Manoharam (2019 film)

Beautiful) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Anvar Sadik and produced by Jose Chakkalakal and A. K. Sunil .

[1] The film stars Vineeth Sreenivasan, Aparna Das, Basil Joseph, Deepak Parambol and Indrans.

The movie follows Manoharan (Vineeth Sreenivasan), a struggling artist, who tries to prove his worth and gain respect for his profession.

With painted posters losing their charm and flex printing gaining fast popularity, he is forced to venture into the digital world and learn new technology.

Disney Hotstar, Amazon prime and Goodwill entertainment bought the satellite, OTT and digital rights respectively for an aggregate amount of 4 crores.

He earns a measly salary from painting walls and posters and consequently, on the day before his wedding, his fiancé elopes as she thinks Manu (as he is fondly called) does not provide any financial security.

With the support of his mother and friends Prabhu and Varghese, Manu sets out to master the software needed for designing and open the first flex printing unit in his village before Rahul does.

At the computer institute, Manu meets Sreeja, the newly appointed teacher who promises to teach him Photoshop.

At the festival, the client, who had commissioned Rahul for the posters, is happy with the quality of the prints that Manu produced and asserts that he will give all the future projects to him.

[1] Sajin Shrijith critic of Cinema Express gave 4 stars out of 5 and stated that "Go for it if you want to see something simple and uplifting--something that doesn't bore you with preachiness.

"[5] A critic from Firstpost noted that "Vineeth Sreenivasan plays a struggling artist in a nice though tame film" and gave 2.5 rating out of 5[6]