Movie Review Trivandrum Lodge Malayalam

“Trivandrum Lodge” follows the lives of people staying in the lodge and their desires and aspirations. The lodge owner Ravishankar played by Anoop Menon and his wife Malavika played by Bhavana, Abdu a resident with the looks of a sexually frustrated maniac, portrayed by the ever improving Jayasurya and the bold and beautiful Dhwani Nambiar acted by Honey Rose are the principle characters in the movie written by Anoop Menon whose versatility has become an accepted trait. Saiju Kurup as reporter Shibu Vellayini, P.Balachandran as a retired clerk, Janardhanan as a pianist, Sukumari and P.Jayachandran contribute with some fine acting as well. Child artists Master Dhananjay and Baby Nayanthara are remarkable in their roles with blazing performance.

However, the acting highlight has been the performance of Jayasurya who is improving with each picture and shows tremendous maturity and understanding in his portrayal of Abdu. Anoop Menon is very convincing as the lodge owner without any trace of avarice while Bhavana and Honey Rose also give very impressive performance.

The different emotions like love, lust, greed and envy that pass through the minds of people staying together and how they affect the lives of those people are brought out brilliantly by Anoop Menon’ storytelling and Jayasurya’s restrained but expressive acting. The combination of Anoop Menon and Jayasurya has once again proved their ingenuity and remarkable talent after earlier successes with “Cocktail” and “Beautiful”.

“Trivandrum Lodge” is easily one of the quality films released recently and will be liked by the Malayalee audience who enjoy good movies. Anoop Menon’s dialogues are effective and songs by M.Jayachandran are mellifluous. Equally outstanding are the camera work by Pradeep Nair and background music by Bijibal. Mahesh Narayanan has been judicious and the result has been a finely edited film. On the whole, V K Prakash-directed Trivandrum Lodge can be considered a significant milestone in the revival of Malayalam cinema. And the triumphant march of Anoop Menon- Jayasurya combination continues !!!

Verdict: Bold & Beautiful..