SAJ is the most awaited Malayalam movie this year,Sequel to IRUPATHAM NOOTANDU(1987) directed by KM madhu, Script by SN Swamy. Sagar Alias Jackey  reloaded hit the theaters today -Direction,Cinematography by Amal Neerad and script by the same SN Swamy.So whats  SAJ? Did the sequel did justice to the old super hit and to Mallu Audience?I had some preconceptions in my mind before watching the movie.Now I am back from theater , and I think that my Preconceptions were right! Here are my views about the movie.

Summary

First of all the movie cant be said as a secquel to Irupatham Nootandu as the only common factor is Sagar Alias Jacky.Clearly it have been done for initials. The movie starts with Shobana Seeking help of Sagar Alias jackey.Her husband (Manoj K Jayan)was kidnapped,and of course Jackey comes for the rescue and he never fails in his mission.And on to the starting titles ,i think that it was outstanding  this happens to be one of the best starting titles I’ve seen in my life(was up to or near to the starting credits of Rang De Basanti) and then the story develops basing on the Kidnap incident.More and more Scenario occurs connecting that incident.

Views

Plus

So whats in the movie which glue you on  to the seats?In one word the answer will be “STYLE”.yes another Big B is born,but this time something more! SAJ is the most stylish movie ever made in Malayalam.Amal Neerad is truly a Diamond to the Malayalam Industry.Taking a wild guess.. he will direct only 1 or 2 more movies in Malayalam(After all he will be in Bollywood or Hollywood).He can definitely direct the Dhoom Series… His shots in Deserts were on par with the desert scenes (Namibia) in Dhoom 2! He used the same stuffs like Cars(Pajero,Hummer),Glasses,Jackets and Guns as in Big B as style elements.Every shots looks beautiful.Dirty locations too appears stylish in his frames,On the way of Jacky and his crew to rescue Manoj K Jayan,they have some talks in a dirty corner .Its lighting itself is superb,yellow light illuminates the dirty corner and the corner looks Stylish!

What comes next is the excellent background scores by Gopi Sunder,the old theme music was remixed wonderfully,BGM was perfectly matching with the shots of Amal Neerad.Songs were also done by Gopi Sunder, it seemed okay.

Minus

Was this a perfect one? No, Not at all. As a total movie it wasn’t that perfect ,the script was pretty  weak,i don’t know whether we can call it weak but it was that predictable and usual,nothing new was delivered by

SN SWAMY.Swamy is now no where near his old mighty days,recent movies like Positive,Nerariyan CBI,Balram vs. Tharadas etc clearly depicts that ,So me too  wasn’t expecting a good script for the movie.Dialogues also wasn’t that good but not that bad.

Another drawback was the character of Jagathy ,it was truly unnecessary and had nothing to do in the movie, comes on to the screen often and says some blah blah (humor was aimed,but wasn’t able to deliver it)it didn’t become  that irritating as Jagathy was handling the role.Anyone other than Jagathy would have been irritating as the dialogues were not at all humorous.

I wonder why Amal Neerad also choose the conventional path of love!An element like love was totally unsuitable for the movie,now you might have got the point, as usual Bhavana falls in love with Sagar.

In total Sagar Alias Jackey is definitely worth a watch.If anyone ask me to say about the movie in one word I would reply “Stylish Package”.if you desire to see the movie ,a theater watch will be the best option rather than waiting for the DVDs,as the whole new technologies used for the movie are more apt  for a theater watch.

VERDICT

3/5

Tail Piece:Mohanlal