It was also heartening to see Ranjith Sankar cautioning everyone (just before the release) that Varsham was a simple film which was all about some amazing characters and performances but at the heart a simple tale without any twists and surprises. It showed the glimpse of a simple, slice of life film, something that was right up Ranjith and MammoottyвЂ™s alley. The trailer while denoting the presence of various good actors, top lined by Mammootty did not show anything extraordinary. Ranjith SankarвЂ™s films by and large ( Passenger, Arjunan Saakshi, Molly Aunty Rocks, Punyalan Agarbathis) have been able to please both the critics and the general audience, hence I felt happy to see him unite with Mammootty for the first time with Varsham. While Mammootty rightly was in need of commercial success, I was just hoping he would get it in the form of a quality film as well. The audience seemed to find Munnariryippu a little too strong for their liking but they went on to make a formula film of Mammootty, Rajadhi Raja a commercial success. Munnariyppu did not let me down, but what happened right after that saddened me certainly. It was a combination of two factors that made me confident about these two films, the filmmakers in question and also the look and feel of the film from what I could gather from the pre-release publicity material. Hence there were 2 films of his that I felt confident about this year, VenuвЂ™s Munnariyippu and Ranjith SankarвЂ™s Varsham. Most of his recent films have been plain cringe worthy or a pale reflection of his glorious days in the past. ItвЂ™s no hidden secret that a wonderful actor of the stature of Mammootty has been dishing out sub-standard work in the recent past.

But does becoming a husband/wife and later on a father/mother change the way you think? Does it affect the way you interact with the rest of your family and friends, or the people around you overall? Does it take away or add anything to your personality overall? And if you change as a person, is it for better or worse? These are some odd thoughts which have always struck my mind in some form or fashion at various times, but now I feel itвЂ™s all the more relevant to reflect upon all these things having watched writer-director Ranjith SankarвЂ™s latest Malayalam film over the weekend, Varsham. Yes itвЂ™s a stage in life that most people go through, whether by choice or design or both. What looks routine and mundane to many, is actually a daunting task in my opinion.

being married and later on becoming a parent isnвЂ™t easy at all.

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