Samshayam

Rating - 3.75/5

A well written feel good family drama portraying a sensitive subject by blending subtle humour.

The plot of the story revolves around two families and a small serious doubt in one family creating chaos dissolving the peace of mind and dynamics within both the families and how they dealt with it forms the storyline.

Rajesh Ravi & Sanu Majeed has layered the story with light humour initially and elevated it into an emotional family drama in the final lap with beautiful performances by the incredible casts. This movie is a reminiscence to few other Malayalam movies in the late 90's and conveyed similar emotions. Hats off to the filmmakers for giving a great movie experience with humourous sequences and emotional downpour in ideal proportion.👌🏻

Stellar performance by Vinay Fort in the movie and he has effortlessly portrayed the variations in the character through his facial expressions and mannerisms. Sharaf also gave head on performance in the combinations with Vinay and the way he emoted in the climax sequences was brilliant. Lijomol has given a poised performance and Priyamvada also made a matured character delivery. Kunhikrishnan also made impressive performance in the movie with his dialogues rendering style and mannerisms. Mani Shornur,Priya Sreejith & Ashwin made notable performances in the movie.

Manesh Madhavan has perfectly captured the variations from humour to emotions and Lijo Paul has trimmed the movie to a wholesome family drama. Hesham's melodious and meaningful music by Vinayak Sasikumar & Anwar Ali was like a symphony to the ears well complementing with the visuals leaving the audience shed tears in some emotional sequences. Jayadevan's sound designing deserves appreciation. Kudos to the efforts of the Make up artists behind the convincing look of Vinay Fort and Lijomol.

A beautiful family movie with a good screenplay and beautiful narration that can be enjoyed in theatres.

I went to watch as it had capable actors. However sorry to say it has most illogical script I have ever watched. The doubt the couple had could have been easily resolved in first half itself, however they keep stretching it endlessly making it a torture to watch.

Actors like Vinay Forrt, Lijomol Jose & Sharaf U Dheen are wasted because of the poor story.

It pains me to say I watched this film with a constant frown. Why should watching a movie feel like such a struggle? I genuinely feel for the actors. It must have been confusing, even embarrassing, to figure out what emotion to convey. Sharafudheen, at one point, seems to lose faith altogether, as if he realized just how hollow the film was becoming. This is one of those projects that clearly should have been abandoned in the idea stage.

What is meant to be a comedy stumbles through painfully unfunny, bizarre, and utterly pointless scenes. It is hard to believe an entire team spent months bringing this mess to life. The film shows a complete disregard for logic, research, and authenticity, particularly in its portrayal of legal and police procedures. The dialogues are so strange and directionless that appreciating the actors becomes impossible despite their sincere efforts; Vinay Forrt manages to deliver some genuinely moving moments amid the chaos.

The writing is weak from start to finish. They took a poor idea and somehow made it worse. And then they tried to justify it all with a ridiculous twist? Oh, please. Give me a break.