ONE DAY MANY STORIES

Friday Malayalam Movie Review
Director : Lijin Jose
Cast :  Fahadh Faasil, Manu, Ann Augustine, Nedumudi Venu, Seema G Nair, Dinesh, Tiny Tom, Vijayaraghavan etc.
Music :  Roby Abraham
Background Score : Rex Vijayan
Producer : Sandra Thomas, Thomas Joseph Pattathanam

‘Friday’, as the title suggests, sketches the happenings on one single day, a Friday. Different people from different walks of life move about in the Town of Alappuzha, each with a purpose and intention of his own. There is an autorickshaw driver (played by Fahadh) who, when he starts the day off with his auto-rickshaw, knows that he has to make lots of money. He has so many things to be taken care of. There is another young guy (played by Dinesh), whose wife has delivered a baby the previous day and who couldn’t make it to the hospital to see his baby that day as he had lots of things to take care at home. He is a farmer. He has come to town by the morning boat to see his baby. There are two college students (played by Manu and Ann Augustine) who are in love and decide to spend the day at the beach as it’s a holiday for them. There is an old man (played by Nedumudi Venu),

Lijin Jose's debut film talks of birth, death and life on a 'Friday'. Set against the backdrop of the backwaters of Alapuzha, Lijin focuses his lens on a few characters that move along with the hustle bustle of life on a day that would eventually come to an end just like any other, leaving a few less and a few more in the process.

Balu (Fahad Fazil) is least happy with the way the day has started off. An autorickshaw driver by profession, he has just learned that a jackfruit has landed into the mist of his verandah, breaking its way through a newly laid out roof. Cursing everyone around, he leaves for work, wondering of ways in which he could get the broken roof repaired
A fully pregnant beggar woman roams the city with hopes of finding a place where she could deliver her baby. Another mother (Seema G Nair), whose daughter in law has just delivered a baby, has to head back home with the newborn, as the W & C hospital decides to discharge her all on a sudden, due to want of beds.

The weakest of all the threads is perhaps the one that involves Arun (Prakash Bare) and Parvathy (Asha Sarath), a childless couple who lands in Alapuzha on the said day, to adopt a child. They are quite in a hurry, and have to leave back to Bangalore by evening, and when the orphanage officials demand a certificate to complete the adoption procedures, they find themselves in a fix.

There is nothing wrong with the much-used multiple narrative as such, but what makes 'Friday' perhaps a little less ineffective than several other films that have adopted the format is that at least a couple of individual stories in the crowd, do not hold strong ground. Perhaps, a logical justification for the same could be that not all lives tend to be equally interesting!

I couldn't find an actor in 'Friday' who hasn't delivered. Nedumudi Venu is back with an amazing performance, and Fahad Fazil affirms that he could shed off those boxer shorts quite comfortably for a lungi. Fahad is exceptionally good, and so are Manikantan, Dinesh and Manu who appear in shorter roles. Asha Sarath is the lady to watch out for, and Ann Augustine seems to be getting better with each film. 












YOUTUBE LINKS ............
1.Official Trailer
2.Sugandha Neerala Official HD Song - Friday 11.11.11....          DOWNLOAD THIS SONG



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