SIFY REVIEW OF HARIHARANPILLA HAPPYAANU(HAPPIYALLA)

Topic started by TRUTH TELLER (@ 61.1.253.100) on Mon Nov 24 14:35:20 EST 2003.
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Hariharan Pillai Happy Aanu can be labelled as one of Mohanlal’s worst films. What a waste of a gifted actor in an enterprise that is likely to make you tear your hair with grief. Devoid of continuity, craft and coherence, the result is chaotic. Viswanathan, the debutant director should go back to his ‘guru’ Priyadarshan to learn the basics of direction before he attempts another film.
Hariharan Pillai (Mohanlal) a simpleton is a hardworking civil contractor. Hari runs his own construction company with his uncle cum supervisor (Cochin Haneefa), carpenter Vasu (Jagathy) painter Sundaran (Salim Kumar) and others. Satyapalan (C.I.Paul), a rich moneylender takes Hari for a ride and cheats him after he constructs a palatial house for him. Satyapalan’s daughter Kavya (Jyothirmayi) after an initial tiff with Hari falls in love with him! How Hari sorts out things and marries Kavya forms the rest of this predictable fare.

Even the great Mohanlal cannot prop-up this regressive piece of kitsch due to a dilapidated screenplay (ever heard of Sunil Impress?) and an over-the-top direction. It is archaic and looks like a Sasikumar (a hit director of 70’s) film. Mohanlal sleepwalks through the film and Jyothirmayi a talented actress sadly lacks glamour and oomph to do the role of Kavya. Jagathy and Salim Kumar cracks corny jokes with a lot of double meaning that leaves you cold.

There is not even one redeeming factor in this technically slipshod enterprise. At the end contrary to the title, you leave the theatre whining and totally unhappy!

Verdict: Unhappy Times


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