and a newly recruited young teacher played by Jishnu. There is a retired school principal, Venu (Lalu Alex), The story (credited to the director himself) moves at an even pace as characters take their places in the scheme of things like regular commuters taking their favourite seats in a bus. We are allowed to savour life in this beautiful place without any major conflict or danger. The best thing about the first half of the film is that there is no urgency to move things forward.
But, slowly Eravi gets accustomed to it as his friendship with Suku grows and he becomes familiar with the inhabitants some of whom are regular commuters in his bus. The place lacks basic amenities like proper toilets or telephones. The driver of the bus Suku (Biju Menon), is a tough looking guy with a wry sense of humour and a weakness for drink. His first posting is in the Gavi forest range with only one service a day. The film shows how the two men become an integral part of the lives of the people living there.Įravikkuttan Pillai (Kunchacko Boban), who aspired to be an important politician, has to lay aside his dreams once he becomes a bus conductor after his father dies. It tells the story of a bus driver and a conductor of the State Transport Corporation who do the daily run to and from the picturesque Gavi forest. The film has Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon in the lead. Malayalam film Ordinary is a few notches above ordinary, writes Paresh C Palicha.ĭébutant director Sugeeth proves with his Malayalam film Ordinary that something simple and ordinary can be engaging and interesting to an extent.