Kalyanaraman is full on timepass

Writing about a movie that was released 5 years ago is nothing big deal. Kalyanaraman (Malayalam) was a movie which I was looking forward to watch considering the number of people who told me that the movie was pure, unadulterated fun. Finally I caught up with the movie during its umpteenth telecast on Surya TV on a lazy Friday Morning. Considering it was a Friday Morning, there were not many ads in between, but the movie had been cut to fit the schedule so as not to disturb the flow of serials that start playing from 12 Noon on Weekdays. Here is what I have to say on the abridged version of Kalyanaraman which I caught up with recently. Kalyanaraman is the story of Ramankutty (Dileep in his usual self) who is a popular cook cum marriage contractor. He along with his brother (Lal in his elements) runs the catering service with a whole lot of assistants (Salim Kumar and Innocent making the most of the screentime allotted to them) Ramankutty is hired for the wedding of a mute girl (Jothirmayee) which gets cancelled at the last moment. The kind hearted Ramankutty and his brother ask their third brother (Boban Allumoodan) to get married to the girl and thus, the two families unite to share a warm relationship with each other. Ramankutty is drawn towards the sister of the bride (an over enthusiastic and irritating Navya Nair) but there comes a problem in the form of her upmarket dancer cousin (Kunchacko Boban, wasted). Does Raman unite with his lady love? If yes, how? These questions are answered during the latter part of the movie. In terms of content or presentation, there is nothing new about Kalyanaraman. The scriptwriter Benny P Nayaramablam and the director Shafi tread a tried and tested formula path to come up with a pedestrian film which is saved thanks to the many gags in the dialogues. Dileep, Innocent and Salim Kumar are in full form exhibiting perfect comic timing. The only glitch is that the dialogues sometimes slip to plain double innuendos. Technically too, the movie is nothing extraordinary. Camera, Editing and Sound are all of normal quality and the sets are sometimes too trying on one's eyes. Alex Paul's music is very ordinary too. This is a movie that relies entirely on its actors comic timing and its funny dialogues to pull off and is very competent in these two departments. Kalyanaraman is enjoyable if your choice of entertainment is to have a hearty laugh sans logic.