Big B

There are some rare happenings in the the history of literature and films.A sequel, which is better than the original, is one such instance,both in terms of film and literature.A remake which is better than original is another such instance. Big B, the Malayalam film is a film of this category.

There are certain sequels which diminished the original.Huckleberry Finn in novel , and Gofather II in film etc.Big B , which is a remake of John Singleton's FOUR BROTHERS is a better film, in terms of its cultural placement, technical brilliance and action sequences.The film is free from the religious and caste politics of usual Malayalam movies.Or it must be said that it is a deliberate answer to the upper class films of Shaji Kailas -Renjith group, the film being clearly posited on the side of minorities.

In a land where the moustache twirling heroes boasts of their patrimony,here four adop0ted children arrives to revenge the death of their foster mother.Aptly, the positing of Sayip Tony as a villain adds to the post colonial dimension of the film.(Remember Vinayakan's dialogue:"Our fathers were here in the scene before you and your fathers alighted this shore".

Usually Malayalam films have the character of the writer and not of the director.But here Amal shows his mettle: The funeral sequence is an example.What the writer can give is only this:RAIN.THE FUNERAL.BILAL COMES. Watch how Amal pictures this.

The film has a captivating local color of FORT KOCHI.Local color is something that malayalam film makers pay little attention.In these times when Malayala, film often tells the story of an unidentified village in Kerala-tamilnadu border, BIG B really refreshes us with its COCHIN flavor.

The real value of the film will only be recognized by a well-informed posterity, it seems.BIG B seems to be one of the rare commercial films of this decade that will be watched by the audience of future far decades to come....

The most stylish and mass movie the malayalam Movie ever witnesed after samrajan. Even samrajyam was mamootys movie. The bgm score given by gopi sunder was awesome. The story of 4 brothers. The dailogues was so powerful.

The plot is fine. The standard basis for revenge is elevated by the community icon whose brutal murder starts the ball rolling. Her avenging angels are nobly motivated, and led by a classic antihero hero. The bad guys collectively possess all the political and financial corruption one expects, plus the toughest among them reeking of pure psycho sadism.

But somewhere between the director and editor the production went awry. Too many closeups on faces, even during action sequences, that killed the essential context for what we're seeing. In a gun battle we should be able to tell who's shooting whom, and where the shots are coming from. They failed badly on that element. Fast cuts during fights weakened the impact of those moments.

Those who don't need English subtitles were lucky to enjoy much better dialog than I got watching on Netflix. I'm used to deficiencies in translations from Indian cinema, but this gave us a much larger gap between what characters must have been saying and what I was reading. How hard can it be to find fully bilingual people to do these gigs properly? Hack jobs like this are an insult to the hard work of all the writers, actors and crew who delivered a better film than I was able to experience.

Just watch Four brother way better. Mammootty looks way too old for the role. Mother and son almost same age. They should've pick someone else for the roll. Actions look too fake and slow. Nowhere near close to four brothers.

This is a real trend settter in malayalam .. everything is perfect from the casting to technical or locations and above all the director amal neerad with his classy visuals breaks the contemporary image of action films in malayalam ..

The story is simple but the narration makes it stylish .. The dialogs were crisp and sharp and well handled by mammootty the class actor in the country .. He takes film in his shoulder and the way he emotes walks dress everything gives the film a feel that malayalam has never seen before ..

If u love stylish film with some good real good emotions this is the film coz film like this never going to happen twice .. A must watch for those who love action films ..