rshyleshnair

I am incredibly disappointed in this flick which was neither funny or entertaining. Starting with opening high speed car ride through Chennai roads, which ended in such an anti climactic scene that paints dulquers character as a total flake and his sidekick a bigger flake who simply doesn't come across as intelligent. And as usual the women characters simply don't have a brain. None of the characters are developed beyond a caricature version of themselves. Their variety of criminal "business" ventures bordered on silly and comical and unrealistic. I kept waiting for it to get better. With the excyof the Gautams police inspector realistic acting and expressions, and even his talent is squandered in scenes that are irrelevant and denigrated to just in time saves for doing detective work exploding computers. The storyline and director goes out of his way to be very hip and clever instead ends up foolish. He could have focused on executing a character and plot but fails on all counts. This movie ends up in the ditch for me. I gave it three stars for the police role. Yuck!

What were the director and story writer/screenplay writer and editor thinking? Did the storyboard get developed as the film was shot?. Mohanlal's character was a caricature at best including the so called completely forgettable, moot Made in China ancestral reference that really has no point in this story.. Its a struggle to get past mohanlal's heavily botoxed cosmetically altered face. And as is to be expected all good supporting actors were given terrible lines. We find a nearly 50 year old bachelor self absorbed in making money character who stumbles into a series of events that unfold into a hitch pitch poorly knit film Only Dharmajan, siddique and Sharada stood out with their impeccable acting and comedic timing. The visuals are treat and the made in China feels like an uncreative but perhaps a lucrative afterthought. If the movie' moral message was about the so called modern day social ill of elder abuse or neglect, it was built on a silly premise, and could have been dialed down after the second iteration of soapbox preaching from Mohanlals character. we were inundated with our eyes rolling back into our heads-enough already! It felt self righteous. Editing was below average. And of course mohanlal's live interest would be an actress old enough to be his grand daughter. What a waste of money and resources. Antony perumbavoor and production house should lay off the booze and employ creative writers and talent into movies instead of a fading star of old. I lose faith in Malayalam cinema when I see this tripe!