The Road

The film exhibits adiquate storytelling, with decent plot points and few mystery elements. However, it is worth noting that the narration could have been enhanced for a more immersive experience.

Trisha, as always, graces the screen with her natural beauty, appearing stunning even without makeup most of the time. Her performance in the film is exceptional, demonstrating her versatility as she flawlessly embodies various facets of her character. Shabir's acting prowess shines through, and the supporting cast also delivers commendable performances.

Unfortunately, the production values fall short of expectations, lacking the level of quality one might anticipate. While the cinematography meets a basic standard, the background music enhances the viewing experience. However, the color grading leaves room for improvement.

The direction of the film, while competent, doesn't quite reach the level of perfection. Despite its shortcomings, this movie offers a worthwhile cinematic experience that you can enjoy on OTT.

First of all, I should start with Trisha's performance. She literally carries this film in her shoulders well supported by Shabir.

Initially there are 2 stories being told parallelly where Dr Meera's story hooks the audience and just before this parallel narration start to become a little confusing, the director had shown the connection between the 2. Look forward for the interval block.

Once both stories are connected, there is no looking back and it was an interesting approach from the director to structure this movie as such. This also makes this a unique film differing it from the regular thrillers.

Trisha's ability to perform is well explored by the director. She has a perfect follow-up for Kundavai with this movie showcasing her talent. Shabir is a natural.

Climax is not good as the director should have given punishment to the witch lady(college student) who is base or reason for the entire crime and demolished the professor's life. Also, the story is keep on rotating with the two faces for this entire crime mainly, instead the director should have brought this to the police department with more thriller (here once again the police department was not portrayed properly). Atleast you should have given some message (some dialogue should have given to the heroine that not to do like this since it is affecting the entire normal person and his family) to the society in the climax that what the witch lady (college student) was done to the normal person life gone wrong and she should not do like that.

The Road was in desperate need of coordination, from the storytelling, direction, score, to the acting, everything was regrettably crumbling

DELICIOUS

-Semmalar Annam saved the day😃 It was great to see her try a different role which took away from her comfort zone

As always, Dancing Rose nailed it! Captain of his own ship by leading well his parallel story. He was strong, then weak, vulnerable, then robust, it was a joy to see him

-'Desperate times lead to desperate measures'. We witnessed how Meera and Maya had to overcome miserable conditions in order to make it in life. It was a great level of perseverance

BLAND

-Trisha gave a one-note face🙁 even the times when she was smiling, you knew it wasn't coming from within. There was a staged chemistry with her family. Keerthy Suresh could have better handled this movie

-We spent most of the time questioning the logic of some scenes rather than being transported into the story, e.g Trisha is admitted to the hospital for some days and the woman has her eyebrows done, foundation on🤔 How does a light cut on someone's wrist leads to passing out?

Things like this just removed us from the narrative

-The entire investigation followed a common path that we already knew who the suspect was.

The way Dancing Rose's parallel story connected to Trisha's narrative didn't click well, it led to lots of questions being raised...it was painful to see. And the fight sequences were....😔

Trisha, as Meera, does a decent job in the film. Shabeer Kallarakkal, who received widespread praise for his portrayal of the character Dancing Rose in Sarpatta Parambarai (2021), steals the limelight in the film with yet another powerful performance. Shabeer's portrayal of Maya makes a profound impact on you.

Trisha's character starts finding ways to avenge the death of her husband, she uncovers truths and that leads to her crossing paths with Maya.

Trisha Krishnan Performance 10/10 Shabeer Performance 10/10 Overall Cast and Crew Performance 9/10 Music Score 9/10 BGM 9/10 Director 10/10 Screenplay 9/10.