Loudspeaker

Director Jeyaraj’s Loudspeaker is a simple movie; not too intellectually stimulating or outright foolish. It is an average fare balancing ordinary facts with heartwarming humour and somehow manages to strike a chord deep within. Loudspeaker is about Phillipose (Mammootty) who is literally born with a mike down his throat. His habit of speaking in a pitch far above the ordinary earns him the name ‘Mike’ and lands him in trouble once too after he comes to the city to donate kidney to Menon (Sashikumar). Menon allows Phillipose to share his flat in the city but little does he know that that Mike Phillipose would bring more trouble than he bargained for! The kids in the building however take a fancy to this man-of-the –hills and his loud voice, but not the building secretary (Jagathy Sreekumar) who is looking for ways to throw him out. Things go completely out of hands and the kind hearted Menon is forced to rethink his decision of allowing Mike to stay with him! What happens after this is quite unexpected. In fact, from this point onwards the film suddenly turns a notch serious and the simplicity of the films simply charms you, if you can ignore the few instances of emotional overdose. Loudspeaker has a few things going for it, such as Mammootty’s stellar performance as ‘Mike’, in contrast to his some of his recent meaningless roles. Gracy Singh, the Bollywood beauty who warmed our hearts with her great performance in Oscar-nominated film Lagaan has made an entry into the world of Malayalam films with her role as Annie, Menon’s nurse and is quite good. Director Jeyaraj in his penchant for making non-actors into actors has roped in Sashikumar for the role of Menon and managed to get some decent screen time from him! Great job, Jeyaraj.