Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan: Dileep, Urvashi steal the present on this humorous household drama

Dileep, as an actor, is well-liked for present process makeovers in his movies. Think Chanthupott, Kunjikoonan, Pachakuthira and Sound Thoma. In his newest film Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan, the actor continues the pattern as he regarded convincing as an ageing patriarch of a household that’s struggling financially.

The film directed by Dileep’s pal Nadirshah is a household drama narrated in a humorous and feel-good method. The film follows Keshu’s household consisting of his spouse Ratnam (performed by Urvashi) and two kids. The premise of the story is just like many household dramas we now have seen in Malayalam cinema earlier than. Keshu, the elder son of the household, likes to pinch pennies. His prolonged household — sisters and in-laws — are pressurising him for division of ancestral property. However, Keshu tries laborious to sidestep the calls for, all the time arising with new excuses to delay the partition, including to his household’s frustration. Things come to a head when Keshu’s mom’s asks the entire household to go for a pilgrimage to Rameshwaram to be able to do the final rituals of their late father.
During the course of the journey, Keshu involves know that he has gained a lottery value Rs 12 crores. The remaining a part of the film reveals how the angle of Keshu and his members of the family change as they be taught they’re about to get filthily wealthy. However, the foremost twist within the story occurs when the lottery ticket goes lacking and the entire household frantically searches for the lacking ticket. All the characters within the film are typical of a center class household and are relatable. Some of the comedy is just too on-the-nose and even insulting, particularly the sequence the place a member of the family of Keshu loses a wig and turns into the laughing inventory, comes throughout as particularly distasteful.
Urvashi delivers a power-packed efficiency. The veteran actor brings a number of nuance as she performs a homemaker with shades of selfishness, authority and love. Dileep is convincing as an ageing man, which reminds you of Suraj Venjaramood’s function within the film Kuttanpillayude Shivaratri. Jaffer Idukki once more made a robust impression as a relative who’s as clever as Keshu and as a lot of a spendthrift. Kalabhavan Shajon and Kottayam Nazeer additionally play vital characters within the film.
The film is written by Sajeev Pazhoor who delivers one thing very totally different from Thondimuthalum Drisakshiyum. His screenplay mines humour-based household drama, although the film lags lots within the second half and struggles to achieve the climax . The songs composed by Nadirshah are also common.
The film is now streaming on Disney Hotstar.