Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham

An absurd comedy with more misses than hits, Nivin Pauly's Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham fails to carry its initial momentum all the way through. The obvious hat-tip to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel aside, writer-director Ratheesh Poduval's film tries to be too many things but not quite getting anything right. It also frequently divulges into total randomness in the name of absurdity fetching neutral results. Some scenes, especially in the latter half, lack any sense or purpose. It becomes evident that they exist purely to amp up the noise and chaos.

Nivin has donned the "lazy, good-for-nothing" character way too many times for this one to be any surprising. It's Grace Antony who walks away with the applause here. She's ably supported by Vinay Forrt (who plays the front office manager) and Jaffer Idukki (who plays a drunkard), who come up with competent feats. Whether a full-blown absurd comedy like the ones Priyadarshan made in the '80s work for Malayali audiences (who connect better with realistic plots and performances) in 2021, is a pertinent question to ask. A not-so-distant counterpart to this film could be Vettam, another comedy of errors, but is miles ahead in its situational comedy quotient. Vettam makes us laugh our guts out even now, but I don't think Kanakam Kaamini Kalaham will have that kind of recall value.

This movie is an classic example of what could have been. Many situations and comedy feels forced. Nivin Pauly and Grace Anthony's characters lack chemistry. Then there are characters which make the film feel crowded and redundant. Only Vinay Forrt embodied his character properly. But the opening credit scene was nice and some scenes evoke laughter but was these are very rare. A missed opportunity and huge disappointment.

After seeing some comedy scenes I went to doubtful either to laugh or cry , just an average movie , no common sense . Performance wise all the actors and actress did a fantastic job , but the story is weak .

Where is comedy in this comedy film?

Story is not strong, it was a chaos. The chaos & confusion that they tried to bring in the story, didnt work. Ultimately it went on to be disaster. It failed to fix audience to the seat- few scenes were boring and unwanted.

Nivin Pauly has lost the charm. He was not fit for the role. (And he has become very fat :-) ). His acting was weak Grace Antony did a great job. Amazing acting still.

Overall average film. One time watch. Can avoid if needed.

Ka Kaa Ka is the latest film of Ratheesh Poduval who amazed us with the brilliant "Android Kunjappan". Quite shocking to see the quality of this film as it is way lower than expected.

Nivin and Vinay Forte were carrying the entire film on their shoulders although other actors did well, nothing quite managed to be watchable. Jaffer Idukki got a role which he did with perfection but extremely boring thanks to sloppy writing.

This is a film with no story and just a string of minor events to convey a social message. What could've been a short film dragged till eternity.

The film has its moments that ll make you laugh at times but soon become monotonous with jokes that make you cringe than laugh. If not for the good actors, this would've been unwatchable.

It seems that the makers struggled to intentionally push in comedy on every scene which misfired most of the times after initial hour.

Many do call this a potential "cult" film. This definitely is a 'double barrel (2015)' reminder that not all shots do hit the target whoever makes it.

Good concept. Bad execution. Pointless film.