Sundari Gardens

*** Sundari Gardens Movie Review ****

Written & Directed by Charlie Davis , starring Aparna Balamurali , Neeraj Madhav in lead role...

Streaming in Sony Liv OTT platform...

A feel good entertainment movie....

Plot of The Movie...

Sundari Mathew played by Aparna Balamurali is a librarian working in the school which she studied.. Sundari is a 32 year old lady divorcee plus a cancer survivor too but her personality is way opposite to it & thereby people will not be in a state of sympathy towards her. This I feel a positive factor and paves a way of motivational factor to those women's going across such similar struggles in their life..

Then comes professor Victor Paul played by Neeraj Madhav. An incident happened to a girl student thereby connecting Sundari Mathew & Victor Paul which paves a way for their friendship and what all incidents happens in their life which lifts up and down in their relationship forms the rest part of the story....

Positive Factors of the Movie....

1) After Soorari Pottaru, another Stellar Performance from Aparna Balamurali. A lady who is a divorcee, a cancer survivor may falls and breaks in her life but instead life is not to cried but to face with courage & also leave the moment.. Aparna had showcased by her emotions... On one side a love towards Victor but when she understands the difficulty in the relationship, taking matured steps & getting to move on carrying the pain had been beautifully portrayed by Aparna...

2) Neeraj Madhav had also given a good performance...

3) Location of Wagaman & Wayanad had been beautifully captured...

4) Songs was pleasant....

Negative Factors of The Movie...

1) A seaaoned artist like Vijay Raghavan shouldn't be given a extended cameo... Instead like Director Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval, natural people with no filmy experience but having a personal life experience so that naturality can be observed more...

Overall a feel good entertainment movie with no room of boredom..

One of the good movies I watched recently and its my first review about cinema. Simple story line, strong script, seamless direction, cinematography, back ground score and what else the performance of lead characters! Relatable story in every ones life and it feels real. Few comments what I believe could have made it more beautiful are - blending of songs in the first half, title of the movie, not so striking which gives us a push to watch the movie however after watching the it seems to be very apt. The second half is touching. Could have paid more attention on the marketing strategies to get more reach before the release. Thank you for the entire SG Team for giving us a nice movie. Worth spending nearly 2hrs. Go for it guys and take away few moments with you.

Sundari Gardens is one of those movies you can map out from the beginning; still, you watch it with the anticipation of being amazed, but you're sadly not 😔

DELICIOUS

-The film gently opened us to Suma's world, understanding her painful journey.

The introductory scenes gave us a good sense of her purpose to defend her students and stand for justice

-We'll never get tired of saying this, it's SO ENERGIZING to see a female-centered story in Mollywood!

BLAND

-So, Victor (Neeraj Madhav) was introduced in the film as the new English teacher, yet, we never saw him teach.

He just kept on walking around the hallway, being conveniently located at the right places. We didn't quite grasp his goal or who he was

-Music was ever-present and overpowering that it didn't allow us to digest the serene moments of the plot

-The camera wasn't completing the narrative, e.g., it missed important close-ups that we had to pause and get closer to the screen to analyze some important details

-The sequence of events was, for the most part, expected; nothing out of the ordinary.

-Why was Suma's library always empty?🤔

New director, non famous actors, direct OTT release. So i was expecting a below average flick. But this movie does touched my heart. Finished watching the movie, and i can still feel a pain feeling in my heart. I'm so so happy that i didn't miss watching this gem.

Review: There is no action/masala/unreal scenes. Everything feels natural. But still it's entertaining. I never felt any lag. Just 10-15 minutes and i got involved in the movie (it doesn't happen normally). So anyone who loves to watch a no-lag, feel good, well directed movie, then just go for it.

Pros: Awesome BFM NO LAG Good script n direction Fresh feeling after we finish watching the movie

Cons: Some comedy scenes didn't work out, as it felt outdated but not boring I c cant remember any other cons.

One thing that I loved the most about this movie is that usually the movie makers put a lot of effort in making the main actor look strong, but here in the most subtle way the makers keep reminding us of how strong the heroine is in this movie. Aparna has previously showed her prowess in pulling these type of characters and I absolutely love watching her but I hope she doesn't get typecasted. Neeraj has given a good performance as well, Though there wasn't much scope to show his acting skills here.

Another best part about the movie is its songs. The songs were so beautifully done and the visuals enhanced the beauty of the movie is many frames.

In short it's a well made , feel good movie.