Sakudumbam Shyamala

Film: Sakudumbam Syamala
Cast: Urvasi, Kunchacko Boban, Bhama, Saikumar, Nedumudi Venu, Geetha Vijayan, Suraj Venjarammoodu
Producer: S.Gopakumar
Director: Radhakrishnan Mangalathu
Music Director: Sajeev Lal
Release date: 23 July 2010
Reviewed by: Khan M Jahangir on 23 July 2010 at 2:30 PM

Radhakrishnan Mangalathu, who hails from the world of TV sops, debuted in the movie screen, with an ultimate crap called ‘Sakudumbam Shyamala.’
I think Saji Surendran’s success in the film industry paved the way for new directors from TV sops. But this movie is a crushing disappointment. It has an average cast starting with Urvasi in the title role and Kunchacko Boban, Saikumar, Nedumudi Venu, Suraj Venjaramood, Bhama in the supporting roles.

The Story
Urvasi (Shyamala) is an illiterate and ambitious middle class wife of Saikumar and mother of Kunchacko Boban. Nedumudi Venu is the District Collector and he is the brother of Urvasi also her biggest enemy and the neighbour. Her biggest dream is Kunchako’s wedding. For that she is looking for an alliance only from the family who are settled in America.

Urvasi and Nedumudi, once a loving sister and brother later became enemies because of Urvasi’s affair with Saikumar. Saikumar is working as a UD clerk in Government office. Kunchacko is an editor of a news channel and Bhama is his love interest who is also working in the same channel as a reporter. Suraj Venjaramood is a typical Politician who is always looking for opportunities. An incident took Urvasi to the limelight of the media and society. This became a turning point and she gets the candidature in the election and she became the Revenue Minister of Kerala [Don’t curse me for the illogical situations]. Meanwhile Kunchacko marries Bhama and Urvasi opposes it. Some issues leads to the resignation of the Minister Urvasi and her situation worsens more. Then Bhama helps her from get rid of the situation.

The Verdict
Urvasi has already proven her talent to the South Indian cinema. What she did in this movie is absolute over-acting. The script and movie revolves around Urvasi, but she did no justice for the title role.

The uninspiring script and shallow direction is another major flop of the movie. People can’t tolerate this kind of treatment for more than 30 minutes. I think the main problem of mega-serial makers is to create a stuff that is flawless for 2 hours.

The only presentable item in the movie is Suraj Venjarammod. Nedumudi Venu and Saikumar justified their casting. Kunchacko Boban has nothing to do and Bhama is just for time-pass. MG Sreekumar arranged music for the movie and the songs are total disappointment.

If anyone comes to see a fresh treatment from a new director, you are totally mistaken, this one is the same old crap.

Rating
1 out of 5