Malayalam superstar Mammootty’s film Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam was screened at the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala. It was undoubtedly one of the most popular films screened at the event. Before the screening a huge crowd had gathered at the festival for the world premiere of the film.
Helmed by Lijo Jose Pellissery it had received positive reviews from the critics and filmmakers too. Renowned filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan said “Lijo’s best film yet.”
“#NanpakalNerathuMayakkam – Yet another masterpiece and the best from @mrinvicible. Mammukka delivers a stunning and highly memorable performance. Theni Easwar deserves applauses for the frames and loved the usage of old tamil songs. Wait for the theatre release,” tweeted a user Martin N Joseph.
“Another Masterpiece Frm #LJP & Superb Performance Frm @mammukka. His Presentation Of Tamil Dialect Conversations Were Very Beautiful. Movie Had Excellent Response Aftr Premiere, Hoping That Will Reflect In Theatres Too,” Snehasallapam mentioned in a tweet.
“The movie really doesn’t fit into one of the genres we are used. Lijo and Hareesh has woven a genre of itself & makes us travel into the worlds of James and Sundaram,” read a review by Forum Keralam.
Mammootty has bankrolled the film Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam with Lijo Jose Pellissery. The duo is also bracing up for a short film which will be streaming on Netflix.