Lovers

Synopsis: The misogynist that he is, Suresh (Saptagiri) calls himself ‘Magajathi animuthyam’ (the jewel among men). The jewel, is actually a mentally ill patient. He beats up an army of women to pulp when he is brought out of the hospital in some strange circumstances. But then, he becomes the cause for romance between a boy and a girl bloom.

Movie Review: For the entire time that comedian Saptagiri occupies screen space during the second half, he makes the theatre come alive. The audience goes berserk, bang their seats and just can’t stop laughing. The comedian could not asked for more. His talent completely overshadowed the rest of the artistes in the film, including the story. He can only thank the director for conceiving such a role for him.

Well now, here’s the story if it really matters. Chitra Subramanyam (Nandita) is someone who will not live and let live. In her eyes, all men are flirts. So, she’s on a mission, poisoning the minds of her friends and breaking their relationships with their boyfriends. The victim of Chitra’s suspicious nature of boys is Siddu (Sumanth Ashwin). But Siddu who hasn’t even met her, is not like her. He tries to help his friends find his love. And there is Chitra, bang in the picture all over again later. Irritated, disgusted, and furious, Siddu lays his hand on a sword and walks into the college to kill her. And stops. To his horror, he discovers that this is the girl he had fallen in love at first sight only recently and was dying to meet. And this was the same Chitra, he learns, who played the spoilsport in his love life earlier.

Now what does he do? Siddu is really obsessed with her. And that takes us to the mental hospital. In trying to gain her love, he gets entangled in a story he weaves. Which is how the ‘Magajathi Animuthyam’ is let loose from the mental hospital. He tears down pictures of women, beats up a man who speaks to his daughter on the phone, punches a couple of girls objecting to their dress sense, smashes a television set because of the intolerant dances of women. And then there’s the highlight of the movie as he dares make war with an army of maidservants who challenge him and vanquishes them. The man has to be tamed. Siddu has to win Chitra’s heart. There are problems aplenty.

Sumanth Ashwin shows acting is cake-walk for him. As for Nandita, the scope of her role limited her to a set of expressions. Otherwise, we do know what her mettle is having proved it in ‘Prema Katha Chitram’.