Kaanekkaane

Someone please ask the Malayalam film industry to stop flexing so much. Tell them they've made some really good movies for the next five years and that they need to let others catch up. I was looking forward to this movie and it didn't disappoint.

The trailer looked like a family drama, but the genre listed was "Thriller". It's got drama and turns out, it's a thriller, it's a murder mystery, it's a story on relationships, morality, loneliness, forgiveness, revenge, and so on, everything so seamlessly edited together that'll make you go "Stop doing this to the other film industries xD"

The acting - Suraj Venjaramoodu - somebody give him a national award, if he hasn't received one already. They owe him awards in back-payments from Android Kunjappan and before. Tovino and Aishwarya were really good also. The storytelling was really good, subverts your expectations, complemented really well by the editing.

There are layers that keep shifting and you get to discover what this slowburn is all about. There are enough clues left here and there for you to guess something is going wrong. Blink and you'll miss.

Would totally recommend.

Difficult to single it out, but worth a watch.

Suraaj or Tovino, and Aishwarya too - play out their roles beautiful in this touching family drama. There is an element of mystery, just barely tho', 'cause that was an easy guess.

The movie has an amazing story line and casting was very well hand picked. The concept, the making and the music... everything was on the proportion. Heart smiled and mind blown!

There was potential in the theme. The first reaction after watching the movie was how the Padmarajan-Bharathan era used to have been so much better. Those movies used to just feel right, used to communicate directly to the heart.

Kaanekaane has a good subject. However, there were many half baked portions to the script. The movie and the viewer end up in different places at the end of the movie. Performances were less than stellar. Camera work also felt very plain.

"Paalnilavin" song was really good. This is the kind of movie that has the potential to be a tear-jerker in the hands of yester-year masters, and also had the potential for remarkable standout performances. However, performances were below par. Suraj Venjaramoodu was definitely not at his best in this movie.

Bobby-Sanjay duo did not match up to themselves in their writing either. The turn around realization moment for the main protagonist is almost infantile.

"Joseph" was a movie with an incredible theme whose execution did not take the most advantage of it. This one is similar. What remained as far as it's experience was a strain full of start imperfections. I did start with high expectations for the movie. It was a good subject but did not hit the mark in terms of it's writing, performances, execution.

I could not get my eyes off the screen the whole time . It showcases the human mind and how it will change for the situations. I was in awe for a really long time after I watched this master piece created by the director Manu Ashokan after his debut in Uyare. A perfect emotional rollercoaster.. iam still not out from the movie yet.

A promising director and iam sure that he will create wonders in Malayalam film industry.