Makalkku Cast: Suresh Gopi, Shobana Director: Jayaraj

Jayaraj's new film Makalkku is based on a feature written by well-known photographer Rajan Poduval and scripted by Madambu Kunjilkuttan.

The film revolves around a mentally ill woman played by Shobana who plays the role of Killeri, a mad woman. She roams in the streets and footpaths and unknowingly becomes pregnant and gives birth to a lovely baby girl Manasi.

Makalkku is noteworthy due to the performance of Shobana and a small girl Baby Rehana. This steamy tearjerker is able to leave an impact on the audience though it drags towards the end.

A pregnant mad woman on the streets gives birth to a baby girl in a hospital. She has no memory about her past or any emotions and says only one word and that is Killeri.

Suresh Gopi plays the role of Dr Warrier, a good human being who nurses Killeri back to normal life. The little baby girl Manasi (Baby Rehana) is brought up by the doctor, hospital staff and inmates. She grows up to be an adorable five-year-old as her mother has no motherly feelings or any sort of emotion. But the law catches up as she is forced to leave the asylum where she grew up.

Some of the best moments of the film are the interactions between Manasa and the inmates of the hospital. Shobana is superb as the mad woman. M J Radhakrishnan's photography and songs by Ramesh Narayana including the Adnan Sami number are good.