Sarvam Maya
is a Malayalam supernatural ghost film. You can call it feel good, comedy, or whatever you like. It fits all of that. The cast includes Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Riya Shibu, and others. Honestly, I never thought I would enjoy a ghost movie like this in my life. Overall, it was a total “OH THAAA” kind of experience. Let me explain what I mean.
In the story, Prabhendu does not believe in God at all. He is such a hardcore atheist that even if he accidentally says Oh my God, he bites his tongue in anger. He throws away his cross belt, rejects all beliefs, and lives on the income he earns as a guitarist, which is his passion. But fate plays its game, and within two months, even that job is gone. With no other option, he returns to his own house, a place he doesn't like at all. Even after going there, he has no money for personal expenses, and when he asks at home, no one respects him enough to help. Left with no choice, he goes to his relative Rupesh and starts working as an assistant priest, doing rituals, wearing that hated cross belt again. Just like before, money starts flowing into his hands easily. Then, when he goes to a house to perform rituals for a possessed boy, the boy suddenly gets cured. From there, many consequences begin.
In the middle of all these events, a girl secretly comes into his house, enters his room, steals his phone, and uses it. That too, while he is actually in the room. When he tries to find out who she is and why she is doing this, she suddenly disappears. But she never forgets to come back again and again just to scare him. From the moment she slowly starts talking properly to Prabhendu, the movie shifts to a completely different level. Until this point, the film was moving along with small, decent comedy scenes, nothing extraordinary. But after this, I started having a special respect for the movie. I must honestly admit, my eyes widened in surprise. Do you know what she says? I think I am a ghost. Maybe. I'm not sure. Even I have that doubt. The small smile that stuck on my face while watching this scene stayed there till the very end of the movie.
Very soon, that smile slowly turns into longing and tears. You start wishing, why can't we get a ghost like this in our lives? This feeling reminds me of Soodhu Kavvum. When Bobby Simha asks, What should I do so that Shalu becomes visible to me? it actually reflects the audience's hidden desire. In that film, we don't even feel much when Shalu dies. Instead, we end up laughing when we see Das crying for her. But in this movie, we truly fall in love with this “delulu” ghost. Beyond everything else, I was honestly shocked and amazed that a ghost could be portrayed like this. Then immediately my mind went, “Wait, Kamal already did this, didn't he?” And then I remembered Japanil Kalyanaraman!
Just like that, this is also a ghost story. But once it is confirmed that she is a ghost, all our usual expectations jump scares, regular horror clichés are completely broken. There is nothing like that here. In fact, if someone suddenly crosses her path, this ghost herself gets scared. Such a beautiful ghost. At one point, we can't stop thinking how nice it would be if this story quietly ended in love. The romantic portions are that beautiful. When Preethi Mukundan's character is introduced and she starts laughing and talking with Prabhendu, just one look at Delulu's face is enough for us to understand this is going to end in possessiveness. From that exact moment, tears start forming in our eyes for Delulu, and we simply cannot avoid it. After all this, when we reach a haunting experience that gives us a sudden tight feeling inside, followed by a scene that feels like a Thanos snap style decimation, if you are light hearted, please don't go till the climax. Stop the movie when the possessiveness feeling starts and walk away.
This is a beautiful and wonderful experience that can stand strong even beyond time. Lots of love and kisses to the person who wrote this story!
In the story, Prabhendu does not believe in God at all. He is such a hardcore atheist that even if he accidentally says Oh my God, he bites his tongue in anger. He throws away his cross belt, rejects all beliefs, and lives on the income he earns as a guitarist, which is his passion. But fate plays its game, and within two months, even that job is gone. With no other option, he returns to his own house, a place he doesn't like at all. Even after going there, he has no money for personal expenses, and when he asks at home, no one respects him enough to help. Left with no choice, he goes to his relative Rupesh and starts working as an assistant priest, doing rituals, wearing that hated cross belt again. Just like before, money starts flowing into his hands easily. Then, when he goes to a house to perform rituals for a possessed boy, the boy suddenly gets cured. From there, many consequences begin.
In the middle of all these events, a girl secretly comes into his house, enters his room, steals his phone, and uses it. That too, while he is actually in the room. When he tries to find out who she is and why she is doing this, she suddenly disappears. But she never forgets to come back again and again just to scare him. From the moment she slowly starts talking properly to Prabhendu, the movie shifts to a completely different level. Until this point, the film was moving along with small, decent comedy scenes, nothing extraordinary. But after this, I started having a special respect for the movie. I must honestly admit, my eyes widened in surprise. Do you know what she says? I think I am a ghost. Maybe. I'm not sure. Even I have that doubt. The small smile that stuck on my face while watching this scene stayed there till the very end of the movie.
Very soon, that smile slowly turns into longing and tears. You start wishing, why can't we get a ghost like this in our lives? This feeling reminds me of Soodhu Kavvum. When Bobby Simha asks, What should I do so that Shalu becomes visible to me? it actually reflects the audience's hidden desire. In that film, we don't even feel much when Shalu dies. Instead, we end up laughing when we see Das crying for her. But in this movie, we truly fall in love with this “delulu” ghost. Beyond everything else, I was honestly shocked and amazed that a ghost could be portrayed like this. Then immediately my mind went, “Wait, Kamal already did this, didn't he?” And then I remembered Japanil Kalyanaraman!
Just like that, this is also a ghost story. But once it is confirmed that she is a ghost, all our usual expectations jump scares, regular horror clichés are completely broken. There is nothing like that here. In fact, if someone suddenly crosses her path, this ghost herself gets scared. Such a beautiful ghost. At one point, we can't stop thinking how nice it would be if this story quietly ended in love. The romantic portions are that beautiful. When Preethi Mukundan's character is introduced and she starts laughing and talking with Prabhendu, just one look at Delulu's face is enough for us to understand this is going to end in possessiveness. From that exact moment, tears start forming in our eyes for Delulu, and we simply cannot avoid it. After all this, when we reach a haunting experience that gives us a sudden tight feeling inside, followed by a scene that feels like a Thanos snap style decimation, if you are light hearted, please don't go till the climax. Stop the movie when the possessiveness feeling starts and walk away.
This is a beautiful and wonderful experience that can stand strong even beyond time. Lots of love and kisses to the person who wrote this story!
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