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it has occurred at least a 1000 times after we watch a movie that a single performance, no matter how small it be persists in our minds. Here,the master carpenter of malayalam cinema, Thilakan bags it. The role of half paralyzed, shrewd and shady "Thurumbu Govindan" that he portrayed in this movie will always stand unmatched, keeping the ruthless fact that this movie or him weren't recognized or well known among the notable biggies.

rivalry remains a common subject in movies and that between two "newspaper tycoons" is the subject here. Following is a series of events occurring after an illicit son of one of the tycoons joins the firm. some unnecessary songs and sequences paint the movie dull, but special appreciation should be handed to Dennis Joseph for sustaining considerable amount of thrill and fun but moreover for utilizing and assigning "unbelievably natural" genre roles to veterans in movies. overall, not a boring movie, but sure unlucky!!

Imagine a bride and groom getting married "by mistake" in a heavy crowd while their prospective partners stay helpless!! For others it's a case of laugh, but for them, hell..

Jagadish portrays the role of Kannan, a peon in a government office who is an innocent, good at heart and semi-foolish person who marries Radha, played by Rekha. In a venue, where a number of marriages are held Kannan marries Radha by mistake in spite of his prospective bride. Radha is mentally torn apart realizing that her world is now with a total stranger and thus the story goes.

Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar and Unnimary tickle our funny bone especially with their efforts to reinvent and train Kannan.Kannan's actions and reactions to those trainings again sets another laugh riot. Excellent performance from Sainudeen as a colleague of Kannan who fools him by calling him via imitating the voice of his wife on phone.

The film does have its emotional as well as funny moments but the story boils down to the fact that "fate" plays an important in life and thus delivers such a message. In summary, 2.5 hours of pure entertainment!!

'Traffic' is undoubtedly, a carefully crafted work, flowing through deep emotional,tensed and dramatic moments. The thrilling plot similar to some of Hollywood's, the movie thrills with parallels weaved from four different angles of a police constable, a movie superstar, a divorced lady, a dying news reporter and his parents. Well worked screenplay,excellent direction, good apt background music and outstanding performance from some good actors all make this movie a heartwarming ride. Kudos!!

Still, it's a shock that veterans like Saikumar who delivered a class,subtle and marvelous performance in this movie are still underrated or partially utilized. 'Traffic' - 'never miss'.