Meri Awas Suno

I watched Meri Awas Suno on Disney+Hotstar in orig. Malayalam w/Eng. Subs., not really knowing what to expect.

Turned out to be a well made film, educating the viewer about the problems faced by those who lose their larynx.

Shankar (Jayasuriya) is a chain smoking popular radio jockey (RJ) running the prime Meri Awas Suno FM show. He is popular with his colleagues and empathetic to his callers, managing to prevent a young girl caller from jumping off a rooftop. At an awards show, he suddenly finds he has lost his voice. A medical check up leads to an emergency procedure and the removal of his larynx. Shankar's life as an RJ is virtually over and he is desolate, unable to come to terms with his situation. With the encouragement of his wife Meryl (Shivada), his doctor and his radio station boss Moorthy (Johny Antony), he starts personal speech rehabilitation with effervescent Dr Reshmi (Manju Warrier). Reshmi tells him upfront that he will not get his voice back but introduces him to others who are in a similar larynx-less situation who have learnt to use voice stimuli to gain some sort of speech function. With Reshmi's intensive training, encouragement and friendship, Shankar also gradually learns how to use these devices to the point that he can manage to accomplish an electronic sounding voice. In the process of his rehabilitation, Reshmi and Shankar become very close albeit in a platonic manner. However Meryl is very unhappy and suspicious. Once Shankar manages to master the stimulation device, Meryl asks Reshmi to step back and leave Shankar to her care only going forward. In the meantime, Moorthy has come up with a new kids radio show helmed by a robot voice ... ideal for Shankar. Shankar is not absolutely confident but the first program is a success and there is no looking back. Reshmi is shown on a flight to Kashmir where her husband is based.

The narration beautifully deals with the real problems faced by those who permanently lose their power of speech, relationships, misunderstandings etc. It is a human story and very watchable.

Jayasurya was just beginning with his state award for Vellam (2021). He's got more and more to come. Totally fair to say Jayasurya was the pilot of this film and rest everyone was just passengers, including the director himself. Movie is dramatic from the very first scenes with some very old school shots. But once Jayasurya and Sshivdha comes into, the movie achieves its rhythm. Jayasurya was just too incredible! Manju Warrior's active, pleasant character often felt like overdoing stuffs - still was bareable. Rest everyone (special mention - Johny Antony) did their part clean!

PS. Watchout Maddy fans! :D.

This is why I love Jayasuriya a lot. When I see him on screen he always do some magic and just take us to some other planet and give us the feeling that we are witnessing this experience for the first time ever. It might be seems like I exaggerating the things but the movie actually take you to another dimension and when you explain the movie, It will be like Exaggerating the things. Please watch the movie, it's a different kind of movie, different experience, different angle of life, different feelings, different scenarios. Thank you Jayasurya for taking part in this movie.

"Meri Awas Suno" starring Jaysuriya, Manju Warrier & Shivda in lead roles...

Directed by G. Prajesh Sen

Verdict of the Movie: Above Average, 3/5 ⭐

A one Time Watchable Movie...

Plot of the Movie:

RJ Sankar played by Jaysuriya is the medicine for many people pains... Companion for the ones who feel lonely...A person next to door feeling... He is of a person who believes that his voice is his identity...But destiny makes a twist wherein he looses that identify and how RJ Sankar tries overcomes it forms the rest part of the story....

Observations & Understanding from the Movie...

1) Movie tells that when hardships come to our life, face with confidence and win it....

2) Don't ever feel we are lonely, there will always be someone who wants to listen our voice, need our presence...

3) Importance of Wife in a family life is shown beautifully portrayed...

Talking about the performance....

1) Jaysuriya had explicitly performed...As an artist how to explore, he just proves it in his movies...

2) Shivda playing as RJ Sankar wife was pretty good...

3) Manju Warrier screen presence with Jaysuriya was pleasant to watch but nothing much great kind of performance was experienced from her...

4) Songs were ok average....

5) As the subject was related to a person overcoming his personal difficulty, screenplay was designed in such a way that it makes a movie one time watchable but it was better as compared to their previous movie Vellam ( Water)

Overall a one-time watchable.

Meri awas suno is an over-dramatic movie that works in very few parts for me. Some drama would have looked better on paper, but the execution falls in same preachy, melodramatic area which is a hard watch. Prajesh Sen is kind of repeating himself with lesser effect each time and this time falling into a renjith sankar plus jis joyish zone. Even though jayasurya is in his typical character zone, it is his performance that carries the film and atleast help us to sit through the film. Shivada was also good but her character was also on and off, especially after considering the impressive wife characters in othrr prajesh movies. Manju warrier had the charm but nothing impressive to point out from her performance as the character doesn't offer much space.