Bhagya Devatha
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Bhagya Devatha is more of a medieval morality play and less of a cinematic expedition that befits its times. Sathyan Anthikkad has put up an elongated allegory in which the protagonist comes across embodiments of an assortment of moral traits who try to persuade him to opt for a chaste life over one of vice.
Benny (Jayaram) is a Cable TV service provider in Kuttanad, who tries out every trick in the book to make both ends meet. His dreams smell of raw currency notes and his hopes are nothing short of unrealistic. Which is when he jumps at an opportunity to marry Daisy (Kaniha), blinded by the dowry that her dad guarantees. However, when the promise remains a mere proffering Benny has no qualms of throwing Daisy out of his home and heart. At least until, she wins a lottery.
Rajesh Jayaraman’s story has nothing new-fangled to offer to a viewer who has been brought up with the cinema of the 70’s and the 80’s. An age when a new found resistance against the dowry deaths that rocked Kerala had found an expression in films, it had explored all the prospects that the theme offered. Rajesh pens an oft-written story yet again, throwing in an element of luck that sees the abandoned wife re-touching the rainbow. Sadly, it is exactly this aberration that ruins the film beyond repair.
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