Oru Muthassi Gadha

The film has a lot of heart. The title sequence was pretty innovative. It was amusing for the most part. But there were better family films than this one in the 80s and the 90s. Also, Rajni Chandi's role was the kind that KPAC/Kaviyoor Ponnamma/Philomena etc could have performed in their sleep back in the 90s. The role was quite ill conceived what with the character abusing random people on the road making me cringe. Jude Anthony Joseph's turn as the lecherous young man was quite pathetic and stood out like a sore thumb. The film never really rises above a certain level but it does pick up quite a bit in the second half during the road trip. It could have been a mini classic of sorts with better writing. Maybe Jude Anthony Joseph should have asked Sreenivasan (who plays a small role) to write the dialogs for this film. Afterall, Sreeni wrote so many classic films about middle class aspirations in the 80s and the 90s.