Jairam's Jives

I don't remember when I first heard of this movie, but for whatever reason it eluded me until Asianet finally decided to play it again (or was it the first time on TV?) on Sunday, Jan 6th. I guess the fact that this was one of the legendary Thilakan's last movies or this was one of Dulquer Salman's (Mammootty's son) first few movies played large in keeping the name 'Ustad Hotel' right on the top of my 'to watch list' of Malayalam movies. And I wasn't disappointed with the wait, the Dum Malabari Biriyani turned out to be well worth the wait for it.

The movie itself is a sweet, no-frills, bittersweet romantic one. The script is relatively uncomplicated and the pace is quite nice, not too slow nor too fast given the genre of the movie.