The fringe benefits of traveling by Rajdhani Express to Delhi is that you get to relax completely and that is the prime reason I travel by Rajdhani instead of those flights. This time I had decided that I would not work on my emails / laptop but would either sleep or watch movies. As part of that, I watched the second Malayalam movie in my life – Thattathin Marayathu. The first one was Spirit starring the iconic Mohanlal. Both were recommended by my friend, Ashish so thanks to him, I c0uld watch something different. Bollywood these days is songs and dance and 6 packs and action only. South Indian movies seem more grounded and connected to the earth unlike the over the top Bollywood at least that is what I could gather from the few Tamil and Malayalam movies I have watched. Yes, it is a pain tracking the subtitles without much focus on the expressions or such but still not bad. Coming back to this movie, it was a simple Hindu Muslim love story but well narrated. Leading roles from Nivin Pauly and Isha Talwar. Isha is a very pretty lady and could make an impact in Bollywood but well that is another story. Watch it just for the simplicity of the narration and of course Isha Talwar.
PS: The second movie I watched was the satirical The Dictator starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Nonsensical but fun. All in all slept and watched movies too:-)
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