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{mosimage}Scene 1: National Award winner Meera Jasmine was quizzed by the journos that would she accept a movie with Mohanlal? Meera Jasmine answers "Get me that one powerful script that provides us scope to perform without me just relegated to song and dance routine and I'll grab it with both of my hands". Scene 2: Sathyan Anthikaud and Mohanlal team who had provided a lot of memorable movies (including Nadodikattu, Varavelpu, Pingamy etc..) hadn't worked together for 12 years. Sathyan is deluged with questions of possibility of working with Mohanlal again. Atlast everything falls into place and Sathyan Anthikaud signs Mohanlal and Meera Jasmine together.

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For this untitled venture, Sathyan starts the shooting in picturesque locations of Idukki, Vagamom and Thodupuzha. The distributors are panicked that the movie was still unnamed even before 50 days of its planned release date and how to promote it.Sathyan after much of delibration names as 'Rasathanthram' translated into "Chemistry". One of the most appropriate titles where there is so much of chemistry between everyone involved - be it Meera & Mohanlal, Mohanlal & Sathyan Anthikaud, Sathyan Anthikaud with Azhagappan (cameraman) & Illayaraja. No wonder it created a tremendous hype before its theatrical release that made half battle won in the box office. The day it opened, it was lapped up instantly by critics and masses alike.

My reasons for choosing to view this movie are - Meera Jasmine, Sathyan Anthikaud and Illayaraja... Necessarily in that order. The cross dressing act of Meera Jasmine was compelling to see the movie. I caught it up late even after hearing the reviews.

{mosimage}Sathyan Anthikaud's evident touch of same sex paternal love is again one of the crux of the movie. If you had noticed his previous movies all celebrated the affection of father & son - (Veendum Chila Veettu Karyangal, Manasinakkare, Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal...) & in "Achuvinte Amma" it was the love between a mother and a daughter. Also like other his recent movies a Tamil character or tamil milieu plays an important role. Here Meera Jasmine is a Tamil girl.

Premachandran (Mohanlal) a carpeneter by profession is a good human who likes to see the people around him without any problems. He shares a deep bond with his father (Bharat Gopi) and in a situation he happends to see a slaved & tortured Tamil servant maid Kanmani (Meera Jasmine). He tries to save her and in the process she had to masquerade herself as a boy Velayudhan Kutty, leading to a laugh riot. When police nabs them Kanmani blurts in the court that she is in love with Mohanlal leading to fresh problems (not only for Mohanlal, but for us also)