As the title cards of Alphonse Puthren's 'Premam' came up, I couldn't stop thinking of those butterflies - the swallow tails and the cabbage whites, the blue bottles and the bird wings - that once flitted around with fragrant memories of an entire generation's childhood laden on their pretty wings. They seem to have wholly vanished and are no longer seen fluttering around these alley ways ridden with smoke and dust and have perhaps moved on to greener meadows where the sparkle of an unsullied dew drop awaits. 

 

It is this perfumed whiff of reminiscences that the film rakes up with its very first scene that makes 'Premam' one of the best films that I have watched till now this year; one that it maintains till the very last scene that comes almost after three hours. Bursting with hopefulness and loaded with resilience, 'Premam' is a stunning cinematic piece that talks of the process of falling in love, breaking a heart, nurturing a stinging memory or two for the rest of your life and above all, letting go and moving on.

‘Premam’, Alphonse Putharen’s next after ‘Neram’ is a romantic comedy entertainer with Nivin Pauly doing the lead. The script and editing are also done by Alphonse. ‘Premam’ is romance and fun. The movie narrates the life of a person who comes across various phases of life – crush, first love, romance, and agony of separation - the emotions that many of us come across in our lives. Anupama Parameswaran, Sai Pallavi, and Madona do the female leads. Renji Panicker, Maniyanpilla Raju, Soubin Shahir, and Vinay Forrt are the other important actors in ‘Premam’. ‘Premam’ is produced by Anwar Rasheed under the banner of Anwar Rasheed Entertainment. Rajesh Murugesan scores music for the lines of Shabareesh Varma.