PREMAM

Alphonse Puthran | Nivin Pauly, Madonna Sebastian, Sai Pallavi, Anupama Parameswaran | 2015 | Musical Romantic Drama |

Premam, a film that turned out to be an industry’s blockbuster in the midst of falling in an over exploited genre. Premam as the name describes, the whole film is about George aka Nivin Pauly and his love stories in three phases. There are quite a no. of films in this genre yet Premam managed to catch our attention more than any other film in that era. Right from the Title logo till the last frame each segment of the film showed us the love Director Alphonse Puthren had for the film. There’s always a saying in cinema, when you have the right script and conviction everything falls in the right place and this magic happened for Premam.

The master mind behind the film Alphonse is the editor of the film too, that’s the reason why each frame and scene go hand in hand. He was able to show what exactly ran in his head during the early scripting stages. Coming back to writing and direction, he has completely understood the actors and the roles and made them deliver such realistic acting. Detailing and sensibility are two factors that set the bench mark of Malayalam cinema higher than the other Indian cinema industries irrespective of the proportion of budget they have. Yet Premam proved to be a box office blockbuster too by collecting 60Cr (Wiki) which is almost fifteen times the budget of the film. No massive set work or CGI, just clean and clear story with a prefect ground work.

As the story revolves around Nivin Pauly and his love interest in different phases chronologically Anupama Parameswaran, Sai Pallavi and Madonna Sabastian. Each of the three female leads portrayed their roles perfectly and had distinct characterisation. Unlike many other film’s female leads had a reason and a set of incidents to prove their need and presence in the film. On the other hand, Shabareesh and Krishna being Nivin’s friends were realistic to a greater interest and established that relatable connectivity. One of the many points when the film maker won our hearts. A commercial film reaches all sections of audience only when they are able to relate to the characters and re imagine themselves as those portrayed characters, for this matter Premam definitely wins our hearts. Coming back to the main man Nivin, premam was one of the initial movies that set the base for the big star he is today. His acting and variations in three age phases are clearly differente and steals the show.

On a whole, Premam is a type of a film that never loses the originality even after years it stays young and gets those awws even after thousand watchs. A perfect commercial entertainer with all elements that covers all set of audience. Irrespective of linguistic differences Premam stands as a show stealer and proves that although love and romance genres are over exploited across industries, there still are a lot of ways to portray it and make the film interesting for the audience, the sole reason behind Love never dies no matter what. Premam – show stealer! ❤️