Dileep has already proved that he could portray female roles effortlessly. In the new movie MAYAMOHINI he goes one step further and lives the life of a female, the enchanting Mayamohini. Dileep’s role in MAYAMOHINI directed by Jose Thomas will amaze anyone watching the movie. Dileep has been known to act different roles and this one in particular will enhance his reputation. This will be one of the outstanding roles in his young acting career. He changed the assumptions regarding hero as the effeminate Radhakrishnan in CHANTHUPOTTU and now he has gone even further in the art bringing out feminine traits in his acting.
Balakrishnan(BijuMenon), belonging to the aristocratic Vadkkedath family of Ottapalam, got into business in spite of being advised by his best friend Adv.Lekshmi(Baburaj) to desist from doing so, and promptly lost everything. The family astrologer is consulted again who urges Balakrishnan to wed a girl with ‘Chothi Nakshathram’ to change his fortune. Then enters Mayamohini(Dileep) as Balakrishnan’s wife and then the fun starts. Is their family life happy? From where did this 'Mayamohini' come?? More and more of it make the crux of the movie.
The movie is meant to be an out and out comedy and it turns out just like that!
Dileep has shown his versatility and ability to fit into any role by the ease with which he lives the role of Mayamohini. His body language, demeanour, mannerism, dialogue and his walk are absolutely astonishing.
He plays the ‘Janapriya Nayakan’ card to the core in his trademark style. Biju Menon has done a good job without being exceptional. But exceptional should be the description for Baburaj’s peppy acting which comes as a great relief. The combination of the three does bring a few laughs from time to time. Another suspense element of the flick is the comedy attempt by Spadikam George. The female leads Lakshmi Rai and Mythili have limited roles while the supporting cast of Madhu Warrier, Kalabhavan Shajon, Vijayaraghavan , Nedumudi Venu, Mohan, Abu Salim and Aju Varghese play their roles well. Read more of this review here