Kuttavum Shikshayum

A realistic cinema , felt like a documentary ( still it is based on true events). Made like a complete police procedural documentary. There is no cinematic elements or thriller but had a good experience. If you are someone who love to explore genres and have much lot of patience you can go with it. The film has touched the realistic view of North Indian cops and their racial perspectives towards the police from kerala. The director's previous works are way too beautiful and I'm a big fan of it but this movie was not one of it. I watched with some big expectations but doesn't gave me an effect of Rajeev ravi's filmography.

Asif played a great role, direction is well, cinematography excelled. A realistic approach and never seen in any Malayalam film, portrayed well.

BGM also super . The flow is maintained well through out film . What is a real cop? That is portrayed well in the movie.

This is an nth style of making by Rajeev Ravi,who doesn't like to repeat what he made previously. And I really liked the entire film for no reason. The characters, realism and slow pace of an investigation in its extreme originlity is very pleasing to watch. But the problem is with the climax. The climax,literaly have collapsed the entire thriller.

Good story, tried to come up with orginality but some things in the direction failed to create thrill, the jewelry theft was not shown at all, the police dog coming, investigation and catching the thieves were all done in a very cool way, I give it a six out of ten mark.

Unlike how many reviewers remarked, Kuttavum Shikshayum doesn't have pacing issues. Where it does have problems is in its deadweight mystery. There isn't much going for it in terms of texturing the antagonists (as they're regular village folk), so Rajeev Ravi focuses on the atmospherics of rural Rajasthan to engage the viewer. While Asif Ali's character has some semblance of a redemption arc, the rest of the team (played by Alencier Lopez, Sunny Wayne, Senthil Krishna, and Sharafudheen) has none. The script by Sreejith Divakaran and Sibi Thomas (a cop in real life) focuses almost entirely on the finer details of the procedural. For instance, the film features multiple scenes of the team members taking turns to withhold a suspect in a hotel room.

Your enjoyment levels depend on how you take to realistic procedurals in cinema. There aren't any mass moments, punchlines, or a bombastic score. I liked the film more in the second half when the setting shifts from hilly green Kerala to rustic Rajasthan. Both scenes set in a village are particularly chilling. The unfamiliarity of faces, languages, cultures, and intents is put across in a way that someone like Rajeev Ravi truly excels at. The film has a bit of a weak, forgettable conclusion, as I didn't feel like the writers wanted to offer closure to what I'd watched for over 2 hours. Performances are uniformly good, and I wouldn't mind if Rajeev Ravi brings this team back together for a more compelling case in a sequel.