Varikkuzhiyile Kolapathakam

The movie is a new type of investigation thriller.But the director have failed to create a thrilling element in the story.Amit Chakkalakkal and Dileesh Pothen have acted well.Eldho Issac's camera was also very good.But the movie will be a disappointment to people who are a great fan of thriller movies.

It was a fresh story on this genre.But the ending is not good enough to satisfy you.Nevertheless it was an edge of the seat thriller till the end.You watch it without any expectation,so that you will not regret about the 2 hours you spend on this.

The whole theme and story are engaging. But Rejjish Mithila fails to deliver a script as good as the story. Amith Chakalakal is mostly convincing as an arrogant priest but his lack of experience is visible. Editing is another drawback. Director has no idea when to cut a scene. A lot of scenes gets extended to fill in for the unnecessary background music. And the songs aren't pleasing either. The songs are there just for the sake of it. The first hour of the movie is completely used to establish Vincent Kombala, the protagonist, and the place where everything happens. Movie lacks the pace which the story demands. DOP Eldho Isac deserves an applause. Despite all the flaws, the visuals are pretty good. It's a one-time watchable movie and would be good if you fast forward through most scenes.

Overall I will give the movie 5/10. A real life priest is not like the main character who gives bashing to wrongdoers of the parish. A trainee policeman became a priest. Please... The actor who done the main role, felt like forced fed dialogues, it wasn't natural at all. Dilesh Pothen did justice to his role as antagonist. The rest were like average and few below average. The role done by Nedumudi Venu is like disaster. He should had been given a better character not a sleazy one. Projection of that Mahindra Thar is way too much and felt like Mahindra & Mahindra is the main funding source for this movie.

It's just a average thriller movie.Sometimes the movie is lagging and it's a caste related movie, these 2 are the main drawbacks that put the movie into average. The director tried his best, but casting was poor. Director made some mistakes and it was clearly seen in movie. The location was nice and showed the beauty of backwaters in Kerala. The story was so short and the crew tried hard to make 2 hour, that we feel when seen it.Overall it's a good movie.