A TALE OF 2 SEQUELS

I had thought of writing this post a few days ago.This is about 2 malayalm movies which i saw within the space of a month-SAGAR ALIAS JACKY and 2 HARIHAR NAGAR.The similarity about them is that both are sequels of 2 super hit films released long back.The similarity ends there.Watching SAJ was a torture wheras wachin 2HN was pure fun.

I believe the main thing to b kept in mind while attempting a sequel is that you should not change the basic nature of the lead characters .But in SAJ,the lead character is not the same man we saw in irupathaam noottaandu 22 yrs back.In IN,Sagarwas not a super human.He was a man who used his brain more than his muscles.But the hero of SAJ is a superhuman.He uses his muscles.He can fight with villains singlehandedly.None of the bullets that the villains fire touch him.This movie has nothing to do with the first part. The makers could've easily made a new movie with a new character.But they decided to use the same old character to generate hype.Unfortuantely,fools like me who expected another irupathaam noottaandu fell into their trap.There is no story whatsoever.The dialogues r poor.S.N.Swamy has shown once again that he is outdated.He is still writing movies for the audience in the 80s.Amal Neerad,who promised a lot with his directorial debut Big B has tried to create another Big B.The shots,the framing and a lot more r exactly similar to Big B.Mohanlal looks like an inflated baloon.The audience were booing when he was romancing Bhavana,who is young enough to be his daughter.In IN,his pair was Urvasi,who was then much older than what Bhavana is now.Wonder when our superstars will stop romancing girls not even half their age.Another big disappointment is Jagathy.I've been seeing Jagathy in movies since my childhood,but i have never seen him failing to make audience laugh.I dont wanna write more about this movie.In short,one of the biggest disappointments i've had in recnet times.

Now coming to the 2nd movie 2Harihar Nagar.the biggest strength of the movie is that although the heroes are no longer young(unlike in SAJ,where the hero pretends to b the same 27 yr old he was 22 yrs back),their basic nature is unchanged.Another thing about the movie is that unlike SAJ,this cannot be made as a new movie.There are a lot of references to the old movie(Maya,the bag containing cash) etc.Above all,the movie is a laugh riot.The viewer is never bored.Lal shows that he is still a master craftsman.His command over script and direction is impeccable.i hope he directs more movies in future.

I just wanna say this 2 all who r aspiring to make sequels of super hit movies.Please make the sequels only if its absolutely necessary.i e pls do attempt a sequel only if it has something to do with the original.Otherwise,pls dont attaempt it.Plese dont make us hate urfavourite onscreen characters.We dont want more SAJs,we need more 2HNs.