The poignant tale of Moideen and Kanchanamala separated by society and fate with one voice is well-known to all and débutant R.S.Vimal who earlier released a documentary on the same titled 'Jalam Kondu Murivettaval' have come up with a silver screen depiction of the same,the result being a memorable cinematic experience. GRADE: C+ Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES is like saying Nivin Pauly is a greater actor than Mohanlal just because he is shining right now. or even one of the greatest love stories of Malayalam cinema. BOTTOM LINE: R S Vimal's ambitious Ennu Ninte Moideen is surely a remarkable film about two lovers' ill-fated journey together, but to dub it as the greatest. Brownie points for using the word "slipshod" in the subtitles. Once you understand that tragedy has a greater effect on you than in perceiving the other, positive side of a clichéd romance story, you will start noticing the cavities hidden in the concoction. It is not like tragedy is synonymous to being noteworthy, otherwise my life would be a masterpiece. John's camera work is, as always, impeccable, and that is why, the film is at least a good run for one's money. Brilliantly timed background music tries to get away with plagiarism, but that is not a problem. Manipulation may look good in an Engineering student's Science journal, but when you sample it in a love story just so you can remain faithful to the sub-genre, it reeks of veneer. Not to mention the lack of coherence in the first two acts, the final acts look as if they were voluntarily muddled so as to boost the degree of tragedy that follows and which the story magically culminates in. However, the story is what I personally had problems with. His spearheaded handling of the talented cast, clever exclusion of anachronism, thorough attention to details, and the slow-burning screenplay all makes for a high-octane 150 minutes. R S Vimal's adaptation of a seemingly original story has all the elements that can even fire up emotions in a wooden plank. The glaring facts that a low-bred, socialism lover named Moideen (Sukumaran) born in a political family and Kanchana (Menon), a rebellious girl, from a noble family are in love and will not be allowed to get together wreaks havoc in their lives, and on the way goes on to wreck the lives of the people they know and the people who know them, all in the name of caste and religion, two of the ugliest man-made inventions ever. Be the first to contribute! Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide.The conviction with which the sorrowful story of two lovers in the orderless era of immediate post-independent India is crafted is enough for one to consider watching the film. It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. The film ends with the narrator saying that Kanchanamala survived her lover and lives all these years at Moideen's house as the unmarried widow of Moideen. She takes Kanchanamala to Moideen's house. Kanchanamala attempts to commit suicide, but Moideen's mother holds her back.
When he was returning with the passport, Moideen drowns in a boat mishap in the river Iruvazhinjippuzha in July 1982. The lovers then finally decide to go to America, for which Moideen arranges passport for Kanchanamala and himself. Eventually Kanchanmala was caught and beaten mercilessly by her conservative relatives. Both communicated through letters and language they had developed. Moideen shifted ground to being a socio-political activist and Kanchanamala lived in her house under strict restrictions for 22 years. Since inter-religious marriages were a taboo then, the couple had to part ways as their families objected to their love affair. Set in the 1960s and 70s in Mukkam, Kerala, the film tells the tragic love story of Moideen who belongs to a renowned Muslim family and Kanchana Mala who is the daughter of a Hindu Thiyya aristocratic landlord. Based on the real-life love story of Moideen and Kanchanamala, which happened in the 1960s in the backdrop of Calicut.