Sathyan Anthicaud's "Bhagyadevatha" reaches its high point in the interval when Benny (Jayaram) learns that his wife, Daisy (Kanihaa) has won a fortune and is shocked and helpless at the same time since he had sent her home only the previous night after lot of drama and fighting. Thereafter, all the tricks that Benny adopts to win her back entertains the audience infinitely and it is to Sathyan's credit that he includes some simple yet poignant lessons of life in his narrative without getting too preachy or overboard!
Sathyan as a director has always had an amazing script sense but his own scripts (Rasathanthram, Vinodayathra and Innathe Chinthavishayam) had failed to excite. With Bhagyadevatha, you get the feeling that Sathyan has understood clearly what was lacking in his earlier scripts and has come up with a tight one with superbly penned dialogues. Sathyan's trusted lieutenants in the acting department- Innocent, Mamukkoya, Nedumudi Venu, KPAC Lalitha- outperform themselves and lend credibility to their characters. Jayaram, again, is in comfortable milieu and literally lives as Benny. However, one needs to point out that age is catching up with him and it is difficult to imagine Jayaram as a "suitable bachelor" anymore! Kanihaa essays the role of Daisy effectively and Narain plays his delightful cameo well.
Venu's camera captures the earthy beauty of Kuttanad very well. Rajagopal's editing is crisp. All other technical departments work fine with the exception of music. Ilaiyaraaja disappoints big time- none of the songs are catchy enough and the background music is also nothing much to write home about!
That said, Bhagyadevatha is a highly appealing film for all ages and promises to be another blockbuster for Jayaram after "Veruthe oru Bharya". Watch it with family- this is one of those rare scripts that can be filmed effectively only in Malayalam :-)
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