Om Shanti Oshana Movie Review - An Enjoyable Flick!
Reviews
oi-Gayathry
By Ajin Krishna
Rating:
3.0/5
Debutant
director
Jude
Anthony
Joseph's
Om
Shanthi
Oshana,
as
claimed
to
be,
is
a
pure
love
story
without
any
gimmicks,
told
from
the
girl's
perspective.
Story
Pooja
Mathew
(Nazriya
Nazim),
daughter
of
Mathew
Davis
(Renji
Panicker)
and
Annie,
is
a
naughty
school
girl.
She
has
her
best
friends
at
her
school
Neethu
(Akshaya),
a
flirt
and
Dona
(Oshein
Mertil),
a
junk
foodie.
One
day
on
her
routine
visit
to
Rachel
Aunt
(Vinayaprasad),
Pooja
comes
to
know
the
good
side
of
a
love
marriage
and
decides
to
find
a
guy
for
her
life.
Firstly,
she
turns
to
a
best
figured
guy
at
her
school,
Yardley,
who
is
well
known
to
all.
Later,
on
a
visit
to
a
water
theme
park,
Pooja
meets
Giri
(Nivin
Pauly),
a
graduate,
who
is
into
farming
and
social
activities
at
her
village.
Pooja
falls
in
love
with
Giri
and
believes
him
to
be
the
man
for
her
life.
On
Giri's
birthday,
Pooja
tries
to
confess
her
love
for
him,
but
Giri
turns
it
down
telling
her
to
be
a
small
girl
and
advices
her
to
concentrate
on
her
studies.
Later,
after
her
successful
completion
of
school
studies
and
entrance
test,
Pooja
gets
admission
in
Calicut
Medical
College.
She
reaches
Giri's
home
to
bid
bye,
but
comes
to
know
from
Giri's
mother
Sumitra,
that
Giri
is
on
a
visit
to
the
Shaolin
Temple
at
China
for
his
Kung
fu
studies.
With
much
pain,
she
leaves
to
Calicut
for
her
studies
where
she
meets
Dr
Prasad
Varkey
(Vineeth
Sreenivasan),
her
young
and
enthusiastic
teacher
and
very
soon
they
become
good
friends.
On
her
last
year
of
studies,
she
meets
Giri
again
at
her
college.
Will
she
be
successful
to
gain
Giri's
love
now?
Rest
of
the
plot
gives
your
answer.
Performances
Nazriya
Nazim
as
Pooja
Mathew
has
given
out
a
decent
performance.
Some
of
her
expressions
are
worth
it.
Nivin
Pauly
as
Giri
has
also
portrayed
his
character
well.
Aju
Varghese
as
David
Kanjani,
cousin
brother
of
Pooja,
is
yet
another
good
one
which
is
sure
to
make
you
smile.
Vineeth
Sreenivasan
as
Dr
Prasad
Varkey,
Renji
Panicker
as
Mathew
have
also
done
a
wonderful
job.
Rest
of
the
actors
including
Akshaya,
Lal
Jose
(Jacob
Tharakan),
Vinaya
Prasad,
Nikki
Galrani
have
also
done
well
in
their
small
yet
good
roles.
Technical
Aspects
Cinematography
by
Vinod
Illampally
is
not
an
out
of
the
world
thing,
but
has
some
charm
in
it.
Music
by
Shaan
Rehman
is
pleasing.
All
the
songs
are
well
placed
and
BGM
of
the
movie
is
soothing
and
energetic.
Director
himself,
Midhun
Manuel
Thomas
behind
the
script
and
screenplay
of
the
movie
have
managed
to
give
out
a
movie
worth
watching.
Though
the
story
is
told
from
the
female
side,
it
has
a
lot
of
cliche
stuff
and
it
doesn't
boast
of
any
surprise
elements
and
goes
in
a
narrow
linear
way
where
we
can
easily
predict
what
will
happen
next.
Also,
the
makers
of
the
movie
could
have
trimmed
the
second
half
which
did
lag
at
parts.
Verdict
On
the
whole,
Om
Shanthi
Oshaana
is
enjoyable
with
its
share
of
happiness
factor,
one
liners
and
some
decent
performances.