The young girl shares her sorrows and worries
with a picture of the idol kept in her room. Her employer is an old lady
Unniamma (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) and besides her, three other old ladies live
in the house.
Balamani has a dream of marrying a man of high
stature. She feels this is what her lord has in store for her and she starts
believing in her dream. Like wise, when Unniamma's only grandson Manu (Pritviraj)
arrives to spend few days with his grandmother before going abroad to pursue
his studies, Balamani realises he is the man of her dreams. Both of them
are drawn towards each other and soon falls in love despite Balamani's reservations
about their difference in status. But their happiness does not last long
as Thankam (Revathy), Manu's widowed mother fixes his wedding with her friend’s
daughter and it is too late when Manu confesses his love to his mother.
Manu and Balamani decide to part ways not to hurt his mothers feelings.
Balamani finds it really difficult to forget her dream and strives hard
to hide her grief. But there is this man Unni ( Aravindan) living next door
who understands her feelings for Manu and constantly assures her miracles
do happen and dreams are achievable... Will Balamani's dreams come true?
....
The simple story has been deftly handled.
The director takes us on an emotional journey through the mind of the
young orphan girl who is in love.. her insecurities, hurt, rejection,
faith and happiness that anybody can relate to. It is a positive change
from the super human characters and loud dialogues that we see commonly
in Malayalam movies these days. The cast have given their best. The lead
pair gives a wonderful performance, the debutant Pritviraj as Manu and
especially Navya as the innocent and lively Balamani is excellent. Revathy
and Kaviyoor Ponnamma as the mother and the grandmother, Jagathy Sreekumar
as the fake 'sanyasi', Innocent, Siddique and Kalaranjini have done justice
to their roles. Music is easy on the ears and cinematography is credible.
On the whole we rate the movie good.
