Sathyan Anthikad’s ‘Hridayapoorvam’, with a charming Mohanlal, is a sweet, heartfelt entertainer

The story is about a man who gets a heart transplant and visits the family of the donor. Almost everything clicks in this movie, with overlength being the only major issue. The rest of this review may contain spoilers.

In Sathyan Anthikad’s Hridayapoorvam, Mohanlal plays Sandeep Balakrishnan, a single man in middle-age. He just has his sister and a brother-in-law who’s after his money. Siddique plays this old-style schemer with old-style exaggeration, and the plotting in these portions goes back to an older time of cinema. So does a fiancé character whose entire arc, involving spy software, is too out-there and handled too casually and leads to an utterly needless action stretch. And the film does go on too long. That’s about it. I wanted to get done with the few negatives so that the rest of this review can celebrate this rare movie in today’s hectic times. It feels like hanging out very leisurely with a very nice bunch of people. Even a woman who ditched a man and married someone else comes off like a nice person. She is scheming in her own way, but there’s also a dash of desperation, and every time she appears, she makes you laugh. 

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