It is a common talk in cine field that the second film of the director is actually his first film ,in the sense that it would brief if he was a one film wonder/he is here to stay.After a decent debut with passenger,Renjith shankar this time had the company of prithviraj to display his thoughts in arjunan saaakshi.
The movie began well enough,where one would think there is a plot to play with.Prithvis introduction was cool enough and was well within the the movies wavelength.But thereafter the movie slowly lets you know that it is not gonna be anywhere near your expectations. The plot is all based on a letter to mathrubhumi from Arjunan,who claims to be the witness of Firoz Moopan,who was the Kochi dist. collector.The movie then revolves around the suspense element of Arjunan's identity.If passenger was a movie that deserved a low profile treatment,arjunan saakshi required a more energetic/aggressive/thrilling treatment. Unfortunately this is one place where the director has let the movie lose.
Prithvi as Roy Mathew does put up a decent performance though the dialogues penned for him were below par to register any great impact.Ann augustine does not have a great role to boast about but has handled it credibly enough.Mukesh,Jagathi,Nedumudi,vijayaraghavan,the villain group and the new muscleman avataar of noolunda fame vijeesh, all blends in well enough.
Music by Bijibaal suits to the mood that the theme demands,but the happenings in the screen often seemed to be too subtle for such heavy Bgms.
Ranjith shankars script and direction falls average,some of instances which would prove the same....
-scenes like the accident scenes looked incomplete and amateurish.
-One would wonder why Roy mathew takes the caravan to a ship to give a chance for the bad men to shoot him down...but guess what they don't get to do that!!!
-On a personal note i thought,arjunan should have shown his face in the climax...
somebody like sreenivasan smiling to the viewers after the climax court scene would made the movie end on a better note!
To draw to a close,Arjunan saakshi is for sure not a bad movie,at least for its thoughts, but has fallen apart to end up below passenger!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Pave The Way For Traffic ---- Traffic My review
A movie that creates a deep sense of you being a part of it,a movie where you find yourself clapping off to situations that are devoid of super heroism/slapstick comedies,even more importantly a movie which wins your heart and lets you know the real value of your two hours and 50 bucks!......Traffic the movie has arrived!
Direction & Script
Brilliantly brought out by Rajesh pillai,traffic the movie takes you to the lives some independent mortals who are all coincidentally destined to meet for span of 12 hours.Not going to any details of the plot as i strictly recommend you to experience the plot unravel with all its surprise elements in tact.Traffic follows a narration that could have easily been confounding but Rajesh pillai has shown you the glimpse of the craft in him.All credits to Bobby Sanjay as well for not resorting to the tried,tested and tiring formulas.Kudos to the impeccable direction and script ,traffic happens to be the best thing that has happened to malayalam cinema for quite sometime!
Acting
In a script where situations are developed with so much intensity ,even look or a smile of a character seems to be an enthralling performance on screen.The actors in the movie are none new.Many of them might have welcomed booing in poorly worked out films as well,but Traffic shows how a strong and spotless plot can bring out the best in the actors.Kunchakko,Sreeni,Saikumar,Asif Ali,Lena,Rahman,Anoop Menon to the legendary villain of Malayalam cinema Jose Prakash who appears for a couple of scenes -- Congratz you were splendid on the celluloid!Certified by the overwhelming applauds of a content group of cine goers.
Music -
Music by Majo is full of life,keying up the viewer with the frantic developments in the screen!
Action!
Action sequences,especially the accidents were matchlessly simulated to go with the life of the movie!
Difference of opinion - Well,I did feel that Dr. Albes character should not resorted to talk to the phone call he receives towards the climax.That would have been a better ending to his episode!
Negatives - Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............Mmmmmmmmmmmmm........Mmmmmmmmm!
2010 end had shown some signs of brilliance in malayalam cinema with movies like cocktail,Pranchi etc .Let crap Masalas and nonsense movies pave the way for Movies like traffic!
Direction & Script
Brilliantly brought out by Rajesh pillai,traffic the movie takes you to the lives some independent mortals who are all coincidentally destined to meet for span of 12 hours.Not going to any details of the plot as i strictly recommend you to experience the plot unravel with all its surprise elements in tact.Traffic follows a narration that could have easily been confounding but Rajesh pillai has shown you the glimpse of the craft in him.All credits to Bobby Sanjay as well for not resorting to the tried,tested and tiring formulas.Kudos to the impeccable direction and script ,traffic happens to be the best thing that has happened to malayalam cinema for quite sometime!
Acting
In a script where situations are developed with so much intensity ,even look or a smile of a character seems to be an enthralling performance on screen.The actors in the movie are none new.Many of them might have welcomed booing in poorly worked out films as well,but Traffic shows how a strong and spotless plot can bring out the best in the actors.Kunchakko,Sreeni,Saikumar,Asif Ali,Lena,Rahman,Anoop Menon to the legendary villain of Malayalam cinema Jose Prakash who appears for a couple of scenes -- Congratz you were splendid on the celluloid!Certified by the overwhelming applauds of a content group of cine goers.
Music -
Music by Majo is full of life,keying up the viewer with the frantic developments in the screen!
Action!
Action sequences,especially the accidents were matchlessly simulated to go with the life of the movie!
Difference of opinion - Well,I did feel that Dr. Albes character should not resorted to talk to the phone call he receives towards the climax.That would have been a better ending to his episode!
Negatives - Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............Mmmmmmmmmmmmm........Mmmmmmmmm!
2010 end had shown some signs of brilliance in malayalam cinema with movies like cocktail,Pranchi etc .Let crap Masalas and nonsense movies pave the way for Movies like traffic!
