Mayookham - part 3

Director Hariharan has the reputation of being a sensitive director who does not believe in compromises to get the cash registers ringing. He belongs to that old school which goes by the dictum that a good story is an essential pre-requisite for making a good film.

Veterans Jagathy Sreekumar who plays the heroine's father and Nedumui Venu who is the father of the hero acquit themselves well with a liberal dose of situational comedy that goes down well with the audience. Hariharan has taken care to see that the comedy does not detract too much from the main theme. In this comical interlude Indrans provide excellent prop to Jagathy and Venu.

As in his earlier films, Hariharan's favourite music director, Bombay Ravi, has come up with a few melodious songs in Mayookham too.

Hariharan's message continues to be: if you take up a good story and fortify it with a powerful script and sensitive direction, the end product cannot fail to impress the audience.

Mayookham is a welcome change from the usual crop of commercial films that litter Malayalam cinema.