Iniyum Kurukshethram

This may have been a hit back in the days, but will rapidly lose popularity with each passing year. The plot of a corrupt system, politicians and police has been seen over and over and over, so today's audience already know what's coming. Mohanlal is a genius of an actor but playing a cop hasn't been a strong suite for him so no surprise, compared to Mammootty and other actors he hasn't played too many cop roles in his career. The scenes and the dialogues were overly dramatic to the extent it looked cheesy.. The ending was absolutely ridiculous which left you wondering, two things, what's the point of watching this movie and wasn't there anything better you could have done with your time.

Iniyum Kurukshethram is typical of the action movies in malayalam in 1980's where a corrupt and defunct system forces the protagonist to take up arms. Mohanlal is an upright Police Inspector who is in love with his morapennu Sobhana and lives with his cousin brother in his Uncle' house. Both the cousin brothers are in love with Sobhana their rich Uncle's only daughter. Mohanlal is in confrontation with C.I Paul the rich Abkari who is the defacto Govt in the town.

This might be one of the few films where the hero loses from beginning to end. The climax is a major letdown . The performances are above average but with an outdated script the movie pans out badly . At many places there was dragging and the Hero is shown ineffectual at most times.

The film may have been OK 25 years back but looks very bad now. I am giving 3/10 and avoid rating Waste of Time