Luca

Luca (English: given name) is an enchanting, indulgent, and genuinely affecting film about an artist, his inhibitions, and his fight against the world through art, the only thing that he knows. Tovino Thomas as the titular character and with a story that is more of a whodunit than a romantic drama made me go numb even as I took part in the director's extremely indulgent and nonchalant frames, following the two main characters as they slowly fall into a state of calm camaraderie. Except for the dull performance by Nithin George who plays a detective and a little bit of editing liberty taken by the makers, I didn't see any issues with Luca which needs to be seen and felt in the best way possible. Brilliant performances and very good writing, especially with the way Arun Bose and Mridul George carve the characters (all characters). (Don't go with Saina's DVD release as the audio in it is horrible. Let's hope this will be out on a streaming service soon.) TN.

With Luca, debut director Arun Bose proves that he's one to keep an eye out for. The writers (Mridul George and Bose himself) try to tell two stories in Luca: one, of a couple that has apparently committed suicide a week apart from eachother, and the other of the personal life of the police officer investigating the former. The titular character, played by Tovino Thomas, comes with his share of familiar mischief that we'd seen in Mayaanadhi, Theevandi, and Uyare. Ahaana Krishnakumar gets to display her true acting chops for the first time, in a film that offers her a reasonably fleshed-out character and equal screen-time as her counterpart.

While the Luca-Niharika story has been written with equal amounts of playfulness and maturity, the parallel story of the police officer's personal life (in shambles) is not imparted the same treatment. Though what I do give a thumbs-up for, is the almost Agatha-Christie-like attention to details that come together in the climax. Since this is a story that revolves around an artist, the aesthetics clearly have a role to play in the film and it feels good to say that they've been researched/thought out well too.

Music and background score by Sooraj S Kurup is a definite plus for Luca. However, the random insertion of Hindi and English lines in songs/score (for certain scenes) appears a little forced. As is the case with murder mysteries, a few red herrings are thrown at the audience just to keep it engaging. The dialogues, for a modern couple such as Luca-Niharika, are never-for-once too cheesy or excessively sentimental.

There is a sense of permeating sadness that runs throughout the movie, even in its lighter moments. The director has used rain as an effective tool to convey both happiness and sadness. The writers have also used the plot-point of the cop going through an emotional turmoil to help correlate (and empathize) the events in his life with that of Luca's, quite well. Had the story of the cop also been given some extra depth, Luca could have probably ended up a much, much better film. If you're not someone who's bothered by relaxed pacing and enjoys romance and mystery as cinematic genres, I bet you should give Luca a watch.

Luka is a movie unwinding the life of artist Luka which is as beautiful as the the art works created by him. Like he says , he just don't draw a picture on its outside look ,but it reflects the internal feelings that the person goes through.Enjoying this movie is like understanding/ decoding a complex but beautiful painting to find out the meaning of each and every minute aspect in the painting.we see many movies of different genera, but this is combination of many genera in itself. It has love, passion, investigation , beauty. One should not watch this movie just for time pass , because it's time-worth. We should spend our quality time because this movie worth spending time.movie is set in shady tone throughout. The background music and photography jells with the shoddy nature of the film. The dim light and never stopping rain Always perfect with the theme of film which like watching a musical ballet full of pale music and passion.the song 'doors orayiram irul' meaning full of darkness in the distance, played through out the movie which was very apt to give the movie its mood.overall this movie was a class art work which malayalam industry was missing last few years.tovino is growing as a perfect artist in each his movies. The artwork, background music etc were super. The direction of the movie was topclass.

A watchable movie,but character of luca,somewhere reminds malayalam film Charlie Direction is good,script could be better Sad ending is the thing that keeing me away from this film Still a curios film to watch