<p> The film is veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s typical treatment of Malayalam literary patriarch Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai’s four short stories. A sequel to his earlier award-winning film Nalu Pennungal, Oru Pennum Randaanum tells a different set of independent stories. The undercurrent is crime and yearning for justice; as explicit in the film’s English title - A Climate for Crime.<br /> Kallente Makan, Niyamavum Neethiyum, Oru Kootukaran and Pankiyamma are the stories knitted together like beads in a string. The atmosphere is that of 1940s, set in erstwhile Travancore. <br /><br />Master Amal Jose plays a disillusioned child of a thief (M R Gopakumar) who has to take the brunt of his father's ill-reputation. Nedumudi Venu and Jagannathan fare well as foxy cops who falsely implicate an innocent rickshaw puller to hide their corrupt deals.<br />The story that features Jagadish and Sudhish is more or less a comic relief but lacks substance. <br /><br />Through Praveena, the director exposes the face of hypocrisy and infidelity. With élan, she dons the role of a charming village lass who sets her husband against her paramour and finally marries a third person. <br />Oru Pennum Randaanum may not give all the feel of a feature film, for its episode-like format. For that reason, the film could be a commercial let down. But the truth is that it has already gone places, literally as well. That is exactly 'Adoorian'!<br /></p>
<p> The film is veteran director Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s typical treatment of Malayalam literary patriarch Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai’s four short stories. A sequel to his earlier award-winning film Nalu Pennungal, Oru Pennum Randaanum tells a different set of independent stories. The undercurrent is crime and yearning for justice; as explicit in the film’s English title - A Climate for Crime.<br /> Kallente Makan, Niyamavum Neethiyum, Oru Kootukaran and Pankiyamma are the stories knitted together like beads in a string. The atmosphere is that of 1940s, set in erstwhile Travancore. <br /><br />Master Amal Jose plays a disillusioned child of a thief (M R Gopakumar) who has to take the brunt of his father's ill-reputation. Nedumudi Venu and Jagannathan fare well as foxy cops who falsely implicate an innocent rickshaw puller to hide their corrupt deals.<br />The story that features Jagadish and Sudhish is more or less a comic relief but lacks substance. <br /><br />Through Praveena, the director exposes the face of hypocrisy and infidelity. With élan, she dons the role of a charming village lass who sets her husband against her paramour and finally marries a third person. <br />Oru Pennum Randaanum may not give all the feel of a feature film, for its episode-like format. For that reason, the film could be a commercial let down. But the truth is that it has already gone places, literally as well. That is exactly 'Adoorian'!<br /></p>
