Mamooty's new film Rajamanikyam is yet another addition to the superstars
steady hits this year. This film brings out the actor's comical talent.
The film is about Bellary Raja, a buffalo dealer residing at Bellary.
Although his mother was alive, he grows up alone as an orphan. She disowns
him when she marries a rich businessman Rajartinam Pillai (Sai Kumar).
Young Raju leaves home and makes it on his own. He brings up another
orphan Raju (Rahman) as his own brother. Varkichan (Bheeman Raghu) and
Dasappan (Salim Kumar) were their great friends.
Rajaratinam Pillai had a son in an earlier marriage
Raja Selvam (Manoj. K. Jayan). Bellary's mother and himself later have a
daughter Rani ( Sindhu Menon) of their own. Selvam's friend Simon Nadar (Ranjit)
slowly poisons him against
his father. And as the children grew up they were always fighting with each
other for their fathers riches.
Pillai plans to built a hospital in his wife's name much against the
wishes of Raja Selvam. Raja Selvam and his right hand man Simon Nadar
frames Pillai in a murder case. Pillai gets killed on the day he gets
bail for the case. The family is in for a shock when they come to know
of his will. Pillai had entrusted Bellary Raja as a caretaker of all
his property for 25 years, later to be returned to their actual
heirs. Bellary Raja comes to the village along with his friends and
tries to settle the differences between his siblings and to find out
the culprit behind his stepfathers murder.
The movie has all the ingredients to make it a hit, be it comedy, sentiments,
action, music as well as cinematography. The debutant director Anwar Rasheed
has done his home work well. Scripting by
T.A.Shaheed is solid. Together they have a winning formula.
Mammooty gives a commendable performance as Rajamanikyam, an illiterate
buffalo dealer. The role with ample scope for comedy is handled really well by
him. The characters dialogue delivery in Trivandrum lingo and his mannerisms is
superb. The superstar proves that he can do comic roles equally well. The rest
of the cast have nothing much to do. It is a through and through Mammooty film.
The movie is worth watching for Mammooty's superb comic
timing. A must see for his fans.