

A character that says only a couple of words at the beginning of the movie and is forgotten plays a role in bringing about the biggest of twists at the end.

Every single character in the movie plays an equally important contribution in building up the plot of the movie. there are only 20 characters shown in the entirely of the movie and only half of them have more than a few sentences to speak. The entire story takes place in a span of around 6 hours over some 5-6 locations around the Mandaveli neighborhood near Mylapore in Chennai. Neram has a complex story which is told in an exceptionally simple and fun way.

I know I risk sounding like Salim Kumar with the title above, but there are no better words to describe this movie. View the original comedy clip that includes the song here. The lyrics have no meaning and were written by the legend Jagathy Sreekumar himself! Actually this song is a reproduction of a classic comedy scene from the 1983 Malayalam movie “Kinnaram” where Jagathy in his own indomitable style “invents” this meaningless song pretending to be a World-Class music composer. Neram’s headlining title song “Pistah Suma Kira!” (Warning – it is very catchy!) ( Lyrics) It straightaway gets to the narration and takes off from there with lots of laughs thrown in. The movie is direct and does not preach or beat around the bush and has no drama or unnecessary hangups or sentiments. More than all, the screenplay gives each character time and space to develop in the short available time, and the movie wastes no time doing this as most sequences and backgrounds of characters are directly explained through third-party narration. The songs are foot-tapping, light, fun and very koothu-ish. The movie is highly stylized with lightly sepia-toned brilliant photography, stylish slow-motion sequences and mind blowing Bass Guitar-and-Tabla background music which keeps the tempo of the film going. However, the plot is the real hero of the movie. Shammi Thilakan and Manoj K Jayan are at their comic best.

He has a bright future in the Tamil film industry. However, the most memorable character in Neram is Simhaa’s “Vatti” Raja. Nazriya is very pretty, fresh as a daisy. The lad will be a fine, accomplished character actor one day. Nivin Pauly feels easily at home playing the luckless Mathew. (I can vouch for this)ĭespite dealing with a serious theme, the movie is lots of fun and a laugh riot.
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Mathew (Nivin Pauly) is a luckless and jobless Malayali software engineer residing in Chennai. NERAM: Brilliant Plot, Nicely Executed, Some Epic Performances, No Drama, Twisting Anti-Climax, Situational Comedy #WIN, Lots of Fun! 8/10
