[Review] Movie:Jacobinte Swargarajyam

Jacobinte Swargarajyam (English: Jacob's Kingdom of Heaven) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. Starring Nivin Pauly, Renji Panicker, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Sreenath Bhasi, Ashwin Kumar, and Sai Kumar in the lead roles, the film released on 8 April 2016 in India.

Plot

Jacob (Renji Panicker) is a successful businessman settled in Dubai with wife Sherly (Lakshmy Ramakrishnan) and their four kids – Jerry (Nivin Pauly), Abin (Sreenath Bhasi), Ammu (Aima Sebastian), and Chris (Stacen). Jacob is always respected for his ideas by his colleagues and he had done many businesses before starting a steel business. There comes a global recession and Jacob has to handover his company to his Pakistani colleague, Ajmal, by taking a total of 8 million dirhams from his investors. Ajmal cheats Jacob and Jacob is left in a debt of 8 million dirhams which he happens to know on his 25th wedding anniversary. Soon Jacob's credibility and trustful way of doing business is lost and is forced to travel to Liberia to get a deal. with no other way and continued complaints from the investors especially from Murali Menon (Ashwin Kumar), Jerry decides to attempt to solve the problems and steps into his dad's shoes.

Although Jerry faces many difficulties at first he eventually strikes a deal with Yusuf Shah (Vineeth Sreenivasan) and earns his trust. But due to pressure from Murali Menon, Jerry is forced to collect money. Finally Murali moves the case against Jacob in Dubai High court but the case is rejected which leaves Murali to agree to Jerry's conditions as Murali was also in deep debt.

Jerry starts a company with Yusuf Shah and finally is able to meet his father in Kerala and clears his family's debts.

The film gives the message that the heaven for every person is always his family and that he would always find peace, happiness and solutions to their problems.

Music

Jacobinte Swargarajyam
Soundtrack album by Shaan Rahman
Released	2 March 2016
Recorded	2016
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	02:16
Label	Muzik 247
Shaan Rahman chronology
Vettah (2016) Jacobinte Swargarajyam (2016) Oru Muthassi Gada (2016)

The film's score was composed by Shaan Rahman with the lyrics written by Manu Manjith. A single, "Dubai", was released by the music label Muzik 247 on 2 March 2016 on iTunes, Saavn, Gaana, and Eros Now. Within hours of its release, the song became the top track on iTunes "Top 200 Regional Indian" chart, a first in Malayalam music history. Vineeth Sreenivasan, Suchith Suresan and Liya Verghese provided the vocals to "Dubai", which begins with the lyrics "Pulari Veyilinaai" describing the beauty of Dubai city.

The first video song, "Ee Shishirakaalam", featuring the Jacob family – Nivin Pauly, Renji Panicker, Sreenath Bhasi, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Aima Rosmy Sebastian, and Stacen was released on 23 March on the YouTube channel of Muzik 247. The song, penned by Harinarayanan B. K. was sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan and Kavya Ajit. The second video song, "Thiruvaavaniraavu", featuring the Jacob family was set in the backdrop of Onam celebration of Dubai Malayalees. Unni Menon and Sithara have sung the song with additional vocals by Meera Scharma. The English track "Home" was written and sung by Ashwin Gopakumar.

Nelson K. Paul of Malayala Manorama listed "Thiruvaavaniraavu" in the top five songs in their Tunes Weekly on 1 April 2016. He wrote "'Thiruvaavaniraavu' is a heart-warming melody on Onam, the lyrics of which will make Keralites nostalgic. Unni Menon is the male singer and it feels so good to listen to him after a long time. Sithara is a fine companion to him as the female voice. The pleasant song hits its highs with the "poove poli poove" chorus and the humming by the talented singers. "Thiruvaavaniraavu" is another splendid melody from Shaan Rahman".

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Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Dubai"	Manu Manjith	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Suchith Suresan, Liya Verghese	02:16
2.	"Ee Shishirakaalam"	Harinarayanan B. K.	Vineeth Sreenivasan, Kavya Ajit	03:25
3.	"Thiruvaavaniraavu"	Manu Manjith	Unni Menon, Sithara, Meera Scharma	04:00
4.	"Ennilerinju"	Rzee	Rzee, Sithara	03:15
5.	"Home"	Ashwin Gopakumar	Ashwin Gopakumar	03:24
Total length:				15:80