Vipin Das’s ‘Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil’ is an easy watch, but this solid premise should have generated more laughs

The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Basil Joseph. Not all the jokes land, and the second half, especially, dips in momentum.

When I interviewed director Hari before the release of Rathnam, he said it was important that the big heroes do more films per year, instead of concentrating on just one potential mega-blockbuster at a time. It keeps the theatres in business. That’s another aspect Malayalam cinema excels in. Take Prithviraj. We saw Aadujeevitham in March. In May, we have Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil, directed by Vipin Das. The former is a drama. The latter is a comedy. (And he’s also directing one of the most anticipated big-budget films of the year.) Regardless of the quality of the films, the point that Hari made – and it is a valid point – is that stars should put themselves out there more. Some films will win. Some will vanish without a trace. But at least, the wheels of the industry keep turning. 

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