“Padmashree Bharath Doctor Saroj Kumar”, which has Sreenivasan playing the caricature of a superstar, hits the theatres today (Jan 14) with fair opening. The movie is directed by Sajin Raaghavan and written by the hero Sreenivasan itself. Under Vaishaka Cynama, Vaishaka Rajan produced it. The title character 'Saroj Kumar' was originally seen in the 2005 superhit movie ‘Udayananu Thaaram’. In ‘Udayananu Thaaram’, Saroj Kumar, whose original name was Rajappan Thengummoodu, was a junior artiste who played his cards well to become a superstar, by stealing a script written by an assistant director called Udayabhanu. In 'Padmasree Bharath Doctor Saroj Kumar', the superstar is playing every trick in the book to maintain his stardom. 'Padmasree Bharath Doctor Saroj Kumar' is a spoof item on Mollywood and its satirical look at Malayalam cinema is a welcome change to some level. Major kudos to Sreenvasan for even coming up with the idea and then implementing it as it's not easy to work in the Land of Cliches, parody it, and then live to tell the tale. Some of the most stupid but thoroughly enjoyable moments are Saroj Kumar's introduction scenes and innocent mocking of others stars in Malayalam Cinema, 'without mentioning any one's name' but we know whose that. 'Padmasree Bharath Doctor Saroj Kumar' is a look at the seamy side of film making and machinations in the reel world. The film packs plenty of subtle humour in the first half and ends with a riveting climax. Creating twist in the second half and lack in script ends the movie to an average fare. That's the sorry state of the film. Sreenivasan steals the show with his superb characterization of a man who is determined to become a hero by hook or by crook. Fahad Fazil is cool and Vineeth Sreenivasan is good. Mamta Mohandas has a non- sticky role and she just adjust to it. Jagathy Sreekumar's 'Pachalam Bhasi' ,Suraj Venjarmoodu and Salim Kumar support the cast with some humour. Mukesh, Apoorva, Shari is just ok. It is futile to look for logic or substance in Sreenivasan's script. And the director Sajin Raaghavan was honest enough to follow Sreeni's script. Deepak Dev's music is passie especially 'Kesu KESU..' S.Kumar's cinematography and V.Saajan edits hits the mark . 'Saroj Kumar' is a film that wants to be prickly and sparkling with spoofs, but unfortunately it never reaches that level. 'Padmasree Bharath Doctor Saroj Kumar' has nothing great to offer for the viewers and can be watched if you are free without any job or not looking for thought-provoking stuff . VERDICT:WATCHABLE
