Nizhal

A weak attempt at creating a psychological thriller, Nizhal feels drab from its very first shot - doused in bizarre-looking CGI. The core plot does intrigue, but there's an entire act dedicated to the protagonist's PTSD which gets conveniently ignored and has zero payoffs in the end. What was even the point? The mask, the rains, the atrociously loud background score - all of it feels gimmicky as hell. Nayanthara is criminally underutilized here - there's nothing in Nizhal that truly challenges the actor in return for a nice, fat paycheck. The script contains psychological thriller elements but the way they're visualized on-screen is lacklustre. I'm disappointed by Appu N Bhattathiri's directorial debut - this is clearly no edge-of-the-seat thriller.

The basic story idea of NIZHAL was really interesting, but the problem is it's lengthy screenplay. I didn't feel bored by the way. It is a slow paced thriller, because the time gap between 2 twists is too long.

So many questions may arise within you while watching, that's why maybe you'll expect something big to happen in the climax. But the ending may disappoint you.

Overall it's not at all a bad film, rather a good film, but could've been better. I think you should give it a try, you may like it.

A One Time Watch.

Available on Amazon Prime Video.

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RATED 7/10 Language: Malayalam Source: Amazon Prime

One time watchable thriller...The first half of the movie was good and the thrill factor is totally lost when the reveal the reason... its so silly and total movie looks so lazy after that....

The movie from the release of its first look had created an excitement in movie buffs. But the fact is that it couldn't break the expectation level. The first half was very impressive and it seemed to be a new plot. The viewers who moved to the second half with great anxiety were disappointed as the movie ended as a normal film with many questions remaining unanswered. For a film with such a good start deserves better a tail end. But the direction and photography are appreciable. The bgm was nice as it could create a psycho mood. Also the casting is perfect and each and every actor even those who appear only for a single scene have done their part very well...

The child actor .Izin Hash is so brilliant. But the movie falters with funny CGI. The execution on screen is lackluster. The pacing is extremely slow for a thriller. A lot of time is wasted before the exciting things begin to happen.