Pareshan follows the story of a youth from a vibrant village who loses the money that he needs to pay to his father’s friend. Will monetary problems continuing to stack up, does he manage to arrange the funds? The story here is simplistic and rooted with a feel-good vibe that does put a smile on your face in parts. But on the downside, the plot here was slender and spread too thin in the second hour. It is in this aspect that that the Malayalam film industry does triumph despite having slender plotlines to deal with. The screenplays are eventful and make for an enjoyable watch. Here though, the screenplay standing at over 2 hours did seem atleast 20 minutes long wherein the plot started to go around in circles in the second hour. Having said that, it is still enjoyable in parts.

The drama does begin by introducing the principal characters while presenting a goofy little vibe of the area wherein the events of the film are set in. The writing instantly branches into multiple events that supposedly take place at the same point of time involving different characters. This series perhaps could have been shot differently, for instance presenting 4 boxes on the screen and sequentially panning in each box. I say this because, the events were stray but designed to give a proper character design to each character. And the events were funny too but a little too convoluted for my liking.

The proceedings are light and frothy and the writing never really takes itself seriously(in a good way). What that ensures is that the humour in the screenplay is nicely tapped into across multiple events of the film. The conflicts are easy on the eye and make for an enjoyable watch. I quite liked the buildup in the drama that allowed me to settle myself in the film before the turn of events at the halfway mark. This setup things nicely for the second hour which is also enjoyable in parts but does get repetitive.

The issue begins in the second hour wherein the events of the film just go around in circles and thereby spread the plot too thin. Make no mistake, the events are watchable and still allow you to hang in there as a viewer, while also providing a few moments of laughter. But if I were to view it objectively, it did make me feel that the writers were running out of ideas while getting to the final act which was also mildly underwhelming although quite funny. But overall, the screenplay does have its moments to shine and it shall put a smile on your face.