When the news was around about the famous South Indian producer Aascar Ravichandran debuting into Mollywood, much was expected about the endeavour. His debut production titled as 'Lucky Jokers', but may fail to keep the viewers, the artists, or the producer lucky in terms of satisfaction that it may generates.
The movie which rests on a thin plot is 'that lock your brains at the cupboard' type, loaded with a lot of nonsensical and juvenile comedies that tries a little too harder to make you laugh. Packed with too many characters,( in fact every known comic stars of Malayalam except Salimkumar and Mala) may not be your cup of tea, if you are on to look for any logic in the proceedings.
The movie set in the mammoth Vishnupuram palace, is all about a travel of a few after a previous diamond, that is owned by the Nepalese royal family and is send centuries ago to Vishnupuram to be kept in their interestingly built security locker, involving a lot of Vasthu concepts. The fist line of the film itself is about the centuries old relation between Nepalese and Kerala kings (?)
Few years ago, the present patriarch of the family (Madhu) was laid to coma after an attack by his nephew, whose family was scheming things to somehow get hold of this diamond which cost more than thousand crores. In fact one of the family members (Saikumar) is shown even planning another IPL team for Kerala, with the money that he may gather by selling this costly diamond.
The narrative by ace television comedian Saju Kodiyan goes on and on as a Vasthu expert Vishnu sharma (Anoop Menon) sent by the Nepali kingdom arrives at the palace, and make his plans to open the lockers, with the aid of a group of comedy artists who take different roles of workers in the palace .The illogical situations in the movie are too much to digest with a story that seems too fragile to stretch for two plus hours.
The performances of the most of the cast are loud, but one has no reason to complaint as this is a film that is frivolous in any case. Suraj appear in twin roles but manages with a very few wits that works. Anoop Menon's wigs and wardrobes of many actors are more funny that many of the sequences in the film. Ajmal Ameer and Vidisha are wasted in roles of little relevance.
In the technical side, Bharani k Dharan's camera work is fine while the rest of the efforts by the technicians breeding average results. The songs are good but the visualisations are pathetic. And given the situations, its will be a big question to ponder over how many new age viewers will clap for that song with Vidhisha and Harishree Ashokan, who has now become a lacklustre star in comic department.
So, Lucky Jokers, can be your movie if you are the type who throw your thinking caps out of the window for managing a few laughs. In fact, those rib tickling wits are also few and far in between the narratives, though the makers seems to have taken the movie, too lightly that it could be.
Ratings-3.5/10
