Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol movie review:

Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol movie review: Mohanlal film is an extraordinary story of an ordinary family

After doing two back-to-back thrilling and action-based films, Oppam and Pulimurgan, Mohanlal has come out with an extraordinary story of an ordinary family. His new film Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, which is loosely based on the Malayalam short story Pranayopanishad, looks like a drag for the first 30 minutes. You may also start worrying that the film is likely to put you to sleep by narrating the complex political situation of a small town in Kerala. At the same time, you also feel sorry for the grumpy-faced panchayat secretary, Ulahannan (Mohanlal), who has a boring and routine life. The film even opens with Ulahannan dozing off in a public bus to establish how uninteresting his life is.

One day, everything changes during one such bus travel. He runs into a distraction: a beautiful young lady whose husband is busy making money in the Gulf. A chance encounter with Julie (Neha Saxena) rekindles the romance in him, a man dealing with a mid-life crisis. From that point, everything in his life turns interesting and so does the film for the audience.

Tempted to break away from his routine life, Ulahannan decides to start an extramarital affair with Julie. He draws inspiration from Venukuttan (Anoop Menon), who is his neighbour and a serial philanderer. In no time, Ulahannan finds out he is one of several other men in Julie’s life and his affair even before it began. But, the romance that was rekindled in him is still fresh, which helps him remember that he is married to a beautiful woman, Annyamma (Meena). Ulahannan’s attempt to revive the romance with his wife that has been comatose for several years makes the film very engaging.