Gold

I liked the movie even though it has a wafer thin plot with too many silly unwanted brainless characters in it. I watched it in OTT hearing it was a flop, so I was able to watch it without the burden of high expectations, and because of it I found it interesting and engaging to some extent. The movie lacks the final kick-ass punch, apart from it 'Gold' is quite watchable and satisfying than many other 'so-called good movies' in recent times. The songs were good and apt to the situation. The nature elements showing here and there are ok, but found somewhat overly used at some occasions. Overall, a simple movie to time pass on a sofa on your free time. IMO, never recommend this for a theater experience as I don't see any point taking the effort and money to watch such a silly movie in a theater (especially in this tough economic situation)

After painstakingly watching this movie, I am still trying to understand how such a large star cast was convinced to do this movie. There was a disconnect between everything I was watching in this movie. There was a disconnect between the characters and almost all the scenes. Maybe the movie maker was trying to create something new, but this large statcast movie failed utterly. So many good actors and talent just wasted in the process. This could have been so much better if over thought was not applied. What was Soubin doing around those dancers? What was Mallika sukumarans role and presence intended? Overall it turned out to be stressful movie, as I was expecting something meaningful to happen considering the heights malayalam movie is today!

Alphonse Puthren brings new making style to Malayalam and probably new in Indian cinema as well. He mixes music , cuts and use of symbols to bring a new style. But the movie lacks the content to support the experimental making style.

Lalu Alex is remarkable. Shammi thilakan , Vijay fort , Krishna Shankar also done well. Prithviraj done decent job, but nothing to excel. Nayan comes for 15 mins and appears cute and that's pretty much all she got to do. Lot of leading actors comes and goes in junior artist roles without making any impact.

Puthren is known to be crazy experimental in his moving making which often gives great trouble to producers every time. Like not doing promotion , and taking months for post production, and not even relaxing good posters. When the experiment works it's a happy ending for all, but failure is also huge.

Alphonse puthren has gained a very large fanbase just with his 2 movies. His first movie "Neram" was a very crisp and clear thriller with amazing writing, music and performances. His second movie "Premam" was a industry hit and one of the best hangout and vibe movie ever to be made in Malayalam cinema. "Gold" on the other hand feels like a mix of both. A story like "Neram" and making like "Premam".

Prithvi raj Sukumaran gave a good performance. All the other actors who performed in the movie did good. The movie had a good story for a interesting thriller. Some jokes work. Editing, camera work and all the other technical things were done nicely.

The movie really stretches a lot. I felt the story deserved a crisp treatment like "Neram" instead was stretched too much with unwanted characters and scenes which never clearly adds anything significant in the movie. Alphonse tries to create a vibe and atmosphere with his sketchy characters and nature shots like in "Premam", but totally falls flat and fails to create an impact. Most of the jokes never land because the characters are not effectively written or established. Nayantara just feels like a talent being wasted, she gets no scope to perform or a effective character. The songs feel pretty unnecessary and could have been avoided. The writing is just weak, never felt emotionally invested with any character, No proper and impactful antagonist and the climax feels like a joke.

Hopefully Alphonse will give a better comeback with his next movie.

Let me start by saying that I didn't have expectations even though my group did. That's because Alphone Puthren had raised his bar through Neram and Premam, a movie that created a wave in Kerala and started a new phase in Malayalam cinema. The goodwill that Puthren and crew created pulled me towards the movie, and I am disappointed. Not with the movie, but with the fact that he has ruined his own filmography.

Coming to the movie, the best way of putting it is by wondering what this movie was actually about.

A lot of characters introduced just for the sake of it, probably to give the feel of a star studded movie.

Plain boring. That's it.