Prakashan Parakkatte, Dhyan Sreenivasan’s third screenwriting venture, is a simple story about accepting a person for who he is and yet coaxing him to be the best version of himself.
Though the titular Prakashan is essayed by Dileesh Pothen, the story - a coming of age tale - is told focusing mainly on his son, Das (Mathew Thomas), a truant and a bit of a delinquent youngster. The first half of the film takes us through Das’s waywardness, young love and friendship. It’s an empathetic, though typical character portrayal and quite ho-hum. We are introduced to his mother (Nisha Srang); cute and artistically talented, younger brother Akhil (Rithunjay Sreejith) in a regular household.
The story gets teeth in the second half, when there is an accident involving the young brothers, and that is when we are taken on an emotional and relatable journey of how a family behaves and pulls together when put in a fatally stressful situation.
Dhyan’s scripting has seen a maturing in each attempt. His first, Goodalochana, was about friends and capers, followed by Love Action Drama, which moved on to relationships and finally evolving into family life with Prakashan Parakkatte. The film, ably directed by Shahad, definitely benefits from the solid acting by all the main characters, including a comic character played by Saiju Kurup and a small role by Aju Varghese. The four main characters - Dileesh, Mathew, Nisha and Rithunjay - need to be lauded for bringing the perfect emotion, comedy and more to their roles.
Though the titular Prakashan is essayed by Dileesh Pothen, the story - a coming of age tale - is told focusing mainly on his son, Das (Mathew Thomas), a truant and a bit of a delinquent youngster. The first half of the film takes us through Das’s waywardness, young love and friendship. It’s an empathetic, though typical character portrayal and quite ho-hum. We are introduced to his mother (Nisha Srang); cute and artistically talented, younger brother Akhil (Rithunjay Sreejith) in a regular household.
The story gets teeth in the second half, when there is an accident involving the young brothers, and that is when we are taken on an emotional and relatable journey of how a family behaves and pulls together when put in a fatally stressful situation.
Dhyan’s scripting has seen a maturing in each attempt. His first, Goodalochana, was about friends and capers, followed by Love Action Drama, which moved on to relationships and finally evolving into family life with Prakashan Parakkatte. The film, ably directed by Shahad, definitely benefits from the solid acting by all the main characters, including a comic character played by Saiju Kurup and a small role by Aju Varghese. The four main characters - Dileesh, Mathew, Nisha and Rithunjay - need to be lauded for bringing the perfect emotion, comedy and more to their roles.
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