It does not have usual Dileep gimmicks but it shows us the actor in Dileep. The screenplay written by Rajesh Varma is really one of the major highlight of the film as he had really tried to give us something very different. Josutty have to marry a girl who is a divorcee and go to newzeland for the welfare of his family and from then its a kind of autobiography of him. The flick offers you the picture of how Josutty’s life goes from his childhood to his 30th year of life and what struggles he have to gone through while he makes his life stable. Jeethu had already told to us that this film has no twist or suspense which his previous two films had and this one only have a life to show before you. Life of Joutty as the title suggests tells as the life story of the central character named Josutty played by our popular star Dileep. There is another big factor associated with the film is that it is the first ever step of Eros International to Mollywood as they are the financers of this flick. So the expectation is high when Jeethu Joseph is coming with his next Malayalam film that too teaming up with the popular actor Dileep this time who is also known for his box office power even though recently that dipped a bit. It is Life of Josutty conceived by Jeethu Joseph who gave us one of the classics of Malayalam cinema history named Drishyam in 2013 which is still the emperor of success in Mollywood history. The film is an effortless one-time watch.At last today one of the most awaited Mollywood films of this year had arrived before the viewers of Kerala. Jeethu Joseph, who gave us a gem in Drishyam, could have easily done something better. The climax is disappointing and difficult to digest as we watch Josutty taking a major decision in less than five minutes after everything he has gone through in life! One wonders prompted the filmmaker to go for numerous top angle shots, probably to show the beautiful landscapes of Idukki and New Zealand or to help the fantasy element. The second half is lengthy with emotional patches, talks on how money matters, and clichéd lines that declare being a good guy doesn’t help anymore, the struggles of a villager in a foreign land, et al.
The movie has a few sequences laced with fantasy like many other recent releases, but it does not impeded the story. Harish Peradi, who plays Dileep’s father, impresses with his depiction of a role-model character and so does Jyothi Krishna, whose role is multi-layered. For instance, a priest advises Josutty before marriage to realize that the ‘age of virgins is over’ and the film also hints at the predicament of those married to people without a straight sexual inclination, but continue the relationship to save the family.ĭileep’s usual gimmicks are minimal, but there are comical moments.
Some of them can be hard-hitting for the conservative lot. Life of Josutty is a movie put together for the family audience, but also for those who understand that our society has changed and how today’s youth have new issues and outlooks. A set of life-changing experiences in the country kills his selfless persona and there emerges a new man, though the Idukki residue isn’t completely wiped out.
Financial burden forces him to marry an NRI nurse named Rose, who takes him to New Zealand after their wedding. But her dad’s opposition and Josutty’s laidback attitude ended their relationship. Josutty and Tessymol grew up together and aspired to get married. While the central character is uprooted and planted in New Zealand midway through the film, he isn’t someone who becomes nostalgic and seeks redemption in his homeland.
It’s one of those simpleton-transforms-into a manipulative realist movie, with a cool exterior and undercurrents of tension. Review: Jeethu Joseph’s Life of Josutty has a disclaimer that viewers shouldn’t expect twists or suspense. Story: The film narrates the story of a high-school dropout from Idukki who leads a simple life until he marries Rose, a divorced nurse, and goes to New Zealand.