Eesho

Comedian-singer turned filmmaker Nadirsha had a promising start as a director in Malayalam, delivering back to back superhits in the slapstick comedies "Amar Akbar Antony (2015)" and "Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan (2016)". The talented auteur has however, hit a bit of a rough patch off late, with "Mera Naam Shaaji (2019)" and more recently, Dileep-starrer "Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan (2022)" coming across as dull affairs, panned by critics and fans alike. It is perhaps because of this that he pivoted genres, moving away from his trademark comedies to a broodish, atmospheric thriller in "Eesho" that is alas, watchable only in parts.

National Award-winner "Jayasurya" stars as the eponymous "Eesho" a mysterious truck driver who chances upon a seemingly chance encounter with the night watchman of an ATM, Ramachandran (Jaffer Idukki) after his vehicle breaks down. Ramachandran is coincidentally, the star witness in a scandalous rape case with the main accused being an influential businessman. With his life under constant threat and his key secret testimony set for the next morning, how the duo navigate the trials and tribulations that come their way on this fateful night form the rest of the story.

Sub-par filmmakers mistake subject-oriented films for just being preachy vehicles where they can shamelessly push their ideas and propoganda. While the film's heart is in the right place, talking about child abuse, the way it is presented comes across as inorganic and contrived and the dialogue resorts to mere sermons for long stretches. Jayasurya and Jaffer Idukki are both seasoned performers and excel in their roles, but the writing is unable to match up to their levels in many places.

Eesho's predictable plotline is another major eyesore, with the so-called twist in the final act obvious to the audience from the get-go, not providing any real surprise element or thrills requisite of a well-made thriller. Nadirsha has made a brave attempt in going for a genre he is not well-versed in but is unable to backup his novel idea with immersive writing in an era where Malayalam is churning out superb thriller like "Attention Please (2022)" and "Bhoothakaalam". You can watch "Eesho" for superb performances from Jayasurya and Jaffer Idukki, for there is not much else to savour. The film is now streaming on SonyLIV, in its original Malayalam as well as in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada dubs, all with English subtitles.

The movie keeps u interested but there have been many such movies in the past. It's a one time watchable movie. Jayasurya and Jaffer did their roles perfectly . Majority of the movie is shot at one particular location that is around an ATM square. The movie sends out the same message as Sai Pallavi's Gargi on Sony LIV. The movie moves at a bit slow pace especially during the interactions of Jayasurya and Jaffer. Namitha Pramod has a very limited role . I felt the storyline could have been a bit more better with more twists and the writer could have added few more charecters into the film. I am giving 6/10 for this film.

Suspenseful thriller, good for a one-time watch. Quite easy for one to guess the ending of the film. We might feel the plot was lost in between but maintains it almost ok till the end. Climax is not that great and could have made much better. Acting was average, we have recently seen better one's recently from Jayasurya and Jaffar idukki. Disappointed that few of the scenes were very irrelevant to the plot, but added for giving small roles to actors. Namitha pramod looked out of place for her come back movie. Film is only 1 hr and 45 minutes, still time is spent in showing news clipping not very relevant to this film.

Just one time watch. Direction was not upto to the mark as compared to first 2 films of Nadrishah. Jayasuriya performance have Mohan Lal style. Normal story. Society related issue director bought. Jafar good performance. All actors performed well. Songs ok.

I would say its 1 time watch. Predictable story.

The story and climax can be made better. Feels some lag and poor direction in between.

I would give 5 out 10. The making was good. There were no bore elements. Some places felt lag. The cons of the movie was that the scenes of Jayasuriya and Jafar was too long. It would have been in small period.

Yet its a 1 time watch.

I saw this movie rating was dropped below 6 on second day of release , but after 2 days 100s of 10 rating pumped in to make the rating high !!

BGM by Rahul raj and editing by shameer has done some justice. Nadhirsha making is decent that's all.

Main issue is after 15-20 mins when Jayasurya appear, rest of the story is too predictable. Not much suspense left. Jafar and Jayasurya done decent job. The baby actress Akshara was excellent. Others are fine

May be due to covid they could not shoot elaborately. That is quite visible thru out.

If you like Jayasurya Jafar Nadhirsha , you could give it a try!