Joy Alukkas got a 2 hour ad, Malayalis got a box office hit of the highest quality and Lal Jose and his team proved that they can give us good films more than once in a blue lotus (Mal: neelathamara.)
Diamond Necklace has us smack down in center of Keralites ‘sankalpa rashtram’ (means ideal nation, source: Gandhinagar 2nd Street) - Dubai and it doesn’t stop there, it takes us to the most
coveted address in this Emirate mecca – Burj Khalifa. There are cool cars
and hot chicks, that’s the way Dr.Arun (Fahad Fazil), the hero of our
movie, rolls. He’s into all that, while practicing oncology for sourcing
his cash flow. Somehow the money stops rolling, while Dr.Arun continues
to roll downhill, demonstrating a classic example of Newton’s first law
and inertia of motion.
Dr.Arun is a ladies man, but he is not portrayed as ‘despo’ as Saif Ali
Khan is in the first scenes of a recent Bollywood movie, Cocktail. In
fact he is equally devoted to curvaceous four wheelers as he is to lithe
two legged human females, no partiality there. He must have had a
colorful history, but we meet the hero while he is working his charms
and non-native language skills on a beautiful nurse from our neighboring
state, Tamilnadu. That goes on for a while before his credit cards max
out and he has to resort to extreme measures (read marriage) to save his
future.
You cannot make a movie about Dr.Arun without a a bevy of belles, thus
we have Gautami Nair, Samvruta Sunil and Anushree Nair crossing paths
with our leading man. Dr.Arun has a support network outside his girl
friends and colleagues, a group of hard working blue collar Malayalis
led by Sreenivasan. The story is believable and all
the different angles are explored to the right extent. I couldn’t find
any lose ends hanging or the captivating cinematography hid all the
unwanted threads from my view.
The casting is perfect and all the actors have contributed their due
share in making this movie a success. Fahad Fazil’s name has become
synonymous as the thinking (wo)man’s actor. Anushree Nair, winner of the
reality contest Vivel Big Break gets her big break and uses it to the
hilt as one the three female protagonists.
The film has captured the changing ethos of Malayali society where the
financial elite are going for diamonds over gold. Gold is so yesterday.
If you don’t believe me, watch the segment where Joy Alukka pops in to
affirm the value and the resale ability of a Joy Alukkas diamond
necklace. But I am willing to overlook the diamonds in a movie named
Diamond Necklace because it is all about people, really.
For people who just can't get enough of Diamond Necklace, try these links...
- Lal Jose's own blog has a series of posts on the movie.
- If you really want to buy a diamond necklace, but don't want to pay for it, visit Alibaba in China (where else will you find Alibaba?)
- Or else satiate your diamond craving by buying a Diamond Necklace DVD from these places if you live in the United States.
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