The one thing that strikes you the most while watching "Nazrani" is how script writer Renjith has successfully shifted his focus from Hinduism to Christianity. He is equally at home here, but except for the difference in the religious background of his characters, he has not offered anything new in his script.
Nazrani has David John Kottarathil (Mammootty, 56 going on 35) as its protagonist, a rich planter who is always spending his time boozing with his friends (Janardhanan, Maniyan Pilla Raju, Baburaj, Lalu Alex) at a Kottayam club gets into an imbroglio when a local politician, Benny (Arun, who should seriously start thinking about an alternate career option) gets murdered and his fiancee, Sara's (Vimala Raman, doing nothing other than fluttering her mascara lined eye lashes) step- sister Annie (Muktha George, always keeping a sad face) is suspected of having committed the murder. David tries to protect Annie from the local SP (Lalu Alex, effective) who is investigating the murder and parallely launches his own investigation and nabs the culprit with the help of his friends.
As is common with any Renjith script, you have characters moving in and out of the narrative- David's father (Captain Raju), his nun aunt (KPAC Lalitha), Annie's friend who commits suicide (Radhika), M C Paul, President of Malankara Congress and Benny's father (Vijayaraghavan, inspiring), his wife (Bindu Panicker), their elder son Xavier (Biju Menon making a royal comeback), the resigned minister, Ummachan (a dependable Jagathy Sreekumar), David's constant aide and his driver, Sukumaran (Kalabhavan Mani) and many more.
As the script progresses, the many characters are dumped half way and the film finally reaches a predicatable climax. This might not be his best script, but Renjith has successfully managed to keep it racy and fast. Before the audience can realize what happened, there is another incident thrown in and thus, the script writer keeps the audience interest alive.
Veteran director, Joshiy, who has completed 3 decades in the industry gives it all to this film. Joshiy has successfully adapted his cinematic style to the taste of the new generation and little wonder then that he is still a director to reckon with.
Mammootty has a blast playing David John Kottarathil. His style and mannerisms have been used to sparkling effect by Joshiy and Renjith; and the megastar has successfully carried the entire film on his broad shoulders. Special mention must be made about his looks and the extent of detailing that has gone into his make up and costumes.
Shaji captures the beauty of Kuttikkanam and Vagamon through his lenses. Renjan Pramod's razor sharp editing and Ouseppachan's background score adds to the tempo of the movie. Anil Panachooran- Bijibal team of "Arabikkatha" fame have not been able to recreate the magic with the songs.
All in all, Nazrani is a typical commercial pot boiler which one can enjoy with friends and family during the festive season.
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