Jithin Raj’s ‘Pallotty 90’s Kids’, presented by Lijo Jose Pellissery, is a lovely, moving story about the 1990s and friendship

At first, ‘Pallotty’ may look like a simple nostalgia exercise. But slowly, the film becomes deeper. It doesn’t milk situations for emotion and sentimentality.

Jithin Raj had the story idea for Pallotty 90’s Kids and he has directed it beautifully from writer Deepak Vasan’s screenplay. Once again, the separation of writing and directing duties pays off rich dividends for Malayalam cinema. Let me begin with what does not work, because that’s very little. The segue into the 1990s-era story from the modern day could have been more inventive, and the last few scenes needed a little more time to breathe. The message-y closure to the subplot involving Saiju Kurup, the big reunion at the ending – these needed as much detailing as the rest of this wonderful movie. And yet, I wept. I mean, I didn’t just mist up. I actually had tears pouring down. That is the power of the gently accumulative storytelling in this trip down memory lane, this ode to selfless friendship.

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