Falimy

Last night I saw a Malayalam movie, Falimy, released in OTT recently (HULU). I did not make a spelling mistake. Yes, it is named Falimy (instead of Family). The movie comes with English close caption. 

This is not a review about the direction, cinematography, songs, etc. This is what my opinion of the movie. 

This movie was directed by Nithish Sahadev, a debutant director. The hero is Basil Joseph.

There is a family living in Trivandrum. Chandran, his wife Rema, their two sons Anoop and Abhi and Chandran’s dad Janardanan. They are kind of dysfunctional family. Anoop who is working as dubbing artist does not have good relationship with his dad Chandran. The second son Abhi who is a student wants to immigrate to London, UK. (I don’t know why he is wearing T-shirt with the name showing Los Angeles.) 

The grandpa Janardanan wants to go to Kaashi (Benares) and no one is helping him. He decides to go by himself without telling anyone in the house. He was caught in the railway station by Abhi and he brings the grandpa home. 

Anoop decides to take the grandpa to Kaashi. And finally, the whole family decided to go. Their travel from Trivandrum to Kaashi is the most hilarious comedy. I loved every minute of it. I will see the movie 2 more times just for their travel experience. They reach Kaashi and stay in a hotel. Next morning grandpa is missing. The other 4 get in the business of trying to find the grandpa.  Some people are advising them that old people come to Kaashi to die.

Did they find their grandpa? That is the rest of the story. It is worth watching the movie. Please don’t read Wikipedia. It tells the whole story and will spoil your interest. 

During the movie I thought I could guess the ending because I have seen lot of Tamil and Malayalam movies. But the Director of the movie (who is also the writer) gave an unexpected twist at the end. 

Many dialogues are hilarious. One of them I liked very much. Here is the situation. While searching for grandpa, the 4 family members end up in a police station. There is a lady police inspector. These 4 are not able to answer her simple questions. She says: I know the people in the Kerala State are 98% educated and intelligent. Are you four from the other 2% category?

The End.