Vijay Superum Pournamiyum DVD Released

A laidback, jobless fellow who has no guts to chase his passion and a brave girl who doesn't give up despite her business plans failing to take off. In Jis Joy's Vijay Superum Pournamiyum, the lead pair is that combo of opposites that we have seen in many films. Regardless, the way life pans out for them is quite different from anything we have seen so far on screen, and the makers have narrated the story in a setting as contemporary as possible. How far do they all come together to make an engaging story?

Vijay is an engineering graduate who is no different from the many 'forced-into-it' youngsters of our times. Pournami, on the other hand, is dead set on becoming a business woman. Both of their families hardly believe in them, though there is a lot of love amid all that. Their paths cross unawares, but the few minutes together help in discovering each other enough, to identify a connect despite their obvious differences. 
The spirit of the film is quite young. Right at the outset, bringing in the voice of the familiar artist who dubs for the infamous 'pukayila ningale rogiyakkum' ad to start with the film's narration, director Jis has tried something new. Aishwarya Lekshmi is as natural as possible as Pournami, and exudes both her enthusiasm and exasperation in the correct dosage for the character. Balu Varghese, especially in his 'music composition' scenes, evokes plenty of laughter with his goofiness and signature dialogue delivery. The film's music is likeable and so are its youthful frames that play a part in keeping us glued to them. It also gives parents, who are keen to 'just marry off' their girls in the 'right age' to someone at the earliest, a chance to ponder over rearranging their priorities in the matter. The characters have an authentic texture about them. Also, the premise of the film is hardly predictable. 

As for the flaws, the movie runs quite slow in the first half and also a little rough around the edges in the second. The very first scene of the movie comes extremely close to recapturing the opening sequence of Ohm Shanti Oshana, which again features the same actor, and he is even agonised for the same reason! Again, one can't help feeling a parallel between the scene in which Asif Ali and Siddique's characters have an arguement about hotel business, with that of a scene from Ustad Hotel. Like in quite a few of his previous films, Asif Ali is pitch perfect in the role of a dufferish slacker who is waiting to be 'set straight' once he gets into the right company of a girl. The dialogues are largely dramatic and at times, too preachy as well. The radio show sequence is extremely unrealistic and disengaging. The dance sequences are also not up to the mark, especially a particular movement that is repeated in a tiresome manner. 

Regardless, the film is a decent watch on the whole, with warmth in its heart. If not approached with high expectations, the boisterous characters might offer you a good time.