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Priyadarshan delivers yet again! This time in the most mind-blowing way one can expect! I humbly request everyone who reads my review to promote this movie to every Indian. This is not just a movie, but a real life answer to many who don't know enough about AIDS. It's so informative to the extent that being 35 years old, there were many things about AIDS that I didn't even know, which I learnt from this movie.

Everyone in the movie totally delivered above and beyond their ability, and it goes without saying that Prakash Raj conquers his role like every other movie. There's no movie made in India such as this. The intention is not to bag awards (however, I'm sure this will be rated the best movie shortly and I will stand by it any given day), instead, it is to spread awareness to those who know little about AIDS and how they should handle their crisis. The story revolves around 7 people who come to a diagnostic centre to test if they are infected. The movie then goes on to even show the corruption in these diagnostic centre's and the sheer greed and ignorance of some people who work there, that can take away the life of the innocent.

I'm not going to write anymore as I want everyone to watch this movie and share it with all. As for Priyadarshan, I still stand by my word over years of watching his movies that I will stop watching Indian cinema the day he retires. He was, is and will remain the best Indian Director! Thank you so much for yet another brilliant life lesson, every minute of it was well spent and taken away to spread awareness to all who I know.

If this production doesn't get an award in every box office, THEN NONE SHOULD! This should be rated the best movie ever made in decades!!!

Silence captivates this thriller to a breathtakingly shot climax. Pure thriller that concentrates on nurturing and delivering uaing shots. Vijay and Priyadarshan ji... Take a bow!

Brilliant, hearttouching, socially committed, relevent movie. Classic from priyadarshan. Prakashraj has stolen the show. The little lag given to the movie makes the audience realize the weirdness of the wait done by the characters... Classic movie❤

Basically an awareness movie with a fresh concept and realistic making through a suspense filled screenplay which doesn't preach the message it wants to but still emphasises without shoving it down the throat.

The movie starts out and establishes its tone straight away, introduces the characters in a simple manner.

It takes significant amount of time to get into the core, which may annoy some, but the slow pace doesn't necessarily make it uninteresting.

It uses the effect of a person's actions during frantic desperation to weave its suspense into place and continues to take the same anxiety into the extreme.

It does lack logic towards the end but from a writers point of view, it is used a crutch for the suspense.

The background score felt out of place in most of the places. It didn't do anything to capture the desparation.

Acting was on point, precariously perched, between realism and hyper expressive.

It casually inserts rhetorics about social issues in the dialogues which blends with the tone of the movie.

A movie primarily made with the goal to create social awareness about a critical issue, works decently enough as a movie too.

This is a movie that tests your patience initially and develops the intensity as the movie progress. Wonderful acting by the cast, especially Prakash Raj. I am not sure whether it creates awareness about HIV AIDS but its an engaging film. The cinematography was brilliant with natural light at the climax part. A good compelling film worth watching in Netflix.