After
Pakal,
Nagaram
and
Ayudham,
director
MA
Nishad
has
offered
his
fourth
movie
Vairam,
which
is
an
issue-based
film.
The
film
discusses
things
that
are
very
much
relevant
in
today's
India.
Above
all,
it
touches
the
hearts
of
those
who
are
the
parents
of
girl
child.
Vairam
has
been
titled
after
the
character
Vairamani
(Dhanya
Mary),
a
young
girl
who
is
raped
and
killed.
Vairamani's
father
Sivarajan
(Pasupathy)
is
a
bank
manager
and
mother
Devi
(Meera
Vasudev)
a
housewife.
Sivarajan
is
basically
from
Tamil
Nadu,
while
Devi
hails
from
Kerala.
The
couple
dotes
on
their
daughter
and
they
have
dreams
of
making
her
a
doctor.
Sivarajan
and
family
shift
to
Kerala
following
a
transfer
and
then
Vairamani,
who
is
doing
her
higher
secondary
schooling,
gets
admitted
in
the
school
run
by
the
'Thalikkulam'
family,
headed
by
Thalikkulam
Avarachan
(Thilakan),
who
has
two
sons-
Thalikkulam
George
Kutty
(Ashokan)
and
Thalikkulam
Josekutty
(Jayasurya).
In
fact,
the
house
in
which
Sivarajan
and
family
live
and
the
building
that
houses
his
bank
are
all
owned
by
the
Thalikkulam
family,
one
of
the
most
affluent
and
powerful
families
of
the
place.
Anyway,
things
progress
fine
for
Sivarajan
and
family,
until
one
day
Vairamani
is
found
raped
and
murdered.
Sivarajan
is
shattered.
And
so
is
Devi.
It's
then
that
Sivarajan
gets
a
hint
that
it
was
most
likely
Thalikkulam
Josekutty,
who
rapes
and
kills
his
daughter.
He
sets
out,
determined
to
avenge
his
loss
and
kills
Josekutty
and
lands
up
in
jail,
sentenced
to
serve
life.
In
fact,
Vairam
begins
from
this
point,
then
goes
back
into
the
past
and
also
etches
out
what
happens
afterwards.
The
other
characters,
who
come
into
the
story
after
this
are
Annie
Jacob
(Samvritha),
a
young
reporter,
Ravi
Varma
(Sureshgopi),
a
righteous
kind
of
lawyer
and
Thomas
Eeraly
(Mukesh),
the
Crime
Branch
officer
who
re-investigates
the
whole
thing.
The
film
Vairam
is
sort
of
a
multi-starrer,
with
many
popular
stars
in
the
cast,
all
of
them
getting
to
play
key
roles.
As
Sivarajan,
Pasupathy
impresses
the
most.
Meera
Vasudev
gives
able
support
as
Devi.
Dhanya
Mary
is
the
apt
choice
for
the
role
of
Vairamani.
Sureshgopi,
Mukesh
and
Samvritha
Sunil
do
their
roles
quite
convincingly.
Jayasurya
deserves
to
be
appreciated
for
his
performance
as
Josekutty.
Thilakan
and
KPAC
Lalitha
are
superb.
Cheriyan
Kalpakavvadi
has
done
a
neat
job
of
the
script
and
MA
Nishad
does
the
direction
part
satisfactorily
well.
Sanjeev
Shankar's
cinematography
and
Gireesh
Menon's
art-work
are
among
the
highlights
on
the
technical
side.
The
songs,
penned
by
Gireesh
Puthencherry
and
set
to
tune
by
M
Jayachandran
are
good.
The
song
that
begins
'Vennilavu...'
stands
out.
MA
Nishad
deserves
to
be
appreciated
for
having
come
up
with
a
film
that
discusses
such
a
sensitive
and
relevant
issue
and
remains
within
the
parameters
of
commercial
cinema
too.
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