Shutter

I have seen only a few Malayalam movies. 'Shutter' shines them all. Such a simple story yet so intriguing. Perfectly crafted. Malayalam people know about cinema. Kudos to everyone involved. I can only wish this kind of cinema reaches more people. This country has some real talent in it.

The makers have taken a very simple story on a current affair and done wonders to it. The simplistic approach which creates spine-chilling thrills is the reason i rate it a good 8.3/10.

Lal is good, Vinay Fort is better but Sajitha Madathil is best. She is the best performer in the movie with the right demeanor for a prostitute. I can only imagine the improvisation she carried out. Supporting cast is good enough. Sreenivasan is wasted, moreover his performance doesn't impress.

The screenplay is very slow in the beginning, but a time comes when things start moving so fast, your full concentration is required. Mostly the times when characters think what would happen next - those are splendid. Music isn't that great because it doesn't have any. Cinematography is good, casting is very good and overall a very fine thriller.

BOTTOM LINE: Must watch! Highly recommended!

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES

Profanity: Mild | Nudity: No | Sex: Implied | Vulgarity: Mild | Smoking/Alcohol: Strong | Violence/Gore: Mild | Drugs: No

The story begins with such clean image of our society, specially the view of male towards female in the middle class conservative society. The acting of each and every character was absolutely natural. While watching the movie I was feeling goosebumps, even though it wasn't any sort of crime thriller or serial killer kind of movie, it really holds a strong sense of suspense till the end. So, maybe it can be considered as a suspense thriller movie, but it really has a strong thrill in it for sure.

But the movie ends with a really wonderful moral message.

The whole movie is well directed and the story as well as the acting grabs the whole attention till the end.

I was about to stop it watching when I found too much boring and non-sense dialogues. Yet I gave it a try because it seemed to me that something is happening without anyone's knowledge. Thus the consequence make the movie full of tension and psychological pressure. While you watch this movie keep in mind the first half will be boring but on't ignore a moment, a scene. Just watch patiently.

Rasheed (Lal) deliver a great performance of a father who is locked in a closed shop with a sex woman, whom he liked while he was drunk. It was his most bad luck the shop become closed by one of his known auto driver, which was done in a consequence made by the situation.

The ending handled very well. Such an almost perfect script. Almost perfect casting. Almost everyone did very well, especially Lal.

Its a well made movie, I really like the way they filled the sense of tension, without much effort. A master piece. All the actors in film have done their part, especially the driver was excellent in his role. When i went to watch, I didn't had much expectations,but once the movie started I was been drawn into it. kudos to director. I really hope the team is planning few more movies like this which stays close to real life. And i hope they will use a better cam to shoot it next time. I'm not surprised the actress got second best actress award at state film, she did that challenging role wonderfully well. The well paced movie never bores you except for one scene at the end between the father and daughter. I hope everyone will watch and let us know what you think.