Director : Vasudev Sanal
Cast : Fahad Fazil, Lal, Sreenivasan
After the "Traffic", we saw many movies following the multiple narrative format (Hope the term is correct ). Now "God's Own Country" follows the same route which started to become more or less like a new gen stereotyped formula used in the mainstream cinema. Other than Traffic & Shutter, I really didn't find any movies impressive that followed this format. Now here also the film gives us the image of 3 characters in form of Mathan (Sreenivasan), Manu (Fahad), Muhammed (Lal) and the incidents/obstacles/
I am not sure whether it was intentional from director Vasudev Sanal that the 3 main protagonists start with letter "M" and belongs to 3 different religions. But his intention can be understood when the film touches some of the relevant issues encountered by the state currently. I consider that to be smart and innovative as far as the thought process is concerned. Secondly the film engaged the audience almost throughout the 135 minutes of running time. So the director along with his writers, Arun Gopinath, Anish Francis & Praveen Kumar has succeeded in meeting the primary requirements of a mainstream cinema. Despite of following the multi narrative structure, I felt Fahad Fazil alias Manu's story off road while Mathan & Muhammed had a connection. Thats why the director opted a separate track for Manu's story to end which ended much after Mathan/Muhammed's story ended. Also none of the stories really carried any sort of freshness. There was a serious "Passenger" hangover in Mathan's story n Muhammed's story was yet another familiar experience. Other than some glimpses of smart moments and good shots (especially the accident scenes and action sequences), there wasn't anything that can be termed outstanding. Also the last 10-15 minutes of Man's story looked slightly "thattikootu" and also the climax looked a bit weird (may be the director tried to be different over here). I wish the writers could have avoided those filmy lines for Sreenivasan's Mathan which looked really aritificial. At least what was the requirement of narrating everything via dialogues when we could see whats happening?
Regarding performances, I wasn't exactly impressed with Fahad's performance. Maybe it’s too much Fahad movies where he hasn't come up with anything different. Sreenivasan looked kinda arificial when he had to deliver those lines without any charisma. Lal didn't get anything challenging as far as to perform. Then we have list of known actors like Sreeraman, Niyaz, Manikuttan, Sivaji Guruvayoor, Sudheer Karamna, Lakshmi, Chaali Pala lending their presence while some unknown actors like the quotation leader delivering poor performance. Isha Talwar really didn't have any dialogues which was a blessing for both the audience as well as for her. Mythili was decent in her role.
The songs really didn't create any impact as far as audio is concerned but be part of the narration. While "Mannil Pathiyum..." depicted the past of each characters, "Chalanam Chalanam..." was shot during an intense moment in the movie. Arvind Krishna & Arun James' cinematography reminds you of those typical realistic shots seen in such movies which are mostly shot on busy roads. Also Ratheesh's editing was apt for the pace of the movie.
Overall, it’s a watchable mainstream multi-narrative film despite of the shortcomings. Avoid entering halls expecting something outstanding in order to have a better viewing experience.
Rating : 3 / 5
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