Too much preaching about family, ties and values can seldom go to your head. That seems to be the fundamental problem of debutante Saji Surendran's movie `Ivar Vivahitharaayal' where nothing new is offered in terms of narrative or presentation.
The movie has Jayasuriya as Vivek Ananthan (Jayasuriya), an MBA student who is throwing all petty tantrums to get married at the earliest. Being the only son of a lawyer-couple(played by Siddique and Rekha)living separately in adjacent apartments, he finds it increasingly difficult to convince them but some how he manages to get them agreed to get his name listed in the matrimony services. Kavya, an ambitious hot tongued radio jockey, who has a problem with her star sings and has just lost her job in an FM, is there by forced to get herself into marriage with Vivek. The movie follows to tells the fate of two immensely immature souls, who has to fight it out to discover the meaning of family and consideration between themselves. Adding to their issues are also depicted the envy and doubts that arise in Kavya over her husband's very free relationships with, his friends from childhood including Tresa played by Samvrutha Sunil)
The movie scripts by Krishna Poojappura repeats the regular problem in depicting the women characters, who often opens with compelling background stories but soon, find themselves at bay, without any powerful attitudes or viewpoints, as if the film isn't telling their tale. Even though the scripts doesn't have the mettle to create a big hit, young director Saji Surendran has been successful to engage the viewers in the most part of this overlong drama, pitched around 165 minutes. His expertise in handling the similar melodrama in miniscreen has paid off, with some brightly shot scenes and good songs. This movie is definitely not as tedious as some other so called 'comedies', that have robbed us of valuable hours of our lives in the recent past. But with limited characters it still gives an air of an episode of a television sitcom, stretched to feature length.
Saji Surendran also shows his calibre in handling his artists be it in Jayasuriya, who plays to his strengths in this semi serious role or in Samvrutha
who has her one of the best roles in recent times. Bhama has her intensity at times but appear tender and fragile to handle this uneven role, especially towards the climax. Siddique and Rekha make a cake walk through a not so demanding caricatures while Suraj Venjaaramoodu brings in some gentle chuckles with his role of lawyer, who is left as a cook cum assistant.
The technical side keeps in sync with the movie with mentionable cinematography from Anil Nair and co. The art and associated departments also has worked hard to create a good tone of the interiors.
All in all, the movie is an average fare though it may appeal more to womenfolks who are regulars before the telescope on miniscreen.
