Lollypop sucks!

Commercial Malayalam Cinema is undoubtedly at its worst phase these days- a film like "Lollypop" is an example. A straight lift out of Indra Kumar's "ISHQ" (1997), the only difference the scriptwriter has made is that the lead characters are siblings and cousins instead of plain friends. The villain here is another youngster and not the parents as in the original. But, while the original provided wholesome entertainment, the duplicate only tests your patience!

Lack of originality in script, repeated comic sequences and dialogues that irritate, boring songs and dull song picturizations, overacting by most of the cast (Salim Kumar and Jayasurya are the saving grace), shoddy editing, tacky art direction and outrageous props- these are only some of the drawbacks of this listless enterprise. One can only feel sorry for the young brigade of Malayalam Cinema- if these are the kind of scripts that the youngsters are going to choose, this industry will be ruled by the 2 mighty superstars till they die. Shift your attention across the border guys- let us look forward to the theatrical release of Abhiyum Naanum, Villu and the like- they will definitely entertain us better!