Director : Unnikrishnan B
Cast : Mohanlal, Siddique, Miya
Bhai'ji (Mohanlal) is a conman who is about to perform his "one last job"
Script & Direction - For those who remember B Unnikrishnan's tweets/facebook updates, he clearly mentioned that the film is a mass masala commercial entertainer. Eventhough the promos and other reports claim that its a heist movie, I took B Unnikrishnan's words more than giving value to the term heist. Now what I liked about this movie in that angle is the racy first half which entertained the fan in me...especially the scenes featuring Mohanlal. Now I agree that its something his detractors will not enjoy. But just like most directors, B Unnikrishnan's commercial entertainer was heavily dependant on Mohanlal's mass image. Present Mohanlal well and you have done a great job is something thats mostly heard during 90s. Now after Drishyam, I believe the "script" and "narration" is given more prominence over Mohanlal's image. During the second half, the film carried too many sub plots which started to put the audience in a confusion regarding where its heading..Is it a Heist Movie?? Or Is it emotional film?? And towards climax, as expected, some characters show their true colours and our hero will finish them off in style (filmy way). The approach of this movie did carry the flavour of a mass masala because it was extremely filmy in its narration. As far as the heist is concerned, since Malayalam Cinema hasn’t done many, and current gen have seen many from Hollywood, I don't think it will impress many unless they simply watch Malayalam Movies. There wasn't any "Ente Role Enikku Maathram.." kinda mass scene as far as I can recall. The dialogues were pretty good (As expected) but the dampness in the second half was bit too much for the dialogues to save. B Unnikrishnan displayed a good frame sense in this movie which is one of the few positives.
Cast & Performance - It was Mohanlal show. If you are a fan of Mohanlal, you can enjoy Mohanlal walking in slow motion, delivering some smart lines during the initial half etc etc. I am sure you will not forgive the weird get up towards the end which was almost Drishyam Salute moment. Then there is a huge list of cast in form of Vijay Babu,Siddhique, Saikumar, Dev Gill, Ashwin, Vijaykumar, Miya etc etc which got overshadowed by Mohanlal show while others like Suresh Krishna, Devan, Kalashala Babu, Manjari Phadnis etc etc had really nothing do. I am not sure whether some got any good dialogues
Songs & Background Score - "Khudha.." was a speed breaker which added to the dragging second half despite of being shot well. "Sadha..." was a classical number to give more footage to Miya while "Poothinkale.." is the introduction song of Mohanlal. I liked the opening credits music composed by Gopi Sundar in otherwise a loud background score.
Technical Expertise - Satheesh Kurup has done a good job as far the frames and color tones are concerned. Joseph Nellickal is another person who should be appreciated for the art direction. Editing of Manoj lacked the raciness in second half comparing to the first half. Mohanlal's make up & costumes were far better than the disastrous Lokpal expect that one weird getup.
Rating : 2.25 / 5
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