Mayaanadhi movie review: A movie where the performances made the story.

This movie was just something else. I didn't know what I even expected to see, but this was honestly much better.

At the beginning of the movie, Maathan, played by Tovino Thomas, was with the group at a tea stall, and he was the only one who asked for Boost, which I thought was weird, or at least different. He just assumed that the tea dude had Boost, which isn't wrong, but is kinda... Immature? Childish? Innocent? I don't really know what the right word would be. After that, once they got to that fancy hotel room, he saw all that fancy stuff, like the huge bed and bathroom, and we could see it in his eyes that he was excited, but he didn't go jump around on all of it. He just stayed calm.

I would've TOTALLY jumped on the bed if it looked THAT nice.

Even though Maathan was technically (or morally) bad, he was still relatable, or at least, sympathetic. I didn't want him to get caught or killed by the police even though he accidentally killed an officer because of his character. His childish, innocent personality. His flaw.

Later on in the movie, he even insults Aparna and says offensive things (without realizing that those words were offensive), and even when Aparna tells him to go away, he leaves with a smile saying, "Ok. I'll come back tomorrow."

Literally after she just yelled at him.

This brings us to Aparna, played by Aishwarya Lekshmi. Throughout the movie, her feelings toward Maathan shifted back and forth from liking him to depending on him for support. After Maathan's royal accident with the police officer, he escaped and called Aparna because he wanted to try and reignite their relationship before he escaped the country. Over the phone, Aparna said she wouldn't slap him, but right when she saw him, she slapped him, partly with anger on him, and partly with anger about the wedding earlier. But that irony was the kind of irony needed.

Classic irony.

But they spoke like friends right after that anyway, so yeah.

Later on, she NEEDED motivation before an audition, so she called him, and no matter how much he praised her, she didn't feel confident, but when he insulted her a lot, she felt much better and more self-confident. Reverse psychology was the way to go.

I hope this movie doesn't get remade. This movie probably would work only in Malayalam. I don't need to see this being remade in Hindi or Telugu. Maybe a dubbing, but definitely not a remake.

UPDATE: I didn't think it would actually get dubbed in Telugu but it did. I need to rewatch the movie. I barely remember it now.