The film will not bore audiences in the least.
08 Apr, 2021 - 08:59 AM IST | By Nirmal Narayanan
MUMBAI: Dileesh Pothan is widely considered one of the most talented filmmakers in Mollywood. His debut movie
Maheshinte Prathikaram that starred Fahadh Faasil was a critical and commercial success, and later, the duo came together to deliver another blockbuster with
Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum. And now, Fahadh and Dileesh have teamed up again with
Joji, and the film had its OTT release on Amazon Prime Video on 7 April.
Dileesh Pothan s adaptation of Macbeth
Joji is inspired from one of Shakespeare s four major tragedies,
Macbeth. In adapting the play for Indian audiences, Pothan and writer Syam Pushkaran set the story against the backdrop of a rich Christian family in south Kerala. The film primarily focuses on the three sons of a wealthy plantation owner, who are vying for their share of the inheritance after their father suffers a stroke.
Director Dileesh Pothan and screenwriter Syam Pushkaran deliver one more winner.
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Joji is another brilliant, debate-worthy film about oppressed characters from the enviable imagination of Syam Pushkaran and director Dileesh Pothan. It’s the duo’s darkest film yet. Every character has a weakness, and they do stupid things out of fear. Unlike his elder siblings, Jomon Panachel (Baburaj) and Jaison Panachel (Joji Mundakayam), it’s Joji Panachel (Fahadh Faasil) who seems to be the most oppressed of the children of PK Panachel (Sunny PN). The cold, stifling atmosphere of the Panachel home hasn’t spared Jaison’s better half Bincy (Unnimaya Prasad) either. There is so much toxicity in the air that you might as call it a ‘house of horrors’.
Inspired by Macbeth but not an adaptation: Malayalam star Fahadh Faasil on Joji
The story of his latest film revolves around Faasil s character Joji, an engineering dropout living with his iron-fisted father and two brothers.
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NEW DELHI: Watching his new film Joji is like reading between the lines of Macbeth with audiences seeing the connection with the Shakespearean tragedy in some scenes and not in others, says Malayalam star Fahadh Faasil who is drawn to lived in characters.
That s the quality perhaps that attracted him to Joji too, an expansive tale of greed and ambition that plays out through the story of a family in a rich Kerala plantation during COVID times.
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Joji Review: Fahadh Faasil Dazzles In Accomplished Shakespeare Spinoff
Joji Review: Fahadh Faasil Dazzles In Accomplished Shakespeare Spinoff
Joji Review: The sinewy structure bestows on Dileesh Pothan s Malayalam film a degree of finesse that enhances its exploration of the banality of greed and self-serving violence.
Joji Review: Fahadh Faasil and others on a poster
New Delhi:
Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 5)
Shakespeare is rarely as starkly bare-bones as it is in
Joji, which reworks Macbeth in an admirably original no-frills style. The sinewy structure bestows on Dileesh Pothan s Malayalam film, streaming on Amazon Prime, a degree of finesse that enhances its exploration of the banality of greed and self-serving violence. In a magnificently tempered lead act, Fahadh Faasil augments the heft of the storytelling.