After a long gap, Kalabhavan Mani decided to act in a meaningful movie. Here is an actor with immense talent in dramas and soft comedy, who went into acting in total trashy action movies, probably from the flattery around him by idiots. I think that actors should be able to judge themselves and accept roles which suit them. It is almost like high end fashion, where if one wears a latest trendy dress which does not suit them at all, then they are a mockery in front of public. Such is the case of this actor in his previous movies. But criticising him will be like a double edge sword in Kerala, India. He is projected as the ideal country stud of malayalis, which I find very absurd. The ' good for nothings' around him made him believe that he was the fantasy of all Kerala girls. Showing his dark thighs, blurting out trashy dialogues, dancing with awkward steps and dishing out self made country songs made him a poster boy in all Kerala girls' bedrooms, maybe that's what he was be made to believe.
This movie was a great refresher for me in his case. I wouldn't use superlatives as greatest or best, but in this he did a decent performance. There are areas in which malayalam movie still need to improve to catch up with movie making in neighbouring states, such as character building and stunts. If movie could be divided into 4 quarters, the entire 2nd quarter is dedicated to build his character as a simple, sincere, always helpful and dedicated man to the family. That was kind of boring. But generally, the story runs without much glitches. When will malayalam directors learn that if a human being was to be beaten up like that, he couldn't stand up to come lunging again. I call malayala movie stunts as 'rubber' stunts. They keep coming back to get hit!!! Another curious thing I noticed is that during the part of the movie in which Mr Mani and late Mr Murali interacts, the camera showed a stranger staring at them and then that guy would have no role at all. Very confusing!
My personal rating is 2.5 out of 5
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