NEELAKASHAM CHUVANNABHOOMI PACHAKADAL

            If the so called 'new generation' films are marked by these set of films which has no story to tell or conflicts to discuss, but only a camera that moves around depicting glam shots, this film does not fall under the category. Then what category does the movie fall under is the question open to discussion.

            NEELAKASHAM : BLUE for LIBERALISM. This is probably the liberalism discussed in the movie. The today's youth who walks around with no boundaries or bound rules. One fine morning someone wants to ride all over the way to Himalayas or to Nagaland or to far far away land, all you've got to do is get a bike and ride. You literally don't have to worry about your parents, siblings, money, education or no matter what.  Money for fuel and other requirements during the journey comes from elsewhere. This is how wide the neelakasham is. The neelakasham of the 'cool' youth.

            CHUVANNABHOOMI : RED FOR REBELLION. This is probably the communism, or rebellion, or revolution discussed in the movie. There is a sort of 'religious' communism exercised in today's society where both ideologies of communism as well as  religion is followed by the individual. So is the case with the film. The 2 major characters in the film fall under this category. They are strong Muslim believers drenched in revolution. There is a deliberate attempt to fight against the odds in the society, which also includes the protagonist's love towards a girl belonging to a completely alien culture and geographical background.

            PACHAKADAL : GREEN for ISLAM. This probably refers to the religion of the protagonists. Both the male lead roles belongs to orthodox Muslim families, one from Calicut and the other from Cannanore. Religion is also discussed in the course of the film and also prevails to the major 'hidden' theme. The family backgrounds and the difficulty to accept a girl from another religion is opened up in the film.

            The crisis Neelakasham Chuvanabhoomi Pachakadal faces is that of identity. It doesn;t know where to fit into - whether in the 'new generation' or the 'travel movie' or the 'old school' of linear story telling. The film is a combination of the three - Two legs in three boats, Neither this nor that. The film initially attempts a 'cool' travel movie showing no sincerity to the theme. Except for the songs, the feel of the travel was never felt. It was interesting enough to see the characters reach miles in no time nor any difficulty.

            As usual the film ended with women having no words to speak, since men had already spoken them out, leaving them burden less. Even the heroine had nothing to tell the audience while she left home, for the sake of religion. Again the 'saviour of the world' -HERO had to come for her mercy.

            The film could have avoided the journey to the beach and the 'big' invention in the village near Kolkata. People who showed a thumbs-up for the movie are the ones who hadn't seen the trailer, because the rest who had showed a thumbs down, having had nothing to watch in the movie that what they did in the trailers, and that too free of cost.