Some brilliant visuals by Ravichandran was a big relief,the same being the case with the melodious music composed by Anil Johnson.All the three songs,"Mele Mele","Kettoo Njan" and "Kaalame" were good. Dileep was at his safe zone playing the title character Josutty impressively with necessary depth and perfection.Jyothi Krishna did her part well and was a good choice for playing the role of Rose.Rachana Narayanankutty was pathetic particularly handling the emotional sequences.Saju Navodya and Nobi were impressive with their catchy one-liners.Chembil Ashokan,Hareesh Peradi,Sunil Sukahda etc were adequate.The surprise cameo towards the end was good. The light-hearted elements in the initial hour added with few genuine real life sequences were the only saving grace in the lengthy run time of 165 minutes that felt much more,courtesy the snail pace of the narration.There are a large number of double intenders that's typical of Dileep-Uday-Sibi movies but totally unlike of Jeethu which was shocker for a big admirer of the talented director that he is.If one can find it chewable for the family audience,its better not to complain about movies like 'Mayamohini' where the basic humour line was based on such non-veg jokes. Screenplay by Rajesh Varma failed to carry the momentum that it generated in the first half and turned over-melodramatic and pathetically dragging,being over-flooded with deadwood sequences,prolonged conversations and predictable formulation.The storyline has slight similarities with Renjith's 'Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty' and even tallies as far as the height of boredom too is considered.The climax even though looked forced for an happy ending was well-received. It all started well and good with some brilliant visuals by Ravichandran and interesting initial minutes which gave hint of yet another box office biggee for Jeethu,but the vibe started to loose steam as the story advanced and started testing the patience of viewers as the second half started to roll. The basic idea to throw light towards the life as its is was good,but the feel of a stage drama was evident through out the narration and the characters looked helpless inside the screenplay by Rajesh Varma that turned lifeless by the time the half-way path was reached. Anil Johnson comes up with a delightful musical score.As the promos suggested,Jeethu Joseph's latest flick 'Life Of Josutty' is devoid of any elements of suspense or twists and portrays various phases in the life of protagonist Josutty,the characters that he come across in his life,his emotions and his realization of where he belong to. Ravichandran's camera captures the stunning spectacles of both Kerala and New Zealand with equal ease.
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Supporting performances by actors as Hareesh Peradi and Nobi have to be acknowledged. Jyothi Krishna is strictly adequate while Rachana Narayanankutty goes totally over the top with a screeching melodramatic performance. Those snide comments on the sexual minorities, purely intended to rake in some laughter, could have been avoided as well.ĭileep does a neat job of playing Josutty, while of the three women actors, Ranjini Rupesh does a commendable job of playing Priya, who befriends Josutty in New Zealand. The humour goes on a decline, and so does the outcome of the story that is being narrated. Ridden with cliches, the latter half of 'Life of Josutty', flows down the banal stream, without much of an effort.
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Josutty's mother advises him not to stick out his hands and head out of the air plane, and on landing in New Zealand, Josutty himself expresses astonishment at seeing a woman who has worn shorts! The attempts to make Josutty appear as a simpleton who is a bit too simple, at times backfires on the characterisation itself.