Thanneer Mathan Dhinangal

A Fresh & Funny Storyline incorporated with young talented cast.Directorial Expertise could be noticed all through the film. A simple School-Living Style Movie.

Thanneermathan Dhinangal gives what 18am Padi couldn't. 18am Padi was school life and teenage years on paper but the movie was so horrible that gives us no emotion or nostalgia. Same with Oru Adaar Love. These movies were teenage fantasy done bad. TMD is the complete opposite. It makes us laugh all the time and takes us back to the classroom which most school life based movie couldn't. The performances of the whole cast was also very good unlike the above mentioned two movies. TMD also provides decent cinematography and music scores. The surprise in TMD was Vineeth Sreenivasan who gives his career best performance. I was not a big fan of his acting but this role was perfect for him and he done it in ease. June was the last school life based movie in Malayalam and it was a decent one. But TMD defeats June in all areas and simply one of the best movies of this year. Overall, TMD is a must watch theatre experience for all ages which takes us back to our school days.

The feeling of young tender love, especially when it reminds you of your own time back in the day, and when it has been shot with so much finesse and care and with an authentic and peculiar Malayalam dialect that is not spoken but sung by its talented cast just makes Thanneer Mathan Dinangal (Watermelon Days) so much more appealing you will enjoy every shot and frame of it. TN.

"Thanneermathan Dinangal" Malayalam movie. Debutant director Girish, presents us the adolescent life and tensions of Jaison, through this well knitted 'easy go luck' project.

Mathew Thomas after his brilliant performance in "Kumbalangi Nights", has handled 'Jaison' an average teenager's role very well. His ideas, conflicting with himself, his friends and the society is vividly depicted. Anawarya Rajan as his teenage love is at par. Vineeth Sreenivasan as a new gen teacher, is interesting. Story unfolds Jaison's life, 2 years during his plus two schooling. His infatuations, spur of the moment decisions - which usually going wrong, his friends, his cricket... lot of items in the presentation give us nostalgia, about our teenage period. Climax is unexpected, funny and gives us, feel good sensation. 7.5 on 10 for this drama with many situational comedies. Definite for a relaxed watch.... Yes, I vote for this.

"TMD" is a brilliantly executed film. We had already seen a lot of movies depicting school/college life. But TMD was fresh and school life looks more similar to ones we had; the dialogues, stories, events look more sincere and that is why TMD stands top of other similar themed movies.