Reviews

What was the idea here? Brotherhood friendship bromance !!

By interval it was over. There was nothing to be said more. But an entire half was added.

It was like watching an 80s film, cliché after cliches. I face-palmed when Annie came back. Bloody hell, can you not construct a better storyline here. Everything in the 2nd half undid any freshness that was left from first half.

Many people said super acting by Dhyan as an old person. What was his age? 70s? Why is he acting like he is suffering from some unconquerable disease.

Two friends, find each other and lose each other. Throughout the movie. Over and over again. Face palm o face palm!!

By the time the pulled the curtains, and delivered one hit together....... Nothing established to say how Dhyan is a good story teller or director. Ok so Pranav's character one, just one tune and we are told he is the greatest musician. He gives it away, and then suddenly acts toxic and we are to hate the receiver.

Ladies have no role in this. Kalyani acting prowess is so limited that she appears nice here too, because she has nothing to do.

Only people where redeemed by their performances were YG Mahendiran, Nivin and NJ to some extent.

Thanks Vineet. You have lost it!! Never again.

It began with an interesting premise. Did she or not?

And then it began slowly but steadily meandering in whirlpool. Don't know much about French legal system. But it can't be far from other democracies and legal systems.

Can you even present arguments in the court based on suppositions? Well you can. But they can easily be objected to and thrown out.

A boring wait to see if there was going to be something more. Don't even know what the attempt at story telling was. Because even the family drama was overshadowed by boring courthouse chatter.

Have seen better movies that have tight screenplay, story that are pushed out by only dialogues. This was just monotonous.

Priyadharshan has given several unforgetable movies in Malayalam. This is probably one of his average outing. There is nothing new here. Same old story. Cliched story telling.

Only thing that works is some reasonable effort by Urvashi to deliver her part. And of course Zoos does his job well. The scenes and portrayal people in the village was way better, in comparison to the story/acting in the flat in Chennai.

Even tho' Urvashi and Zoos do an ok job, their bit together was so unbelievable at best. And how quickly they bond, not uncommon by a dog, but for a human to quickly overcome their fear is just unfathomable.

The last 15 mins of the movie could easily be avoided and skipped. The first 15-20 mins were the best.

First things, first... a good attempt by the director.

However, the story could have been neatly executed in a 15-20 min short film. The first half dragged on and on, with a bunch of repetitive shots. Of course the director tried to justify it as rote during the lockdown days. But still, it is one thing to tell a story and another to choke it down and provide some justifications.

Also, the movie story line had some major inherent flaws. The brother's reaction post the accident is unbelievable. Atleast there could have been a shock/grieving/panic period or some segway before he gets helps to fix the accident.

The black/white filmography didnt quite gel with me. What was the purpose? Because Chechi was right there with us, and we all get it. After the first few minutes, i thought there was a problem with my TV!! And then lo and behold, it turned off.. oh my god, that was so childish.

Casting! The kids live in chennai, and speak nice to perfect malayalam. Yet the mom!! Her malayalam is filled with the typical tamil accent. How did the kids then learn such good malayalam? If Geetha (Mom) was going to come on video call, there were other people that could have been casted, or even fixed it via dubbing.

Overall a decent effort. A better handling of the second half, would have made for a better or even great movie.

Hats of to Deepa Thomas, she aced with her performance. Arjun, Pushpa, Aditi and watchman did a decent job. Others in the movie require more coaching.

All the best!

Dai enna da... padum edukringa !!

CM gets kidnapped. CM gets killed. 100 lorries cross a railway track by stopping a train. Bloody hell... thats how we made movies in the 80s. Things have changed. If you are going to make such stories, look up KGF or something like that, where you can make an impact with every scene and screenplay.

Bad direction, competed with mediocre acting, were only outshined by a old rehashed story to boot.

The best is the twist in the middle to make a hero out of a gangster. We did this with Nayakan, and you cant make a good copy. Instead you make an unbelievable story.

Started off with an interesting premise, and soon it started twisting and turning into a rehash of yesteryear theme.

Dont know why people try to justify toxic parenthood. The father in the movie is portrayed as very toxic person with little or no respect for anyone in the family or others.

And then suddenly in the end, with a single act, he is shown as a epitome of sacrifice and all things good. What a waste of time.

There were some moments in the first half that were enjoyable. The actress who plays the wife does a good job. The story meanders from parenting, body-shaming, struggling artists,...... and then includes how local government and policies fleece people.

My god!! Take stand man. Figure out what you are trying to say in a story!

A story for India - covering pains of yesterday, problems of today and the danger of tomorrow.

If you are worried about the rank of your OBC/SC/ST vs your kids choice for a life partner; beware of the Angry Hanuman !!

Was wondering how movie would pan out. Pa Ranjit pulls a magic again. The focus remains Ambedkarite and therefore the other "love" may have been given a shade less screen. But given the focus on the protagonist, it was but natural.

A story flowing out of a motley crew of people, and a drama/play that is key running in the background. Sure care for misfire; but nicely executed.

Add this to your collection of Neelam movies and Pa Ranjit movies.

Dusara and Kalaiarasan stood out. Kalidas is slowly maturing (actually loved seeing him in this movie).

First there is no story, worth its name.

Second, screenplay sucks even more. They have several or most of the movie made in slow motion!! WTF! I just kept playing them in double speed or simply forwarding it.

Other than one or two actors, most are treated as props. Its like watching a 80/90s movie. I guess malayalam too need to have these kind movies, for gems that are produced from this industry to really standout.

Prithiviraj does not have the screen presence of the Big Ms - and so shouldnt attempt a copycat. Second even the big M movies will like crap if they are made today. Kasaba and Aarattu are good examples.

Ok... one consolation... i would have used this time to scroll thru' wasted insta reels. So, thanks for diverting my attention for about 30-35 mins last night.

They wrote a story by including stories from the media.

It started with 'Azaadi' like protest from JNU. Then a Hyderabad style rape and murder. Then a police investigation drama. From there a Hyderabad style encounter.

Now then the hero walks in as an defence lawyer, who yells in the court makes the judge look like a fool. And the judge even made to squirms in a scene.

Hero now repaints everything by making wild unsubstantiated accusations. But then just when you thought it was illogical, somewhere the police office investigating the case actually turns against himself and provides proof!!! WTF !!

Then the heroism starts !!

Oh my god! What a crap of fabricated twists.

Boring enough that I am typing this as I am watching the movie. Oh save me!!

Malayalam cinema can do better and has done so too. This movie sets it back !!