Mahe
In the beginning, I couldn't much understand where the story was heading, but eventually it started feeling good. Had the feeling of watching a movie that I could relate myself with, after a long time. ANd thats probably why I loved the movie.Comedy was something I really loved. All of this, after I watched the movie with subtitles(I don't know Malayalam). And I can't imagine how I would have felt had I known Malayalam. Edit: I have watched this movie three times, three days in a row, which has never happened for me with any other movie. The more I watched it, the more I am loving it.
GM Arif Islam (aarifshuvo)
finally, done watching...! *_*Cinematography ? Perfect, No lead, No lag.. Just as much as you'd want to see...! :DAnd whats about the storytelling... ? ~ Life, As it goes on.. yup, its that simple and lovely also, you might say! ;) and i must also mention the music. the south Indian music.. its too lively and engaging! :D it's a 7.7/10. (y) .... why should a review .......be of at least 10 .......lines !? ......... i don't get it. :/
Tarun Kumar
I have never watched any Malayalam movie before as I don't know the language and I hate watching movies with subtitles on.A friend of mine suggested me to watch Bangalore Days and hence I decided to give it a try.Now,after watching,I don't feel disappointed at all. Coming to the story,it is a simple one about three cousins and how their lives have unfolded.I have seen similar movies before but what makes Bangalore Days different is the narration.You get a pleasant feeling throughout the movie.One particular that stands out is when Das and Divya go to meet Natasha's parents. All the lead actors have done justice to their role.Music(both songs and background score)is brilliant and it complements the mood of the film well.It helps audience to connect emotionally with the movie. Overall,there is nothing much to complaint about the movie.The movie's runtime is close to 3 hrs.Wish it could have been trimmed a little bit.But again,you won't complaint as long as you are watching it.It is a good movie and is definitely worth watching
binducherungath
Please read my review at http://moviereviewsbybinduc.blogspot.in/2014/06/bangalore-days.htmlBangalore Days, a very youthful, vibrant, peppy and entertaining movie by director Anjali Menon. She has tried to beautifully capture various individual behaviours / perceptions, lovely camaraderie / friendship among cousins, positive outlook towards life in spite of personal hiccups / challenges, individuals having different outlook towards a situation, passion to fulfill one's dreams etc. She has successfully justified various characters. The beauty of Anjali's work is that she has not tried to be preachy, but makes us believe that every individual has their own frame of reference i.e. perception towards life. Anjali facilitates us to think that it would be unfair to justify a particular outlook towards life / things, rather every individual has a reason / logic behind his or her choices. The title is almost justified with all the three main protagonists landing up in Bangalore and the twists and turns happening in their lives in this city, which is the utopia every Malayali youngster wishes to escape to in search of his dreams (as projected in the movie). The movie begins with the narration of Kuttan aka Krishnan PP (Nivin Pauly), a techie, who is in midst of a job interview and grabs the offer to join at Bangalore after completing his training at Mysore. He is a hard-core Malayali at heart, who loves everything about Kerala. Then he introduces his cousin vivacious and bubbly Kunju aka Divya Prakash (Nazriya Nazim) who aspires to pursue MBA from IIM and then be an entrepreneur. Another cousin carefree Aju aka Arjun (Dulqar Salman) is shown to have the courage to create his own rules of life, who pursues his dreams passionately, whether it is to be a graffiti-artist, or bike- racing or repairing the bikes / vintage cars. Kuttan, Kunju and Aju have great bonding since childhood, who took different paths after school, but yes, their relationships remained intact. If Kuttan is shown as traditional Malayali guy who wants Kerala touch in every aspects of his life, Aju is projected as a rebel who doesn't believe in giving answers to anyone, but he creates his own sets of questions and answers, Kunju is traditional enough to bid adieu to her IIM dreams and get married for parents' sake to Das (Fahadh Faasil), yet assertive enough to get her due share in relationship. A beautiful song 'Mangalyam' is there when Kuttan, Aju and Kunju dance together during Kunju's marriage celebrations. They look so good together. Ultimately, all three of them reach Bangalore: Kuttan for his IT job, Aju for his bike-repairing assignments, and Kunju shifting from Kerala to Das' apartment in Bangalore after marriage. Das is a workaholic, who loves his own privacy and remains confined to himself most of the time. Kunju is just opposite, and extrovert, full of life and adaptive as well. Das seems an odd man out amongst Kunju, Kuttan and Aju. Whenever Das goes for outstation trips, three of them just hang out together and have a blast. Lot of light hearted as well as great moments are shown in the movie viz. Aju, Kuttan and Kunju teasing each other, Kuttan's fantasies about falling in love with the Malayali Airhostess Meenakshi (Isha Talwar), Kunju inviting almost all the neighbours for tea at home, RJ Sarah (Parvathy)'s compering with lot of positive messages for the listeners, Aju falling in love with the positivity of Sarah and his effort to surprise her with his impulsive visit to the studio etc. Anjali has definitely taken a very realistic and balanced approach in this movie. When there are so many light moments in the movie, every character is also shown facing a few challenges of their own viz. Aju's impulsiveness and brash attitude, Das not being able to get over his past of Natasha (Nithya Menon), Kunju's disappointments and void in her life due to stoic Das, Kuttan's failed relationship, Das not being able to move on in his life (his past plays a pivotal point in the movie), Shobha (Praveena, Kunju's mother)'s obsession towards astrology etc. Rather every character is a story in itself. Certain serious instances viz. marital disharmony is also projected very lightly viz. Kuttan's father wanting to breathe after suffocating for years in marriage and mother wanting to break free from the confines of a small village and to enjoy the excitement of living in cities or even abroad. Script has fabulous humour to project partners having different perspectives and outlooks. The movie has ensemble cast who have given magnificent performances. All of them fit in so well with their characters.
