How did the story idea of Life of Josutty strike you?
Onmanorama catches up with Jayalal's journey. Now that he has tasted the fervour and vigour of cinema, Menon has decided to stay there for quite some time now. It was his continuous journey and life abroad that had brought him closer to the struggles and travails of the Kerala diaspora. One of the producers of the film, Jayalal is engaged in export and import business shuttling across Australia, Middle East and India. But his story is running to packed houses in theatres bearing the title Life of Josutty. But the Life of Josutty is not curious enough, yet watchable.Jayalal Menon, a native of Alappuzha, never had a stint in films or in story writing before. The makers of the film were honest while giving the tagline - No Twist, No Suspense, Only a Life.
Life of Josutty is a family drama without any novelty. Performance of Rachana (though the character was diluted in the second part) and Hareesh Perady (as Josutty’s father) is commendable. Though Dileep has done justice to the role, he can be given only a pass mark. Cinematographer Ravichandran offers us some lovely visuals. The merging of computer graphic images with real ones (in the beginning, when Josutty lands in New Zealand and in the end) is done in a crafty manner by the director. But due to the employment of too much drama, some scenes have failed to strike the right chord with the audience. There are standalone scenes like the one in which Dileep breaks down when he hears the news of his father’s death and Jyothi Krishna confesses her mistake. Both the themes, in a way, have combined in Josutty. The tribulations of a husband who depends on wife was the theme in Mammootty-starrer Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty. Even Dileep had done this in Spanish Masala. We have seen the plight of an uneducated villager trapped in a foreign land in a Malayalam cinema sometime ago. In the second half, it takes more time to narrate the story, hence lags. The flow is smooth in the first half which is made interesting with comic sequences. All of a sudden, he realises that everything he had believed to be true throughout life was wrong and he vows to live life to the fullest. Upon reaching New Zealand, the life of Josutty turns upside down. Yielding to the pressure from his friends and relatives, he agrees to marry Rose (Jyothi Krishna), who is a divorcee and a nurse in New Zealand. This disqualification becomes a stumbling block for him to marry her. But eventually he falls in love with Jessy (Rachana), his neighbour. He is naive enough to try and understand the world by stepping into the shoes of others.
Josutty believes life is a notebook and the people who he meets its chapters. Set in Kattappana in Idukki, Life of Josutty opens with the narration of Josutty (Dileep). He borrowed story from Jayalal Menon and script from Rajesh Varma. In Josutty, the ace director dons the hat only of a director. For Mummy and Me he paired up with Sanjay Bobby for story and screenplay. Except Mummy and Me (in 2010), all his films were scripted by Jeethu himself. Unlike his past films which belonged to thriller or comedy genres, Josutty is a family drama which portraits a man’s life. The success of Drishyam had indeed raised expectations on Life of Josutty. He was quite busy in the recent past remaking his super hit film in other languages. It remains the masterpiece of Jeethu Joseph till date. Cast: Dileep, Rachana, Jyothi Krishna, Aqsa Bhattĭrishyam was the biggest money minter in the history of Mollywood.
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