Darvinte Parinamam Review; Prithviraj Offers Another Family Entertainer

Having four hits in a row, the year 2015 turned out to be a year of huge success for Prithviraj Sukumaran. Each of his last four movies "Ennu Ninte Moideen," "Amar Akbar Anthony," "Anarkali" and "Paavada" wrote success story in the box office. Ennu Ninte Moideen was one of the biggest hits of the year as well.

Now in 2016, Prithviraj Sukumaran is all set to make it ‘five hits in a row’ with his new film Darvinte Parinamam (also spelt as "Darwinte Parinamam") got released today (18th of March) in over 300 theatres across Kerala. Here is the review of the movie.

Plot

The 2-hr-29-minute flick revolves around the life of an unfortunate man by whom a local goon gets converted (parinamam). Despite lacking depth, the story remains interesting. There are a number of ‘for-the-sake-of-comedy’ situations in this movie, which slightly bores everyone. Some of those comedies are outfit and we feel that the situation is unnecessary.

The songs are good and enjoyable, still feel that there are many just like they come one after another as if in a cluster. Accepting these drawbacks, the movie can rightly be called a family entertainer. The camera is perfect and so is the background score. The director Jijo Antony has succeeded to a certain extent.

While watching “Darvinte Parinamam" we may get confused on the name and the hero of the film. Darvin in this film is not Prithviraj but Chemban Vinod Jose who appears as a local goon Gorrilla Darvin in the movie while Prithviraj is seen as Anil Anto an ordinary youth in the location. Chandini Shreedharan- the girl debuted through Muhsin Parari's "KL10" last year is the heroine. Soubin Shahir, Balu Varghese, Mamukkoya and others appear in various pivotal roles.

Manoj Nair’s script is cinematographed by Abinandhan Ramanujam. The music and background score are by Shankar Sharma. The lyrics of already-hit songs are penned by PS Rafeeq, Harinarayanan BK, Arun Ittilath and Pious Guit. Under the banner of August Cinema, Prithviraj, Arya, Santhosh Sivan and Shaji Nadesan jointly produces "Darvinte Parinamam".

Verdict

Prithviraj Sukumaran has grown a lot. With creating hits after hits, he has become more popular. His fan base too has grown a lot. His new movie Darvinte Parinamam has hit the theatres today, and to be frank the film was waited for with mounting expectation probably due to the fact that none of the recent films of the young actors have disappointed the crowd. It will be locking horns with Asif Ali’s "IthuThaanda Police" which was also released today.

Discussions on social media sites prove that a good share of the crowd couldn’t find the movie up to their expectation, probably because they expected something different, something extra-ordinary which the film does not offer at all. But no doubt, I can assure you that Darvinte Parinamam will satisfy you- provided you go to the theatres expecting no wonders. Those who were unhappy with the film have been busy penning down their feelings in the form of comments directly on social media.

The film once again approves Prithviraj Sukumaran deciding on reading the scripts before agreeing to act. We cannot blame the audience for expecting higher from this young but matured actor. The film is not included in the list of super hits or hits; but I am sure that this film is a good entertainer and it is worth watching. You will enjoy it, provided you reach the theatre without having over expectations. I am sure that these recent hits will help him get decent box office collection for this film as well.