' Iyobinte Pusthakam ' - Review

'Iyobinte Pusthakam' is totally an Amal Neerad movie, treated with his magical frames and usual styles. It has Multi star cast  including Lal, Fahad Fasil, Jayasurya, T.G. Ravi, Sreejith Ravi, Jinu, Chemban Jose, Vinayakan, Isha Sharvani, Padmapriya, Reenu Mathews, Lena etc. The film is the first production of Fahad Fasil in the banner ‘Fahad Fasil and Friends’ combo with Amal Neerad Productions. The opinions about the movie, are Mixed.

Story

Iyob ( Lal ) is one of the slaves of British Lord Harrison and later he becomes as a most trusted servant of Harrison. The Lord gets separated from his wife and  he falls in love with a tribal woman Kazhali ( Lena ) and then she becomes as the Mistress of the Lord. The Lord passed away and Iyob kicks out the pregnant Kazhali from the House. Iyob  rises as a ruthless Lord. He has three sons Dimitri ( Chemban Jose ), Ivan ( Jinu ) and the third Aloshy ( Fahad Fasil ), in his wife Annama ( Reenu Mathews ). The first two sons are roughshod but Aloshy, the youngest is  kind & gentle. After some unexpected turns,  Iyob finally realises that Aloshy is right.

Movie Outlook

Excepting the previous flicks of Amal Neerad , ‘Iyobinte Pusthakam’ – the theme features a different backdrop. The story set in the period of Slavery, Comradery and Revolution before and after The World wars and Independence.

• Positives :     Visualisation &  Some applaud able moments ( specially The Climax, Stunts & Dialogues )
• Drawbacks:  The Most heavy lagging moments, An Outstretched narrative styles, Some Scenes have made a feel of Emptiness.

                  

Acting

All are Major Characters;  Lal, Fahad Fasil, Jayasurya, T.G. Ravi, Sreejith Ravi, Jinu Jacob, Chemban Jose, Vinayakan, Isha Sharvani, Padmapriya, Reenu Mathews, Lena etc. – They have equal importance.

Technicalities

• Totally goes with spectacular visuals Of Amal Neerad. But Direction could have been better.
• Gopan Chithambaram’s Script is OK. Good Dialogues of Syam Pushkar
• The Technical sides are greatly endearing; Specially Music, Art Direction, Costumes, Sound Sections, Titles  etc.  Amal Neerad again shows ‘How to treat a movie with finest technical sides’.

Grade:    A Visual Magic

Rating :  3 / 5