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North 24 Kaatham (2013)
"Having a Bad day? watch this road-rom and your day would end good"
One of the great things about Malayalam cinema is that it keeps on experimenting with different genres and comes up with various story lines unlike other industries.
North 24 Kaatham (N24) is road-rom movie, which shows how a single journey can change one's outlook towards life. Protagonist of the film is 'Hari Krishnan', a software engineer who suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is portrayed convincingly by Fahadh Faasil who undertakes a journey to attend a conference in Trivandrum.
First and foremost, the great thing of the film is its subtle depiction of the problems faced by people in Kerala like 'Harthal' strikes and carefully highlighting the perennial issue of politics. Debutant director Anil Radhakrishnan Menon has skilfully managed to incorporate such elements in the movie, with which every Keralite will relate to, but avoided a preachy tone or overemphasis on a particular subject. Menon has been able to unravel each character layer by layer until one reaches the center.
Fahaadh Faasil's character's transformation and his outlook towards life is aptly portrayed with subtle scenes that you cannot but appreciate his acting, which shows why Faasil is among the best in today's young guns. 'Nani', played by Swathi Reddy, is a carefree character who enjoys life and has a 'ready to help' attitude. The thing worth mentioning here is, the portrayal of her character by director Menon, he skilfully avoided to show scenes involving alcohol or to showcase unnecessary 'helpful act' scenes, but still is successful in putting across the message. Acting by veteran actor Nedumudi Venu playing as Gopalan, is like having a dessert after a course of a meal. Even though there is no relationship between Nani and Gopalan, you still see glimpses of father-daughter love between them, delighting the viewers.
The technical aspects of the film like direction and cinematography is really good and music by Govind & Rex adds to the film's good quotient.
Nutshell: If you had a bad day and wish to end it with a good feeling, you got to watch N24; with no love or fight scenes, it still captures your attention manages to show that love doesn't need words to express, emotions is enough.
Kammath & Kammath (2013)
shut your brains off before watching this movie.
'Kammath & Kammath' is a very disappointing movie with a very weak script. The trailer of this movie itself is very misleading to the hilt, it will make you believe that the film has to do something regarding hotel business so the name 'proprietors Kammath & Kammath' but the movie has nothing much to show on that front just a small incident of how Kammath & Kammath take over a hotel and their peculiar love for Dosas. And yes, not to forget their unique antics and accent reminding us of their Goan/Konkan antecedents.
still when you see two great actors (Mammutty and Dileep)coming together on the screen you expect some fireworks with the film but unfortunately the moment the film starts your excitement starts to fizzle out and the fireworks become duds. Except for their accent you find nothing great coming from the actors stable; making them severely under utilized.
moreover the film seems to have two stories in the same script with no relation between them as such. the first half will show their hotel business and the second half is totally devoted to life story of 2nd supporting actor 'Karthika Nair's love story. Rima Kallingal role is nothing much but a connecting character between Kammath's family and Karthika Nair.
it seems the director forgot about the title of the film when he reaches the second half of the film. the direction on the whole is below average.
the genre of this film is comedy but, it is highly likely that you might laugh only on 1 or 2 occasions or probably smile, that's it.
in the end i would recommend you to give this film a miss unless you are prepared for bad script, below average direction, comedy and acting- all packaged in one big dud.
Kai po che! (2013)
a 'good slice of life' type film
'Kai Po Che' chronicles the life of 3 friends in Gujarat(India) & how their dreams, passion, friendship and brotherhood undergo various upheavals thereby changing the dynamics of their relationship in the face of natural disaster, religious strife's & politics of Gujarat. The lead actors in the film are new & young but has given a terrific performance.
Kai Po Che's script is more like a chapter of book rather than a story in whole but nevertheless the director is successful in showcasing chetan bhagat's book in a fluid manner. At no point the film becomes monotonous nor the script is dragging but it keeps you interested the whole time wanting for more. Audiences will surely recall '3 idiots' when the film begins.