Manichitrathazhu (1993)

Wonderful character development!

Pretty Good

Fresh and Exciting

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

An amazing psychological thriller and the best movie of the century. The humors introduced between the story makes it more colorful. I watched this movie for the first time when I was a kid and have watched it over a 100 times till now. I bet no movie can beat it in future. All the actors have given their best, totally dedicated to their respective roles. It was indeed the turning point for the malayalam film industry. No matter what this movie cannot be recreated and any attempt to compete with this movie would be a waste of time.This movie impressed and was applauded by the entire country and hence it was remade in almost all other languages.

This is the best commercial movie i have seen in so many years.still keeps me hooked when i see this movie because of the freshness of the subject.i have seen all the remade versions of this movie.needful to say all were craps and this still remains to be fresh,solid,scintillating,brisk because all the technicians and artists who worked in this movie gave their best and memorable performances to make this movie the best among commercial movies.Mohanlal,probably the greatest actor India has ever delivered, gives out a splendid performance as always by rightly knowing his potentials.you ll know why he is a such a best natural actor when you look at the mannerisms and gimmicks he gives in this movie which he does throughout the movie without going out of the character.Suresh Gopi has given a memorable performance as a hapless husband especially he delivers his best when he comes to know that his wife is the exact psychologically disturbed person.truly amazing.Nedumudi Venu,Innocent,K.P.A.C. Lalitha,Sudheesh,Vinaya Prasad,Pappu,Ganesh Kumar and of course Thilakan every one have given memorable performances,but easily the scene stealer is Shobana.she delivers one of her best performances to date for which she got a very well deserved national award.be it a naive Ganga or the ruthless nagavalli she is there to deliver the best.really amazing to watch her performance throughout the movie.kudos to her.finally The hit maker.it is none other than our very own Fazil who gives this movie its true colors along with Madhu Muttam and his crew.only he could have pulled this film in this form of being fun filled,yet intricate.brilliant.finally,this is the best commercial movie of all time and a movie which should be cherished in each and every malayali's DVD library.

I have been trying to get hands on the original version for a few years now and finally succeeded. Even though "Manichithrathazhu" came out in 1993, the screenplay and performance go in tandem to keep the audience in rasp attention. The plot starts off as a horror, enter Mohanlal it turns to light-hearted comedy and finally culminates as an intelligent thriller. Shobana and Mohanlal would be the only reason you would want to watch "Manichithrathazhu". Suresh Gopi is okay in the role of loving and caring husband though the characters gets classified as a subdued (and gets relegated to back-seat the moment the doctor enters the house). Fazil must be feeling quite proud that his baby is garnering enough curiosity and interest. And given that it is being remade in Tamil, Hindi & Kannada speaks volumes by itself. Obviously the technology has jumped several hoops in the past decade and obviously the newer versions are expected to be sleek & superior (melodramatic is the right word actually). Yet "Manichithrathazhu" has its own distinct flavour and was indeed ahead of its time.

I was in high school when i saw it first in theater and now after 13 years i still enjoy this movie. I was very much disappointed when i saw it's remake which was far from the original work. Its filled with rubbish comedy scenes and awful performance of characters. Shobhana who won the national award for the role did an excellent performance. I know those who loves the remake will disagree me but you know what is the truth, don't you? I am not going to criticize the remake cause it may hurt someone's mind and i am also not interested in controversies anyway. If anybody is still there who didn't watch this movie please do it. This movie is worth watching, don't miss it!!!