Oru Mexican Aparatha is a campus entertainer, which is set against the backdrop of Maharajas College in Ernakulam, this movie is the debut directorial venture of Tom Emmatty. In this film, we can see Tovino Thomas as Paul, Roopesh Peethambaran as Roopesh, Neeraj Madhav as Subash, Sunil Sukhada, Gayathri Suresh as Anu, Sudhy Koppa, Kalabhavan Shajon, Jino John, Anjali P Nair, Megha Mathew as Ardra.
Tovino’s character Paul is the supporter of SFY party against his rival Roopesh, who belongs to another party named KSQ. The movie shows the campus war between the students who follow different political ideologies and also narrates the love story of Paul and Anu.
Tom Emmatty as a director has managed to do justice to his work, because of the lack of context he couldn't do much more and that was evident even from the point that he has to change the real story and did a vice versa thing( in real KSU is in the place of SFI and SFI is in KSU's place.) He has to do that for the commercial matter and also because of other prensent political scenario. The movie though lacks a bit of pace in the first half as it focuses on building up to the events and also the characters. The twists in the second half of the film though pick up the pace and it rushes to a satisfying end. Oru Mexican Aparatha is not the typical campus film that audience are used to in Mollywood but, it’s a movie that the youth could identify with, and also takes an introspective look in student politics. Music and the bgm goes breezily with the emotion of this movie. Cinematography is good and the cuts need a special appreciation. Editing has come out of really well.
On screen, Tovino Thomas has the much needed look to be that charismatic leader. He performed neatly in the earlier part where he is aimless in life. The actor should work on his dialogue delivery. Neeraj Madhav leaves a good impression with his mature portrayal of Comrade Subash. Roopesh Peethambaran’s performance was neat, but he also had this issue of clarity of words while speaking. Gayatri doesn’t have an extensive role here, but she is never an annoyance. Numerous characters are there in the film played neatly by actors like Sudhy Koppa, Kalabhavan Shajon, Sudheer Karamana, Manu and many others.
POSITIVES
1. Tovino has a rising star, he did pakka justice to his role.
2. Roopesh Peethambaran came back into the shoes of an actor after long 22 years and he did an excellent job.
3. Neeraj Madhav's career best performance
4. Direction is good,when we consider it as the movie of a new comer
5. Editing team needs a special mention.
NEGATIVES
1. Lip sync in certain portions
2. I felt like first half is bit slow... (This might be just what I felt, this may differ)
Oru Mexican Aparatha is a new package of campus movie for Malayalam audience with some great performances by a bunch of new promising actors. This movie is one came out with lot of hype and everyone who waited for this movie will be really pleased with the output they've got. As a whole OMA is a mass entertainer and it'll be an extra ordinary one for all those SFI or Left supporters, even the other party supporters also has their moments to cherish in this movie. As a movie buff I suggest you not to mix your personal political taste into this.
Oru Mexican Aparatha- 7/10 (good)
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