At a time when Malayalam cinema has been overdosing on a lot of feel-good films, Moothon came as a refreshing change. Geetu Mohandas made a brave statement with her first film in Malayalam and the film has bagged three awards at the New York Indian Film Festival.
The real beauty of Moothon is its depiction of homosexual romance. Without playing to the gender stereotypes, Moothon depicts a homosexual relationship on-screen with a pure tenderness and honesty cinema has failed to show so far yet. Roshan Mathew plays the deaf and mute Amir. Roshan’s command and prowess over his craft is clear as he communicates with his eyes, with no dialogue devices to his aide. The one scene where he manages to mouth the name of his beloved is also emotionally riding on his shoulders. And the combination of Nivin with Roshan is magic on screen for the beautiful chemistry they share. Coming back to the awards, Nivin himself won the best actor award for his phenomenal performance as Akbar, while Sanjana Dipu won the child artist. Moothon also won the best film too.
Nivin is also the first Malayalam actor to receive the award in the 20-year history of NYIF. Moothan was released last year in November in both Hindi & Malayalam and got extremely positive response from everyone.Moothan stars Nivin Pauly,Shobhita Dhulipalla,Shashank Arora,Roshan Mathew and Sanjana
Deepu.The film directed by Geethu Mohandas and produced by Anurag Kashyap.
