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Sandeep
9th September 2005, 12:51 PM
A new form of acting from Mohanlal in Naren.

If you thought that you have seen all the nuances of a calibrated performance from Mohan Lal, you are wrong. There is still a lot more of Mohanlal Mania to be seen and savoured in Naran, directed by Joshi.
Veteran director and his script writer Ranjan Pramod uses Mohanlal's larger-than-life image and blends it with the milieu, successfully in this action adventure film laced with sentiments. It is old wine in a new tetra pack with hardly any story or twists but the great man simply lights up the screen with his sheer presence.

And Mohanlal creates a brand new assembly of speaking frames, where words become irrelevant the face speaks. The actor uses his eyes and body language to express it all- anger, dismay, rage, anguish, affection, gratitude and love. Mohanlal the actor and superstar makes Naran a gripping story of grief and heroism due to his powerful performance.
Mullankolli is a interior rustic village, near a river. Velayudhan (Mohanlal) is an orphan who came floating on a reef during floods and he was brought up by Valiya Nambiar (Madhu) a do-gooder and a feudal landlord of the area.

Velayudhan grows up into a riff-raff, drunkard and a local rowdy with a good heart. He hates injustice and has set his own rules for the villagers who are scared of him including local moneylender and politician 'member' Kurup (Jagathy). Gopinathan Nambiar (Siddique) son-in-law of Valliya Nambiar who wants to lord over the village in his own way.

When Velayudhan plants a stick like lord Murugan's Vel, it means that it has his stamp of authority. The only man who he listens to is Valiya Nambiar and to a certain extent Kelappan (Innocent) who looked after him as a child. The villagers including Kurup and Gopinathan regularly bring goondas from outside the village to eliminate Velayudhan but they fail. There are three women in his life- a prostitute Kunnil Shanta( Sona Nair) old flame Janaki( Devayani) and Kelappan's daughter Leela (Bhavana). But things turn bleak for Velayudhan due to the machinations of Gopinathan which leads to the climax.

The only aim of producer Antony Perumbavor, director Joshi and writer Ranjan Pramod is to somehow cash in on Mohanlal image during the Onam season and make a hit. The music of Deepak dev is hummable especially the Kavadi number, though there is only two songs. But what makes the film look fresh is the Hogennakal and Polachi locations and the art work of Joseph Nellikal and camera of Shaji is top notch mainly all the river and underwater scenes.

On the downside, post interval the film drags and it is a bit mushy and has really no story to say. The entire film runs on Mohanlal's image and characterization. Still if you are a fan of Mohanlal, go for Naran, he is mesmerizing!

Sandeep
9th September 2005, 12:53 PM
What a comeback for Mohanlal!

In spite of heavy rains,his Naran has taken an extraordinary opening all over Kerala and Bangalore. The film which opened on September 3, Saturday has been declared a hit by the trade.
According to Alex George of Central pictures, the distributors of the film: "Naran has taken a fantastic opening and the best part is that there is no negative report about the film. It is a hit, how big we will know only in the coming days".

In Kozhikode, it is running in two theatres Kairali and Apsara with a combined seating capacity of nearly 2500 and so far all shows in both the theatres are full. In Trivandrum, police had to conduct mild lathi charge to disperse the crowd that turned violent in front of Sreekumar and Sreevisakh theatres as they could not get tickets!

And at India's most prestigious multiplex- PVR Forum in Bangalore Naran tickets for the gold class (Rs 500 per ticket) which contains only 32 seats has been sold out for the week!

Meanwhile Mohanlal himself saw the film at a special show arranged for him and his family and friends in Chennai's Devi- Sridevi preview theatre. Later P.Vasu, the Tamil director hugged him after the show and told him-"Super, you were amazing".

Sandeep
9th September 2005, 12:54 PM
"Puthumakalode Narenum Mohanlalum" - Weblokam

http://www.weblokam.com/cinema/location/0509/08/1050908008_1.htm

sanju
17th September 2005, 02:42 PM
the real king is back again, mohan lal rules the box office. naran is a pleasure to watch.