Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum

2015 Indian film

Madhu
Balachandra Menon
Sreedhanya
Dakshina
Shankar
Menaka
Ravindran
Sreekanth Sasikanth

CinematographyJemin Jom AyyanethEdited byPradeep ShankarMusic byBalachandra Menon

Production
company

V&V Productions

Release date

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19)

Running time

161 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum (transl. I Will Direct) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film written, directed, and produced by Balachandra Menon. It stars Menon in the lead role, along with Gayathri, Dakshina, Shankar, Menaka, Ravindran, and Madhu in supporting roles.^[1]^[2] The film was released on 19 September 2015 in India to negative critical response.^[3]

The film's story revolves around Krishna Das (Balachandra Menon), a middle-aged man who resigns from the National Film Development Corporation to become a director.

Cast

Madhu
Balachandra Menon as Krishna Das
Gayathri as Gayathri Devi
Dakshina
Sreekanth Sasikanth
Shankar^[4]
Menaka
Ravindran
Vineeth
Sunil Sukhada
Sudheer Karamana
Sasi Kalinga
Kalabhavan Shajohn
Sreelatha Namboothiri
Renji Panicker
G. Suresh Kumar
Bhagyalakshmi
P. Sreekumar
Dharmajan Bolgatty
Viji Thampi
Tessa Joseph
Ramkumar Uppatt
Anoop Krishnan as Shyam

Critical reception

Sanjith Sidhardhan of The Times of India rated the film 2/5 and said, "Balachandra Menon's comeback movie follows a familiar plot that is riddled with cliches." He concluded the review saying, "Films with familiar themes had tasted success in recent times thanks to the way they were presented and that's where Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum falls short. The frames are lifeless and sometimes repetitive. The movie could have been a bit crisper and less tedious with some tight editing."^[5] Sify.com wrote that the film is a torture asking "How can someone (the producer) spend so much money for this kind of stupidity? ^[6]

References

^ "Balachandra Menon back with Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum". Indiaglitz. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ "മലയാള സിനിമയ്ക്ക് ബാലചന്ദ്രമേനോന്റെ ദക്ഷിണ". Manorama News. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ Anu James (21 September 2015). "'Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum' review roundup: A Balachandra Menon film with cliches". International Business Times. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ "ശങ്കർ മേനക ജോഡി വീണ്ടും". Nana Film Weekly. Retrieved 26 September 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Sanjith Sidhardhan (20 September 2015). "Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
^ "Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum Review". Sify. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2016.