Nostalgic Lalettan Classic despite the sad ending. I love the name Vishnu as it suits Lalettan in his younger days. Nedumudi Venu as Kaimal is not too bad. I think Vishnu and Kaimal are somewhat of rivals in this movie, at least in the beginning since we see them not getting along. I think Vishnu has a fair reason as to why he pretended to be Kalyani's husband. Despite doing it for the money, it was for a noble cause. Kalyani and Vishnu are initially feuding with each other but they do fall in love eventually. My favorite parts of this movie are the songs Paadam Pootha Kaalam and Eeran Megham. I also like the Lalettan fight scene with Sreenivasan and Shanavas. My least favorite part is MG Soman's introduction as he appears to be menacing. The scene that I hate is where Soman hits Lalettan to the ground after the chase scene in the woods. Vishnu is an escaped convict but there's a backstory as to what made him that. MG Soman is the prison warden. He is married to Revathy (Lissy) who is a mute dancer in the movie and they couple have a child. One night, Vishnu discovers a man seeing her behind his back and he assumes that she's having an affair with him. He attacks the man and picks up a knife which he accidentaly kills Revathy with. Vishnu and Revathy had a child together and the child was to undergo a surgery and the treatment was expensive. That's why Vishnu escaped from jail, to make money for his child's treatment. I don't think Vishnu should've been charged with murder because the death of Revathy was an accident over a misunderstanding. A manslaughter charge would be more reasonable along with imprisonment for a small number of years. Vishnu didn't deserve the death sentence as it's a very harsh punishment given the situation. I feel like MG Soman is cold hearted and emotionless. His presence haunts us viewers and he's scary looking both on the inside and outside. It's incredible as to how Vishnu and Kalayani were able to hide the fact that he was an escaped convict from Kalyani's father but it was for a good intention. The last scene where Vishnu asks the warden if he could acquit the death penalty makes me want to cry. The entire climax makes me want to cry also. Even though Lalettan is smiling in the last scene, it's still sad to see taken away to be killed :(. Despite that, I still think this Lalettan Classic is a masterpiece and will be for years and generations to come.
