Jallikattu

A little village where eating beef is a daily priority, one morning the buffalo which was to be butchered ran away and what follows is 90 minutes of awe-inducing pandemonium. From the visionary director Lijo Jose Pellissery comes a technical masterpiece which has a strong message about the animalistic traits of us humans & also the herd mentality & devolution of human beings. This film is not plot driven, instead it deals with events & an army of characters constanty moving from one place to another. The sound design & cinematography is on another level. Only cons are the acting of some characters & the last scene which is basically a spoonfeeding of the message. It deserves to be our Oscar Entry, hopefully it can campaign well enough to have a chance.

Lijo Jose Pellissery directed Jallikattu is a splendid movie. It will leave you spellbound. Credit goes to the director and the cameraman. Gireesh Ganagadharan. 🙏🙏🙏 Anthony verghese, Sabumon and Chemban Vinod were outstanding with their acting . Background score by Prashant Pillai was amazing .They largely used acapella-based background score. UFfff😍😍🙏🙏🙏 This movie is insane and well choreographed chaos. What happens if a buffalo who was bought to slaughter runs and creates a chaotic situation in a village in Iddukki. It creates lot of confusion ,havoc ,violence etc. The entire village close to 100 -200 men go out day and night to catch the buffalo and at the end become an animal and starts fighting with each other. The climax is so nicely shot, Hatts off to the director and the cameraman. It's a must watch movie. You have to experience this in theatres especially for the cinematography and music..

This movie will stand out for its technical brilliance and I am sure it has taken mollywood movies to a different level.. #oscarcalling.

9/10

Plot: A buffalo escapes from a butcher and all the villagers band together to hunt it.

I liked the trailer. Though the film turned out to be different than what I expected from the trailer. I still liked the film. I was hooked from the first scene, I did not know what was going on or how it will turn out but the making is so good that I was glued to my seat. The cinematography is out of this world. The editor has done an amazing job. The film just flows. The pacing is perfect. The background music is oddly perfect. The atmosphere created by the film maker sucked me in. It is an extremely rewarding experience. My heart beat raised in some scenes as if I was there. The rawness is sometime hard to watch.

There seems to be a meaning behind the film which I did not quite get. The beast nature of human is pointed out but there are few things that is still making me ponder. I liked the film just fine without getting too deep into the meaning behind it. I don't think I have seen a film like this before. It is an innovative, beautiful, raw, thrilling and thought provoking film.

Such a realistic movie, with gripping storyline and acting.

Lijo Jose Pallisserry is a trademark in Malayalam cinema now. Audiences will rush into the theatres for movies made by him without a star cast or big budget just like Hollywood directors Quentin Tarantino or Christopher Nolan. We all know he won't disappoint and it will be worth watching in theatres. Jallikattu is the most anticipated movie in his career so far on par with Double Barrell. We all waited for Double Barrell mainly because of the stellar cast and big budget. But for Jallikkattu, all the expectations are for LJP. The film screened in various film festivals and received applauds. Jallilattu is a 91 minute roller-coaster. The movie never slows down. The pacing of the movie increases more and more from start to end. A big salute for Girish Ganagadharan. His cinematography is simply the best in Indian movies in recent times. The bgm was also very good. As for the performances, every cast did an excellent job. Jallikattu proves that LJP is getting more and more good by his every next movies. Highly waiting for his next release.