Thursday, November 6, 2008

Twenty 20 : Review

After a very long expectations and waiting, AMMA's Twenty 20 got into the theatres last day. It has taken the biggest ever opening in the history of Malayalam films. It has collected a record Rs 1.74 crore from 115 screens across Kerala, with all of them doing four shows in the releasing day. The best thing that happened in relation to the movie is that the word-of-mouth on the film is very good. The film is clearly all set to be the highest grossing film in the history of Malayalam films, in the coming weeks.

Director Joshy, writers Sibi.K.Thomas and Udayakrishnan, and above all producer Dileep has delivered a stylish, racy and never a dull moment super entertainer with their Twenty 20. The film has a great star cast with two superstars and five other important stars along with 55 other popular faces in Malayalam films. But the good news is that Mammootty and Mohanlal have got equal footage, importance and both are simply outstanding in their respective roles.

What has made the film work big time is the packaging, presentation and the script flow, the right gags, humour and the sudden twists that make it an edge of the seat thriller with a stunning climax. Both the Superstars (Mammootty and Mohanlal) carry the film to its winning post on the strength of their characterization, style and knockout performances. Suresh Gopi steals the show in his own way, while producer Dileep who has the shortest role in the film brings out his impeccable comic timing.

The film weaves a spell on the viewer with some electrifying scenes, which gets the maximum claps in the theatre. The Mammootty introduction scene is one among them. Another moment is just before interval, when Mammootty saves Mohanlal in the court where he is accused of murder, and as he walks out the transformation from a meek man to a mighty man takes place, as he takes his Mundu and folds it up (Narasimamham style), twirls his moustache, puts on his Rayban glasses and delivers punchlines to his friends and has an eyeball to eyeball confrontation with Mammootty, with which the theatre gets exploded. Suresh Gopi’s shootout scene in the climax and his punchline dialogue and body movement are excellent.

The first half an hour of the movie is somewhat boring with some irritating old comedies from some reputed comedians of Malayalam film Industry. With the entrance of Mammootty by then helped the movie to get somewhat interesting, but by the entrance of Mohanlal, the film really gets into it's business. There after, all (Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi) these mighty stars starts to fight against each other, which makes the film much more interesting.

In the Technical part, there are only three songs by Suresh Peters which all can be rated as only average by it's nature. The pick of the songs is the Mauritius song O’ Priye.., lensed beautifully, by cameraman P. Sukumar. Stunt Shiva had done some awesome action scenes, especially that Mammootty- Mohanlal fight scene in the flat, which made audience thrilled. Ranjan Abraham’s crisp editing was another plus point for the film.

All in all, Joshiy and his crew, especially the script writers (Sibi.K.Thomas and Udayakrishnan) have done a better job here in this film. They have succeeded in making Twenty 20 a really watchable racy entertainer. My verdict to this film is that ' This film is definitely watchable, with lot of fire works in it.'

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Twenty 20 : Stills (1)

Twenty 20 : Stills (2)

Tags :- Mammootty, Mohanlal, Mollywood, Suresh Gopi, Twenty 20, New malayalam movies.

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