One

We've seen movies like Mudhalvan, Bharat ane Nenu, and Sarkar (Tamil) that are based on the concept of an ideal leader that the people want in a Democracy, a leader who is educated, honest, powerful, and compassionate. However, the above movies have had lead characters turning into leaders by provocation, compulsion, and outrage respectively. But, in One, you have an established character of a Chief Minister with all the good values and it is through his life, both professional and personal, that the movies travels through. The writers bring up several controversies and crises that Chandran comes across, but the core idea of the story, also the principal motive of Chandran, is dropped off in the beginning and picked up from somewhere in the end. It was quite intriguing how the first hour of the movie was assembled, but the excitement dips after that. For an actor like Mammootty, the character of Chandran is a cakewalk, in fact, it is his screen presence that keeps the movie floated. A lot of actors come and go, but only a few get to perform, and talented actors like Nimisha Sajayan, Binu Pappu, and Joju George are under-used to a large extent. Even though 'One' speaks volumes for the common man's problems, its fictionalized method of storytelling makes it unconvincing. The writers had in their minds what an ideal Chief Minister should be, and they penned it down accordingly, but the Indian Audience know how stinky and dirty the country's political system is, making the character of Chandran and his actions a hard pill to swallow. But 'One' ends on an optimistic note, promising that there'll be better changes in the country, almost motivating the voters ahead of the Kerala Legislative Assembly elections in April.

You have this larger than life hero playing the Chief Minister doing things that an ideal political member should be doing but in doing so the makers took out the believability factor off the film. Yes we all would like such a CM but thats not the reality. Mammootty does a very good job of the larger than life CM, infact he could do such roles without breaking a stride.

7stars from me for the good intentions other than that it is not that great a film.

Very good movie. I liked the dramatization that does not give any super human abilities to the hero. He is portrayed as a normal human who can be good, bad and vulnerable. Only negative is that songs are not good. Everyone has acted well. Editing, direction and cinematography is also good.

The movie'one'starring mamooty mathew thomas joju george etc directed by santhosh viswanath is a feel good polotical entertainer.

The story revolves under kadakkal chandran(played by mammooty)who is chief minister of kerala. The filim presents a strong ideal political leader who can bring revolutionary changes in present kerala society. The major positives of this film is its casting bgm screenplay and the performence of actors who played lead roles. I think there is no need of specialy mentioning the performance of mammooty. In some areas film feels like a series of incidents by losing its continuety. For me'one' is an above average feel good movie which can satisfy all kinds of people including family audience esspecialy who are interested in political dramas. Before watching this film you should remember that this is not a mass-masala cinema but some mass dialogues said by mammooty is just awesome. I'm sure that kadakkal chandran will remain as the one of the best charecters played by mammooty in his career.

This movie may not have great,twists,great entertainment,but you will never feel bore. Throughout the movie you will see mammutty.

His stature is unmatchable. His screen presence ,his dialogue delivery mesmerises you. What an actor .Even though I am not from Kerala..,I loved his screen presence in this movie.

Next thing about this movie is Back ground score. It made the movie lively and Creates curiosity ... I loved the movie..